“Why does everyone in Gaza love Barcelona?”
A friend sent me this link, from Al Jazeera’s blog, I don’t know how my co-author would feel about it seeing as he is a Madrid fan, but hey, its a good read and sheds light on the situation in…
News Roundup: Saleh, Keshkesh may be on the move, Women’s National Team jumps in FIFA rankings
According to rumors in the Egyptian Press, Ramzi Saleh might be on the verge of a move to Arab Contractors (Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab) that would guarantee him playing time. The proposed deal would send defender Basim Ali to El-Ahly in exchange…
Egypt Withdraws/Postpones Olympic Friendly
There has been some chatter over the kooora forums that can now be confirmed: It seems that the Egyptian FA have chosen to cancel (or postpone depending on the source) the Friendly between Egypt’s and Palestine’s Olympic teams meant to…
Olympic Team to face Egypt and Abutreika
In preparation for upcoming 2012 Olympic Qualifiers, Palestine will face a talented Egyptian side that will include Mohammed Abutreika in its ranks. The match will take place on March 30th in the Faisal Al-Husseini Memorial Stadium in Al-Ram.
Chile Earthquake
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the lives that were taken by the earthquake in Chile. We would like to send our best wishes to all of our brothers there and wish them a quick and speedy recovery.…
Women’s WAFF Championship: Palestine fall to hosts UAE, Hammer Kuwait to all but book spot in second round
[UPDATE 2.28.2010]: Palestine fell to Bahrain today 3-0 in the third place game. This concludes the team’s participation in the event which has been a bit of a mixed bag. The team’s high point was the 17-0 demolition of the…
Unsubstantiated reports: Palestine-Sierra Leone FIFA sanctioned Friendly in Freetown?
[UPDATE 2.28.2010]: Make of it what you wish… this article was posted a day after chatter on the kooora forum suggested the match was cancelled. [UPDATE 2.27.2010]: This match is NOT taking place. According to chatter on the Kooora forums…
Palestinians Abroad: Zatara, Jarun earn starts for new sides.
Imad Zatara earned his first start for new club Nîmes Olympique after a scoring debut as sub last week. He lasted 71 minutes of a 0-0 draw against Stade Lavallois before being taken off, Manager Jean-Michel Cavali has said that…
Zatara the Supersub
Imad Zatara has gotten off to a dream start with Nîmes Olympique, scoring his first goal on his debut as an 86th minute sub against Le Havre. Zatara, who was discovered by Manager Jean-Michel Cavali while watching a tape of…
Imad Zatara moves to Ligue 2 side Nîmes Olympique
So, it might have been a good idea to keep an eye on the transfer wire this season… because it has been pretty active as far as Palestinian National Team players are concerned. Imad Zatara has joined one of Eric…