On ‘journey through history,’ Auburn basketball players visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem
As part of a trip to Israel to play basketball, the Auburn Tigers, a Division 1 NCAA college basketball team from Alabama, visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.
Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan greeted...
Auburn’s ‘Birthright for College Basketball’ initiative tips off in Jerusalem
Auburn University’s men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl is in Israel with his team for the inaugural “Birthright for College Basketball” tour from July 31 to Aug. 10. The reigning SEC regular-season champion Tigers will...
PSG beats Nantes to win soccer Champions Trophy in Tel Aviv
French champion Paris Saint-Germain defeated French Cup victor Nantes 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy on Sunday at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, where the match was played for the second consecutive year.
Midway through the first...
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,...