Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
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Publisher signals
60/100
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Outlets on this story
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Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Ireland team’s news conference and training session the day before its first Nations League game against Israel have been delayed as pressure to boycott the matches grows.
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pressure → delay → matches
Journalists in Debrecen, Hungary – where Israel’s “home” game is to be played Sunday – were left waiting Saturday after being told the news conference was being pushed back until after training.
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conference → play → training
That was 15 minutes before it was supposed to begin.
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it → suppose → ?
Training was also significantly delayed, however, with Irish broadcaster RTE reporting the players were still in their hotel more than two hours after the training session was supposed to begin.
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session → delay → hotel
RTE reported that some players had decided they did not want to play the games.
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they → report → games
“And if they stay to their stated ambition that they have to be all in it together, if one or more want to be out, maybe they will all be out,” reporter Tony O’Donoghue told RTE Radio 1.
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O’Donoghue → stay → Radio
The team has been coming under increasing pressure in Ireland, where affinity with Palestinians is strong, to boycott the two games – the first on Sunday and the second, Ireland’s “home” game, in Backa Topola, Serbia, on October 4.
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affinity → come → October
Ireland midfielder Jason Knight said after Thursday’s 1-0 loss in Kosovo that the players were in a difficult situation and that he didn’t think the matches should be going ahead.
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matches → say → situation
Ireland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson previously said “we’re not playing with genocide, we’re playing against genocide.
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we → say → genocide
We’re playing against Israel, we’re not playing with Israel” – drawing a furious reaction from the Israeli football federation, which accused the Icelandic coach of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy”.
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which → play → stupidity
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) had resisted calls to boycott the matches, arguing the team could be hit by punishing sanctions by UEFA.
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team → resist → UEFA
Ireland is cohosting the 2028 European Championship with England, Wales and Scotland.
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Ireland → cohoste → England
More than 160 Irish sportspeople signed an open letter urging the FAI to reconsider its decision to go ahead with the fixtures.
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sportspeople → sign → fixtures
The SIPTU trade union displayed a huge poster in central Dublin beside the River Liffey asking the players to “Go with your conscience!” and “Don’t play with genocide” beside an image of a blood-splattered ball.
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union → display → ball
Former Ireland coach Brian Kerr said the FAI had “lost the respect of the Irish people” for going ahead with the games.
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FAI → say → games
“The Irish people and the soccer-going public don’t want the games to be played,” Kerr said.
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Kerr → go → ?
“I think they’ve made their opinions clear over the last year.
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opinions → think → year
The FAI back in November actually went to UEFA and requested that Israel be put out of the tournament on principle.
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Israel → go → principle
And yet they went against that principle.”
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they → go → principle
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