The pledged money Humanitarian work in Gaza Ticket sales at the Norwegian Israel Qualifying Games of the 2026 World Cup in soccer will be sent to doctors without borders.
The Norwegian Football Association announced its choice of partnership with Nobel Peace Prize-winning health NGO ahead of the October 11 sellout in Oslo. It could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“Money is allocated to the organization’s relief efforts and surrounding areas affected by the war on the ground in Gaza,” Norwegian football bodies said.
Last month’s Norwegian pledge to help Israel, who played in European football competitions for security reasons since joining UEFA in 1994, has put little pressure on them in the sport and boycotted the game in the game since the conflict in Gaza escalated in October 2023.
Russia has been stopped From international football after the full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as many UEFA member federations refused to face Russian enemies.
“As a member of FIFA and UEFA,” Norway’s FA Lise Klaveness said at a press conference that her federation “must deal with Israel, which is participating in the competition.”
“At the same time, we are not indifferent to the humanitarian suffering taking place in the region, particularly the unbalanced attacks on civilians in Gaza.”
Norway’s men’s national team is best for generations. Superstar striker Erling Haaland. He is scheduled to compete in his first World Cup since 1998 and leads a qualifying group, including Italy.
Italian football president Gabriele Gravina also spoke on Monday about the challenges of playing Israel, which will be held in Udine on October 14th.
“We are very aware of the sensitivity of Italian public opinion regarding this match,” Gravina said in an interview with National Public Radio. “We care about human dignity and we are very struggling with what is happening in Palestine.”
It is unclear how much the Norwegian FA will earn from the sales of roughly 23,000 tickets for the game at Ulbar Stadium.
Private Donor
Another 3 million Norwegian cloners ($305,000) have been promised by “one of the nation’s largest investment companies,” the federation said, adding that the donor’s identity is known to doctors without borders.
Norwegian football has been around for a long time Most politically involved of 211 members of FIFA. It was praised for solidarity by a Geneva-based NGO. It is widely known by the French name Mé decins Sans Frontières.
“This reflects MSF’s humanitarian mission to save lives and reduce suffering, regardless of people’s beliefs, origins, orientation, gender, or skin color,” Secretary General Lindis Fulme said in a statement.
UEFA Location
Both Klaveness and the Italian tomb are members of the 20-man executive committee of UEFA, with one of his colleagues being Moshe Zuares of the Israeli Football Association.
Gravina, senior vice president of UEFA, said the Italian Federation will “coordinate with UEFA to implement a humanitarian initiative during the match on October 14th.”
Last month at Udeen, UEFA held a Super Cup Game – between Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain and Europa League winner Tottenham – Banner Pregame on the Field With the words, “Stop killing children, stop killing civilians.”
Italy I wasn’t qualified Refusing Israel to play in the last two World Cups means confiscating the game as a 3-0 responsibility.
“That happened, Italy is in a group with Israel, and not playing clearly means that we are saying we are not going to the World Cup.
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Milan and Steve Douglas AP sports writer Daniela Matar contributed.
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