World Championship

Israel wins gold and silver at World Championships in jiu-jitsu and sambo

Two young Israeli fighters also made their senior debuts: Yanai Kadosh (19) and Vladi Polotsky (19), both from the Otzma Bat Yam club.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Israeli jiu-jitsu gold medalist Omri Haviv at Jiu-Jitsu World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
YARON GOLDMAN, one of Israel’s rising stars, is poised to be one of the leaders of the U19 national team in its historic World Cup debut in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Yaron Goldman and Israel’s Under-19 hoopsters stand tall in Switzerland - interview

“First of all, during a time like this, there’s even more pride and a sense of responsibility, especially since this is a World Championship,” Goldman said.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Israel's four-man bobsled team.

Shul runnings: The Israeli bobsled, skeleton racing teams with Olympic ambitions

Israel’s bobsled and skeleton racing teams prepare for the World Championship – and the Winter Olympics

|ByLAURI DONAHUE
YARIN SHRIKI, survivor of the Nova festival massacre, last month won a gold medal at the Paris Grand Prix, dedicating the victory to his fallen friend, Yochai Ben-Zechariah, whose name he wears on his kimono, next to the date October 7, 2023

Yarin Shriki wins martial arts world championship, speaks about surviving Oct. 7

The gold medalist credits the skills he learned from Jiu Jitsu with saving his life during the Nova massacre.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Former Cardinals pitcher wants to lead Israel's national baseball team

The Israeli team led by Marquis's unparalleled experience managed to beat Cuba, South Korea and the Netherlands back in 2017.

NOVEMBER 7, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
DESPITE back-to-back losses to Italy and Spain at the European Baseball Championship in Germany, Israel still finished among the top five teams and will head to Italy for the WBSC Olympic Qualifier Europe-Africa tournament later this week

Israel may host the 2027 FIBA World Championship

FIBA President Hamane Niang agreed to promote the Sports and Culture minister's request to host competitions in Israel for the tournament.

FEBRUARY 27, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Minister of Sports and Culture Miri Regev meets with FIBA President Hamane Niang

Israeli Yulia Sachkov wins gold in Kickboxing World Championship

"This is a dream come true, something always went wrong in the past and this time everything worked out perfectly," Sachkov told Reshet Bet.

OCTOBER 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yulia Sachkov after winning the Kickboxing World Championship

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat wins silver at World Championships

It is Dolgopyat’s second silver medal at the World Championship, after winning one in 2017.

OCTOBER 14, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat

After tragedy, US Olympic champion joins Israeli pool safety start-up

"I was shocked that there weren’t products on the market that could help mitigate drowning risk," said Miller.

MAY 22, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
The Coral Manta system designed by Coral Detection Systems