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Israel Men’s Judo Team: The blue-and-white has a plethora of judokas that may threaten to take home a medal in Japan. Ori Sasson, who won bronze at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games, is still a contender in the +100kg category, Sagi Muki is the reigning World Champion in -81kg and Peter Paltchik is the European Champion in -100kg. That sets Israel up very nicely to potentially dominate a single discipline at the Olympics, which would be a spectacular achievement.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club: Israel’s premier basketball team will look to get back on track after a 7-10 first round of Euroleague games in what has been a disappointing continental season to date. The yellow-and-blue has had plenty of ups and downs this campaign after having played so well last season prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. The results thus far just don’t seem fair after all of the hard work that was put in last season. But that was then and this is now as coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos will look to turn it around and attempt to punch a ticket to the playoffs in April.

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Israel National Soccer Team: Willi Ruttensteiner will be back at the helm of the blue-and-white as it looks towards the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying. Israel is in a tough, but not impossible, group with Austria, Denmark, Scotland, Moldova and Faroe Islands as Eran Zahavi will be back along with starlet Solomon as Israeli attempts to advance to its first international competition since 1970. The players wanted the Austrian bench boss back on the sidelines and now it’s up to them to prove to the Israel Football Association that they were correct in their choice.

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Beitar Jerusalem: With peace sweeping across the Middle East and treaties being signed with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg l

An exciting year ahead for Israeli athletes

Between Avdija, soccer and many Olympic storylines there is plenty for fans to look forward to.

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