Palestinian soccer head loses appeal over Messi incitement

By: The Associated Press Posted: 10:42 AM CDT Thursday, Jul. 18, 2019 Last Modified: 10:42 AM CDT Thursday, Jul. 18, 2019

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed an appeal by the head of Palestinian soccer against his ban by FIFA for "inciting hatred and violence" toward Lionel Messi.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed an appeal by the head of Palestinian soccer against his ban by FIFA for "inciting hatred and violence" toward Lionel Messi.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed an appeal by the head of Palestinian soccer against his ban by FIFA for “inciting hatred and violence” toward Lionel Messi.

CAS says its judging panel decided that FIFA’s sanctions against Palestinian soccer federation president Jibril Rajoub — a one-year ban from attending games and a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,250) — “were not disproportionate.”

Rajoub’s ban expires next month, before the national team’s first 2022 World Cup qualifying game at home to Uzbekistan on Sept. 5.

Rajoub’s comments were made when Argentina was due to play a warm-up game in Israel for the 2018 World Cup.

He urged fans to burn Argentina shirts with Messi’s name and pictures of the Barcelona star.

Israel’s soccer federation filed a complaint to FIFA, and cancelled its Argentina game.

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