PARIS - Israel's opening Olympic football match against Mali on Wednesday (July 24) passed the first major security test ahead of the Games' official opening ceremony as fans from both sides sought to play down the political context and enjoy the action.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group D - Mali vs Israel - Parc des Princes, Paris, France, on July 24, 2024. Cheickna Doumbia of Mali in action with Ilay Feingold of Israel.PARIS - Israel's opening Olympic football match against Mali on Wednesday passed the first major security test ahead of the Games' official opening ceremony as fans from both sides sought to play down the political context and enjoy the action.
Israeli competitors are being escorted by elite tactical units to and from events and given 24-hour protection throughout the Olympics, officials say. The Israeli national anthem was initially booed before those cries were drowned out. A few supporters waved Palestinian flags. Dressed in a traditional dress in the yellow, green and red colours of Mali, Aisha Cisse, who had travelled from Bamako and follows the country's football teams at all international tournaments, danced and sang her support saying she was simply here to watch The Eagles, the team's nickname, win.
The Paris 2024 Games take place five decades after Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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