12.06.2012                      22.Siwan. 5772

Sport:

IOC warns against boycott of Israelis

Algerian threat to forbid athletes to face Israeli counterparts prompts IOC response.

The International Olympic Committee has said that athletes “should stay at home” if they intend not to compete against Israelis at the London Games.
The warning came after the president of the Algerian Olympic Committee said that the country’s Olympic team may face a state policy forbidding them from facing Israeli athletes this summer….