{"id":319171,"date":"2026-03-03T07:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/319171\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:08:10","slug":"us-bombing-of-iran-disrupts-sports-with-doubt-over-messi-ronaldo-games-and-f1-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/319171\/","title":{"rendered":"US bombing of Iran disrupts sports with doubt over Messi, Ronaldo games and F1 races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are among the sports stars whose schedules are in doubt because of the spreading war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Cancellations and travel shutdowns are already affecting events since the United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran on Saturday. Organisers of Formula 1 and major football games will face decisions soon on whether the competitions can go ahead as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Middle Eastern nations have become crucial to the world sports landscape over the past decade as event hosts, financial backers and employers for some of the world\u2019s top athletes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The clock is ticking for a decision on whether to cancel or move the Finalissima football game on March 27 in Qatar between Spain and Argentina, the champions of Europe and South America. That match would offer Messi a chance to win yet another trophy in a glittering career.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Qatar suspended all football until further notice on Sunday. Argentina were also scheduled to play Qatar in a friendly on March 31.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen steers his car during pre-season testing in Bahrain. Photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5f11e6cf-1f45-4607-9925-fc21257e3c7b_c7f8d82f.jpg\" title=\"Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen steers his car during pre-season testing in Bahrain. Photo: AP\"\/>Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen steers his car during pre-season testing in Bahrain. Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cUefa is monitoring and carefully assessing all developments of the situation in cooperation with CONMEBOL and the [local organising committee],\u201d Uefa said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are among the sports stars whose schedules are in doubt because&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9877,18292,1657,1120,63,13339,8316,83576,85,87,46,2971,10489,54038,47,1823,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-319171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-bahrain","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-dubai","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-fia","14":"tag-fifa-world-cup","15":"tag-formula","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-italy","20":"tag-lewis-hamilton","21":"tag-lionel-messi","22":"tag-middle-east","23":"tag-qatar","24":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}