Israeli woman becomes first Druze athlete to set national track record
Karawan Halabi, 27, on Tuesday became the first Druze athlete to set an Israeli track and field record, finishing the 1,000-meter race in 2:43:99 minutes.
The previous record belonged to Edna Lankri, whose time of...
Hungarian-born skier comes in sixth place for Israel with more races to come
Barnabas Szollos achieved Israel’s best-ever individual finish at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday when he came in sixth place overall in the men’s alpine combined.
The 23-year-old Hungarian-born skier, who’s representing Israel in...
It’s Super Bowl week, and Eli Lunzer is tackling a different side of sports
For Eli Lunzer, the road to Super Bowl Super LVI started weeks before the team match-ups were determined. Lunzer will arrive in Los Angeles for a nonstop week of work before the Cincinnati Bengals...
FIFA under fire for spate of anti-Israel incidents, breaching ethical codes
The UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) volunteer organization sent a formal complaint to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) this past week, calling on them to take action towards eradicating discrimination in sport,...
Israel’s first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier
Downhill skier Sheina Vaspi, 20, will be Israel’s sole competitor at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing from March 4 to March 13.
Although Israel has always sent a team to the Summer Paralympics, this marks the first...
Israeli figure skating duo chase ‘impossible dream’ to Beijing
A lot of hopes are riding on the skates of Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolski.
The figure-skating pair are among six athletes expected to represent Israel at the Beijing Olympics, February 4-20. And Israel has...
Scorned Algerian judoka: Sports federations cooperate with ‘Zionist terrorism’
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, who received a 10-year ban from competition for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid potentially facing an Israeli opponent, announced on Monday that he was retiring.
Nourine, 30, had unsuccessfully appealed the ban,...
British soccer team to host Premier League’s first Hanukkah event
Watford FC will be the first-ever Premier League club to host a Hanukkah celebration, the team has announced.
The sold-out gathering on Dec. 2 is also the first event organized by the club’s newly established Jewish...
Shifting gears: Ultra-Orthodox woman turns professional cyclist
Until just two years ago, now-professional cyclist Goldie Gelhar had not done any sports in her life. Born and raised in the haredi city of Bnei Brak, she took a single swimming lesson as a child,...
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist to head Israeli Olympic Committee
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist is breaking new ground once again, with her appointment as the first woman to ever head the country’s Olympic Committee.
Yael Arad took silver in judo at the 1992 Olympic Games in...