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More than a dozen players from the 2019 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Israel as part of the program “Touchdown in Israel III,” the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel for NFL players organized by Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Credit: Josh Hasten.

Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Kraft score friends and followers in Israel

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As he was coaching young Israeli high school players during an American football in Israel (AFI) scrimmage game at the Kraft Family Sports Campus this past Friday morning in Jerusalem—and with six New England...
Yuval Freilich, 24, won the European Fencing Championship on June 18, 2019, becoming the first Israeli to do so. Credit: European Fencing Confederation website.

Israeli fencer makes history with European championship win

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Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich, 24, took the gold medal in the European Fencing Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday. Yuval Freilich, ranked 40th in the world, beat out Italy’s Andrea Santarelli, rank 13, to take...
Israel's Sagi Muki raises his hands after winning in the men's under-81 kg weight category during the European Judo Championship in Tel Aviv on April 27, 2018. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Iran ends its sports boycott against Israeli judokas

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In a letter to the International Judo Federation, Iran’s Olympic Committee and local Judo Federation agreed to put an end to their boycott against Israeli athletes, allowing to play Israeli judokas in tournaments rather...
The Dutch parliament building. Credit: Michiel Jelijs/Flickr.

Jewish man assailed by Dutch soccer fans praising Nazis

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A Jewish man, identified in the Dutch media only as “Joram,” was verbally and physically assaulted on a national holiday known as Liberation Day, on Sunday by a group of 50 men as police...
Isaak Hayik. Credit: Facebook

Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age

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An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match. Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...
Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer at “Kids Day” at the David Posnack JCC in Florida. Credit: Jewish Tennis Project.

Match this love: Israel’s top tennis players launch new sports project

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Israeli tennis legends Shlomo Glickstein and Shahar Peer continue to represent Israel and the Jewish people on and off the court. The two top players were honored at a series of events in mid-March...
Credit: Chess.com.

World Chess Federation supports right of Israelis to compete in all tournaments

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The new president of Athens-based Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE-World Chess Federation) reiterated his support of the right of Israelis to compete in all tournaments during a visit to Israel last week, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. Arkady Dvorkovich...
Tottenham Hotspur versus AFC Wimbledon. Credit: Flickr.

World Jewish Congress to sports fans, general public: No tolerance for use of ‘Yid’

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The World Jewish Congress and the Board of Deputies of British Jews on Friday condemned the use of the word “Yid” to describe Tottenham Spurs, a soccer team that has historically labeled itself the “Yid...
United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to improve an elderly water sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a way he had not done since a life-changing double amputation. November 2018. Credit: United Hatzalah.

‘A Team of Angels’: Helping an amputee find a reason to live

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Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water-sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him experience the sea in a...
Meshki Pooshan and Esteghlal Sari compete in a match of the 15th Premier League of the Iran women's national futsal team, Jan. 17, 2018. Credit: Fars News/Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian women permitted to attend top soccer match for first time in 39 years

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Hundreds of women were allowed to attend the Asian Champions League soccer final in Tehran on Saturday, a tentative end to a decades-old ban on women attending top soccer matches in Iran. Iranian women have...