This year’s Maccabiah Games are going live …
Broadcasting the Summer Olympic Games is a massive operation, with more than 7,000 personnel covering 28 sports utilizing 1,000-plus cameras, taking the games global.
For the first time, the so-called Jewish Olympics will be broadcast around the...
Billionaire Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea FC, donate from sale to help victims of...
Russian Jewish businessman Roman Abramovich announced that he will sell the British soccer team Chelsea FC and said all money from the sale will be donated to help victims of the war in Ukraine.
In a...
Jewish communities across Russia open doors to World Cup Jewish visitors
If Rostov-on-Don Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Chaim Danzinger has his way, thousands of Jewish soccer fans who will descend on his storied town and 10 other historic cities for the upcoming World Cup games in Russia will...
Israel to host French Super Cup soccer match with Messi, Neymar
The French Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) and FC Nantes is scheduled to be held next week at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv.
Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi will arrive with PSG....
Team USA takes home most medals in European Maccabi Games
The 15th European Maccabi Games, which some have likened to the Jewish Olympics, concluded on Aug. 7 in Budapest, Hungary, with team USA taking home a total of 155 medals, more than any other country.
American...
Former NBA player Mike Sweetney: Life on the rebound
Mike Sweetney had it all.
Named the best high school basketball player in the Washington, D.C., area in 2000, he then joined the list of star centers for Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he averaged 18.2...
Israelis win gold and bronze medals in European Judo Championships
Israeli judoka Sagi Muki won first place in the European Senior Judo Championships 2018 in Tel Aviv on Friday, closely defeating Sami Chouchi from Belgium just seconds before a sudden-death match was declared.
Unlike in...
Ukrainian refugee wins Jerusalem marathon with time of 2:45:5
Ukrainian refugee Valentina Verzka came in first on the annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday with a time of 2:45:54.
Soon after the war started on Feb. 24, Verzka fled Poland with her daughter, leaving her...
‘Hatikvah’ played in Doha after Israeli wins gold in fencing
"Hatikvah," the Jewish state's national anthem, sounded in a Doha sporting arena this week after Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation's Grand Prix, which ended on Wednesday...
Match this love: Israel’s top tennis players launch new sports project
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...