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Tens of thousands of Maccabi Haifa fans came to celebrate their 15th championship in Sami Ofer stadium on Sund

Tickets will be on sale soon at Kupat Tel Aviv.

Hapoel Tel Aviv fans uprooted their seats and throw them and other items at Haifa's fans.

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HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer’s first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman last week. Sapir Berman blew the whistle as head referee to kick off the Hapoel Haifa vs. Beitar Jerusalem match. She was greeted with little fanfare by the sparse crowd at Sami Ofer Stadium. A Haifa fan held up a sign “Sapir Berman super woman.” In pre-game warmups and during the match, it was business as usual for the players. Some chatted ...

Israels first transgender referee takes field as woman by The Associated Press Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer’s first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman last week. Sapir Berman blew the whistle as head referee to kick off the Hapoel Haifa vs. Beitar Jerusalem match. She was greeted with little fanfare by the sparse crowd at Sami Ofer Stadium. A Haifa fan held up a sign “Sapir Berm...

She was greeted with little fanfare by the sparse crowd at Sami Ofer Stadium. A Haifa fan held up a sign “Sapir Berman super woman.” In pre-game warm-ups and during the match, it was business as usual for the players. Some chatted and laughed with her before kickoff. Sebastian Scheiner/AP Referee Sapir Berman, foreground, makes a disputed call during the match between Hapoel Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. Beitar Jerusalem fan Omer Weiss told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster that “we have...

HAIFA, Israel - Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman last week.

Israeli soccers first transgender referee takes field as woman For the first time since coming out as a woman last week, Sapir Berman blew the whistle as head referee to kick off the Hapoel Haifa vs. Beitar Jerusalem match Associated Press | Published: 05.03.21 , 22:49 Israeli soccer’s first transgender referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman last week. Sapir Berman, 26, blew the whistle as head referee to kick off the Hapoel Haifa vs. Beitar J...