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Big moments define early-season league play

Beersheba storms back from 2 goals down to beat Netanya • Atzily’s brace secures Beitar’s win

MACCABI NETANA defender Saba Khvadagiani (left) vies for the ball with Hapoel Beersehaba’s Alon Turgeman during the Reds’ 4-2 Premier League victory
FORMER NBA big man TJ Leaf arrives to a hero’s welcome at Ben-Gurion Airport this week, ready to start his European journey in front of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s passionate fans.

TJ Leaf finally comes home to Holy Land

MACCABI TEL AVIV will miss the creativity and scoring verve of Dor Turgeman, the 21-year-old Israeli heading to MLS to join the New England Revolution.

Israeli soccer star Dor Turgeman transfers to New England

YONI ERLICH (left) and Dudi Sela (right) – playing together in the Davis Cup in 2013 – icons of Israeli tennis whose successors are hopefully just around the corner.

Getting Israeli players back to the top of the tennis landscape


Israel’s Premier League set for kickoff

From Maccabi TA’s three-peat goal to Beitar Jerusalem’s attacking prowess, the season promises fireworks.

 Picture of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer  players celebrating

UK wheelchair basketball team snubs Israelis during Hatikva - interview

The Israeli team will likely be facing the same British team again at the upcoming European Championships (in October).

Israeli wheelchair basketball player Ilay Yarhi plays against the UK wheelchair basketball team.

Yankees knowingly drafted player who once drew a swastika on a Jewish classmate’s door

“I felt like the worst person in the world,” Jackson told the Athletic. “I don’t want there to be any excuses for my actions.”

A view of Yankee Stadium on Sept. 11, 2016.

Soccer: Israeli Oscar Gloukh features in Ajax draw

Oscar Gloukh showed sharp intent in Ajax’s 2–2 draw with Go Ahead Eagles, signaling his growing impact and symbolic value for Israeli football.

OSCAR GLOUKH, now an Ajax player, powers forward for Israel, displaying his skill and vision on the international stage.

Tennis icon Monica Seles diagnosed with rare autoimmune disease

Monica revealed her diagnosis after three years of knowingly living with the autoimmune condition.

Members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (L-R) Nick Bollettieri, Mark Woodforde, Monica Seles, Gigi Fernandez and Stan Smith take the stage for inductions ceremonies in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S., July 20, 2019.

Fall of the Roman Empire: Inside Abramovich’s enforced sale of Chelsea FC

Placed under sanctions by the UK government because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Jewish magnate was forced to sell the soccer club he owned for nearly 20 years.

Just weeks after buying the club, new Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich watches a friendly matched between his team and Lazio, July 18, 2003.

Issue of Israel's participation in UEFA 'a legitimate question,' president Čeferin says

In an interivew, the president of Europe’s soccer association talked about the recent politicization of the sport and the "Israeli issue."

Paris St. Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and Tottenham Hotspur CEO Vinai Venkatesham.

Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer

Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some 112 years ago, had vanished into baseball obscurity

Monte Pfeiffer is No. 12, second from left on the bottom row in a photograph of the Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Coal Barons. The Jewish shortstop had a breakthrough year for the minor league team in 1913.

Israel shines in kickboxing at World Games with two gold medals and a silver

Thursday's podium successes followed Shaked Nisimian's gold in women’s combat sambo, Nili Block's bronze, and Yulia Sachkov, Jodah Osaid, and Polina Grossman reaching the kickboxing finals.

ISRAELI KICKBOXER Yulia Sachkov reached the podium on Thursday at the World Game.

Remember the name: Israel U16 Men’s National Team's Omri Orland

The 15-year-old point guard has taken the Israeli youth basketball scene by storm and could very well be on track to the NBA.

ISRAELI POINT GUARD Omri Orland is turning heads across Europe with the Under-16 national team – and several respected scouts say he’s destined for the NBA.

Israeli 3X3 basketball team excluded from French tournament, citing ‘political conflicts’

Team Ramat Gan’s de-registration from Versailles organizers underscored the growing impact of politics on international sports and Olympic qualification

 ISRAELI 3x3 basketball team, Team Ramat Gan, gears up for international competition, determined to earn Olympic qualifying points despite obstacles.