World Football

FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, feeling heat over UEFA U21 in Israel, promises to rebuild bombed Gaza stadium

Ali Abunimah 23 December 2012

“To destroy something which has been done for football hurts me personally,” Blatter said. Read more about FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, feeling heat over UEFA U21 in Israel, promises to rebuild bombed Gaza stadium

BBC's World Football interviews father of gravely ill hunger-striking Palestinian footballer jailed by Israel

Ali Abunimah 1 June 2012

BBC World Service’s World Football interviews Mahmoud Sarsak, father of Mahmoud Sarsak, the Palestinian national football squad member whose life is at grave risk after 75 days hunger strike. Read more about BBC's World Football interviews father of gravely ill hunger-striking Palestinian footballer jailed by Israel