Israel sports
Back home in Holon, Shahar Amir looks to take next step in basketball, life - interview
Shahar Amir returns to Hapoel Holon following a breakout season with Galil Elyon, reflecting on personal milestones, the loss of Raz Adam, and his hopes for the future.
Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball claims first EuroLeague win as Hapoel evens season record
Israeli law firms raise NIS 172,000 for northern communities in charity basketball tournament
Hapoel Jerusalem stays perfect in EuroCup, Holon loses in Basketball Champions League
From Little League to Team Israel: Baseball takes root across the Holy Land
The number of teams and players gathered in Tel Aviv on that sunny Friday was a testament to just how far baseball has come in Israel. It was not always this way.
Israel’s World Cup basketball hopes dashed with loss to Latvia
The blue-and-white ended the August window with two losses, having fallen to Poland 106-86 last week in the first game, and have been officially eliminated from World Cup qualifying.
Hanochi brings power and purpose as Israel fights to keep hoops World Cup hopes alive
This summer, Jerusalem signed one of Europe’s top coaches, Serbian Sasa Obradovic, who previously led Monaco to the EuroLeague Final Four.
Jerusalem Jane: When a soccer league honors ‘martyrs,’ the world should stop turning a blind eye
Soccer is rarely something that we connect with terrorists, hatred, or incitement, unless it comes to the Palestinians.
Israeli basketball legend Mickey Berkowitz’s severe dementia diagnosis revealed in documentary
Berkowitz has been living in a care facility away from his home in recent months, and the film documents his family’s efforts to cope with his condition.
Toto Cup semifinals set as Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Tel Aviv eye preseason title
Petah Tikva will face Bnei Sakhnin, while Jerusalem will play Maccabi Haifa in Toto Cup placement games next weekend.
Mixed results for Israeli clubs in European soccer qualifying, Hapoel Tel Aviv achieve valuable win
Beitar Jerusalem came up short against Austria Wien 2-1 in the first leg of their Conference League third-round qualifying tie, while Maccabi Tel Aviv suffered a 3-0 defeat to CSKA Sofia.
Israel wraps up successful World Jiu-Jitsu Championships with multiple medals
Israel’s younger athletes also excelled, with Guy Torres crowned under-18 world champion in the No-Gi competition.
More than a transfer: Ben Lederman becomes part of Kraków’s Jewish soccer heritage
Ben Lederman, who was born in Los Angeles to Israeli expatriates of Polish-Jewish descent, is proof that, in soccer, the most improbable stories sometimes become reality.
Israel’s unbeaten U18 run ends against Slovenia, but World Cup hopes remain alive
Despite the defeat, coach Nadav Zilberstein’s team still has plenty to play for, as it will now battle for fifth place, with a win in its next game securing a berth at next year’s FIBA U19 World Cup.
