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UAE and Israeli clubs to play first friendlies since normalisation Issued on: 2 min Dubai (AFP) UAE club Al-Ain will play Israel s Maccabi Haifa in two friendlies, the Emirati side said on Wednesday, the first such fixtures since the two countries normalised relations last year. The announcement came during the virtual signing of a deal between the two clubs and follows the United Arab Emirates landmark move to normalise relations with the Jewish state in August. They signed a formal deal in Washington in September. (The agreement) will consolidate the policy of bridge-building and cooperation between the two major clubs in various fields including marketing, technical cooperation, investment, commercial activities, media and sport, said Mohamed Thaaloob, chairman of the Al-Ain club investment company. ....
Wednesday, 3 February, 2021 - 18:30 Maccabi Haifa s stadium seen with a coronavirus test station in the foreground. (AFP) Asharq Al-Awsat UAE club Al-Ain will play Israel s Maccabi Haifa in two friendlies, the Emirati side said on Wednesday, the first such fixtures since the two countries normalized relations last year. The announcement came during the virtual signing of a deal between the two clubs and follows the United Arab Emirates landmark move to normalize relations with the Jewish state in August. They signed a formal deal in Washington in September. (The agreement) will consolidate the policy of bridge-building and cooperation between the two major clubs in various fields including marketing, technical cooperation, investment, commercial activities, media and sport, said Mohamed Thaaloob, chairman of the Al-Ain club investment company. ....
Al Ain FC, Israel’s Maccabi Haifa to stage two friendlies ABU DHABI, 3rd February, 2021 (WAM) Al-Ain Football Club and Israel’s Maccabi Haifa will play two friendlies, the first such fixtures since the two countries normalised relations last year. The announcement by the two clubs this evening came during their live virtual signing of an MoU, in the presence of Mohamed Thaaloob Al Derei, Chairman of the Board of Al Ain Club Investment Company and Yaqoub Shahar, President of Maccabi Haifa Club along with executives from both sides. The agreement will consolidate the policy of bridge-building and cooperation between the two major clubs in various fields, including marketing, technical cooperation, investment, commercial activities, media and sport to embody the values of peaceful co-existence, tolerance, acceptance and human fraternity, said Thaaloob. ....