{"id":138364,"date":"2025-09-12T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138364\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:28:12","slug":"canada-to-open-davis-cup-tie-vs-israel-in-empty-halifax-venue-amid-security-concerns-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138364\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to open Davis Cup tie vs. Israel in empty Halifax venue amid security concerns \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

HALIFAX \u2013 Canada will open its Davis Cup tennis tie against Israel behind closed doors today at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.<\/p>\n

Tennis Canada made the call earlier this week to hold the matches without spectators or media present, citing safety concerns flagged by local authorities and security agencies.<\/p>\n

Several activist groups say they plan to protest the matches today and Saturday over Israel\u2019s actions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the Israel-Hamas war. Halifax activists have also called on the CBC to cancel its planned livestream of the event.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGabriel Diallo, of Canada, plays a shot to Fabian Marozsan, of Hungary, during their Davis Cup qualifying tennis match in Montreal on Sunday, February 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graham Hughes<\/p>\n

Last month, more than 400 Canadian athletes and academics, including Olympic runner Moh Ahmed, urged Tennis Canada to shut down the tie.<\/p>\n

Palestinian activist Tarek Gazawi said Wednesday it is wrong to allow the matches to go ahead while violence and starvation continue.<\/p>\n

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Play begins with Canada\u2019s Gabriel Diallo taking on Israel\u2019s Daniel Cukierman this afternoon. Canada needs a win to advance to the 2026 Davis Cup Qualifiers.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HALIFAX \u2013 Canada will open its Davis Cup tennis tie against Israel behind closed doors today at Scotiabank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-138364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}