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....
World-class ATP 250 tennis tournament returns to Israel after 26 years
In welcome news for Israel’s sports and tennis fans, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced its new tournament in the ATP 250 category: The Tel Aviv Watergen Open 2022 will take place in...
Tel Aviv to host world’s first ‘love race’
Tel Aviv is set to host the world’s first “race for love.”
The starter gun will go off for the inaugural Hoodies Singles Run on Sept. 22, 2022. An estimated 15,000-20,000 people are expected to...
Maccabiah and Israel: A sporting event of ‘a Jewish nature’
Bringing more than 10,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries to compete in 42 sporting events all around Israel for the Maccabiah games is an impressive feat. Returning these athletes to their home countries as...
Never too late (or too old) to be in the Maccabiah
Some doctors and lawyers of a certain age spend their days working at the office. Others fly to Israel to participate in a Maccabiah martial-arts event—or stay at home counting the days until they...
Surf lifesaving competitions debut at Maccabiah Games
Surf lifesaving competitions are being held for the first time at the Maccabiah Games in Israel this summer.
Surf lifesaving combines swimming, lifesaving techniques and general fitness. The competitions involve running and then swimming or board-paddling to...
‘Leveling the Playing Field’ does just that, spreading the sports wealth among others
When Max Levitt was a student at Syracuse University, he had a unique window into the world of sports equipment. As equipment manager for the school’s football team, he regularly witnessed perfectly good cleats,...
Israel has noteworthy top-15 overall finish at the World Games
Despite a final two days of podium near misses by Israeli athletes competing in acrobatic gymnastics and wakeboarding at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, the leader of the Israeli delegation was “speechless” at how well...
World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver
On the first day of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Team Israel took a group photo at the city’s iconic statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge.
Miniature statues of Vulcan are being presented...
World Games: Activist waves Palestinian flag next to Israelis during Opening Ceremony
As Israel’s delegation marched into the 2022 World Games opening ceremony on July 7 in Birmingham, Ala., there was an unexpected intrusion as an activist who was a volunteer for the games was able to get...