Sports
Omri Airlines: The meteoric rise of Israeli midfielder Gandelman with Italy’s Lecce
Gandelman has transformed into the “new face” of US Lecce in just a few short weeks, a player in the right place at the right time to secure a vital 2-1 victory.
Amid war at home, Iran women push on at Asian Cup despite family fears
Iranian women's soccer team refuses to sing national anthem, chess player calls out regime
Israel basketball national team beats Cyprus, qualifies for next round of World Cup qualifiers
Victories overshadowed: War halts Israeli hoops momentum
Hapoel Tel Aviv finally snapped its five-game losing streak, while Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded an important win that will keep it in the postseason race as their respective campaigns head into March.
From player to mentor: Cory Carr helps power Maccabi Tel Aviv’s championship culture - interview
Since retiring from the NBA close to 10 years ago, Cory Carr has been plying his trade as a coach with a number of clubs in the Holy Land, but also working with players on an individual basis.
Beitar’s ‘Crazy 8s’: Yitzchaki’s faith rewarded in historic Netanya rout - comment
When Beitar Jerusalem started to score, score, and score some more this week at Maccabi Netanya, you could feel that the floodgates had opened and there was history in the making.
Beitar runs riot over Netanya to remain in title race
Elsewhere, Hapoel Petah Tikva slipped by Maccabi Haifa 1-0 as Mamady Diarra scored the lone goal of the match in the 59th minute to take the points and stay in the Championship Playoff picture.
World champions with no leagues: The broken pipeline for Israel's female athletes
Why Israel’s young female athletes still struggle to find the infrastructure, funding, and professional pathways their male counterparts take for granted
Tel Aviv teams keep winning while Jerusalem, Beersheba clubs triumph
Maccabi Tel Aviv cruised past Ironi Ness Ziona 111-80, Hapoel Tel Aviv got by Hapoel Holon 89-83, Hapoel Jerusalem downed Maccabi Ramat Gan 97-87, and Hapoel Beersheba crushed Maccabi Ra’anana.
Deni Avdija’s all-star moment: A political dtatement in disguise - opinion
In today’s Western cultural institutions, Israeli visibility rarely exists in neutral space.
Sorry, ladies: Israeli breakout fighter Ahavat Hashem Gordon is already taken, and engaged
A whole country seemed glued to the TV on Saturday night to watch a fight that, until recently, many people probably had not even heard about.
Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey
The win broke a 46-year Olympic drought for Team USA, which had not taken gold since the famous “Miracle on Ice” team that upset the Soviet Union on its way to gold in 1980.
Israel disqualifies own bobsleigh team from Winter Olympics for faking illness
The disqualification follows a series of tense moments for the Israeli delegation at the Milan-Cortina games.
