Tokyo

Cyclist Shapira starts strong, but fades late for 24th; Windsurfers Spychakov and Cohen both in 5th; Teenager Raz impresses in the gym; Richter 27th in 10m shooting; Men's swimmers fail to advance.

If an athlete cannot get properly worked up without the encouragement of a crowd of spectators, then he or she must find a way to get properly worked up on their own.

At the last Games in Rio de Janeiro Israel captured three bronze medals with two of those athletes returning to action in the 2020 version of the Games.

After shockingly qualifying for the Olympics, blue-and-white is one of just six teams who will compete in Tokyo, making a miraculous medal well within reach.

Let’s wish all our participants success, but most of all, let’s support them and wish them to do their very best in the most auspicious sporting arena.

The sterilizing of the Tokyo Games is historically unfair and socially tragic for Japan, and morally ruinous for the Olympic ideal.

Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organizers if necessary.

At the end of a day of intensely nerve-wrecking negotiations, the Palestinian terrorists demanded they and their Israeli hostages be flown to an Arab country. They never made it off the tarmac.

It was an inauspicious start to the sport that would become her career and, later this month, take her to the Tokyo Olympics.

Will more Israeli athletes ascend the winners’ podium this summer in Tokyo?