Protests in Sweden over Davis Cup match with Israel...

Some 200 people demonstrated Friday outside a sports arena in southern Sweden to protest against the Scandinavian country's Davis Cup tie against Israel, as a massive police deployment watched on. 

A "Stop the Match" campaign has been underway in Sweden since Israel's offensive in Gaza erupted last December.

As a result of the security fears, Malmo city council ordered the three-day World Group first round match played behind closed doors.

On Friday, when the first rubber was played, a crowd made up mostly of youths, notably from extreme-left circles, called for the tie to be stopped and chanted anti-Israeli slogans in an unauthorised protest. More...

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