Israelis banned from buying French soccer tickets

Israelis have been banned from buying tickets to see the Paris St. Germain soccer team in action, NRG reported Sunday night.

An Israeli couple who wanted to attend a game could not find a listing for Israeli orders on the group's ticket ordering web site.

Guy Schleider of Ramat Gan perused the team's web site and went to the ticket buying area, where a drop-down list allowed people around the world to choose their residential address where tickets would be sent to.

Included on that list are the occupied Palestinian territories but not 'Israel', which was nowhere to be found on the list.

The decision not to recognize Israel in the list has been taken by the owner of Paris St. Germain is Sheikh Nasser al-Khalifi of Qatar.