15.04.2011                      11.Nisan, 5771

Sport:

Palestinians inaugurate first West Bank international soccer stadium

Ex-Barcelona and Juventus defender Thuram participates in the inauguration on his first ever visit to the West Bank, kicking off a Palestinian First Division Championship match.

The first international soccer stadium in the West Bank was inaugurated yesterday, with French international star Lilian Thuram making the first kick.
The French- and German-funded stadium in al-Birah, a suburb of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, has 9,000 seats and cost more than 1.1 million euros, said a statement….