Thursday, June 3, 2010

Swedish Soccer Association asks UEFA to nix its national youth squad's match in Israel

The Swedish Soccer Association has asked UEFA that its national youth soccer team not be sent to Israel for an official match scheduled for Friday against Israel in the preliminaries of the European championship.

According to Swedish media reports, there were 11 Swedish nationals who participated in the flotilla that was stopped by Israel.

On Monday, a national Turkish youth squad cancelled a match against its Israeli counterpart after it was ordered by the Turkish government to return home.

Full article-Haaretz

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