Tag: Sports
Israel’s Moshe Zuares elected to top UEFA committee
Israel Football Association Chairman Moshe "Shino" Zuares was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee, the top governing body of European soccer, the organization announced on Thursday.
Zuares was voted in for a two-year term alongside...
Israel opens World Cup qualifiers with 2-1 victory over Estonia
Israel began its 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory over Estonia in Debrecen, Hungary on Saturday.
Originally scheduled to be played in the Jewish state, the match was relocated due to security concerns.
Estonia...
‘Red Rocket’ helps propel YU basketball forward
Coming into the season, the Yeshiva University Maccabees (“Macs”) in New York City knew that with no dominant centers or power forwards, the team would have to rely heavily on shooting guard Zevi Samet. While...
Jewish Olympic legend Ágnes Keleti dies at 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor who became the world's oldest living Olympic champion and later shaped Israel's gymnastics program, died Thursday in Budapest at age 103.
The legendary Jewish athlete, who captured 10 Olympic medals—the...
Entertainment, sports and war top 2024 Google searches in Israel
A mix of entertainment, sports and the war against Hamas in Gaza were the top Google search items in Israel over the last year, according to statistics released this week by the world’s most...
They survived Oct. 7 … now they’re playing basketball in Los Angeles
“One day, I was going to be murdered by Hamas, and today, James Harden and the Clippers are applauding me,” Omer Bilansky, general manager of a basketball league for high-school-aged children in the Eshkol...
Patriots’ assistant coach to lace up shoes with design to fight Jew-hate
Evan Rothstein, a member of the New England Patriots coaching staff, will wear shoes customized to promote the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism as part of the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative.
“I’m Jewish. It’s of a...
‘Sorry, sir, we are unable to help you right now’
Before I left for this trip to see Maccabi Tel Aviv play in Amsterdam—the month before I will be starting my service in the Israel Defense Forces—I couldn’t have imagined that it would make...
Protesters storm French Football Federation over Israel game
Scores of anti-Israel protesters burst into the French Football Federation offices in Paris on Monday, and demanded the cancellation of an upcoming Nations League game between France and the Jewish state.
In video footage posted...
German soccer fans pay tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Supporters of Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen paid tribute to murdered Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Saturday afternoon before their team's friendly match against FC Bayern Munich.
Fans in the stands at Weser Stadium in...