Championship

Maccabi Tel Aviv denies Beersheba double at soccer cup final

Thrilling soccer State Cup final at Teddy Stadium sees Maccabi Tel Aviv yellow-and-blue’s 25th triumph, 2-1 rally over Hapoel Beersheba Reds

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI TEL AVIV players celebrate with the trophy following their 2-1 comeback win over Hapoel Beersheba in the State Cup final at Teddy Stadium.
Hapoel Beersheba celebrating the championship.

Hapoel Beersheba captures Israeli soccer league championship over Beitar Jerusalem

Next up for Beersheba is its final game of the league season on Saturday night, when it hosts Maccabi Haifa, followed by a State Cup final clash against the same Maccabi Tel Aviv.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
BEITAR JERUSALEM players celebrate after a recent dominant performance, as the capital club continues its push for the Israel Premier League title.

Beitar Jerusalem set for crunch championship showdown in Beersheba

There are no ifs, ands, or buts. The yellow-and-black is two points off the top of the table, where Hapoel Beersheba currently resides, and it will need to beat the best in order to be the best.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
Papaya's international Solitaire championship

For the first time: The Israeli company Papaya held an international Solitaire championship

Solitaire arrived in the real world in a first-of-its-kind international championship led by the high-tech company Papaya. 400 players from around the world participated in it.

|ByWALLA! TECH

Israeli wins first place in Florida horse-riding competition

Ashley Bond and Daniel Blumen's victory set the duo's criteria for the World Championships this summer.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Great success for Israel in the 5th and final round of the winter round in Wellington, Florida, with Ashley Bond and Daniel Blumen finishing in first and second place.

Israeli squash team goes to court to fight ban from world championship

The Men’s World Team Squash Championship, set for December 7, was moved from New Zealand to Malaysia and Israelis are not able to visit.

NOVEMBER 23, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
A pair of competitors take part in the professional squash tournament on Wednesday night in the outdoor glass court built in the center of Tel Aviv

Israel Open Chess Championship to be held at Safed

The tournament will occur from December 8 to 17 and NIS 80,000 worth of prizes will be handed out to the winners.

NOVEMBER 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

Israeli swimmers make waves at Euros

Anastasia Gorbenko, 18, notched gold in the 200 individual medley, while fellow teenager Ben Shitrit set a personal best in the 400 IM and finished 8th.

NOVEMBER 7, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
After reaching a final at the Tokyo Olympics, Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko topped the podium over the weekend at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia. Women's 200m Individual Medley - Heats - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021.

Baseball: Israel loses European Championship to Netherlands, wins silver

The Dutch take the gold, downing Israel 9-4 with a late-inning comeback.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021ByDANNY GROSSMAN
Team Israel wins silver after heartbreaking loss to the Netherlands in the final game of the European Baseball Championships, on September 20, 2021.

Baseball: Israel routs France, eyes a place in the quarterfinals

One more win Tuesday (over England) – or a Russian loss to the French – will guarantee Israel a spot in the quarterfinals.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021ByDANNY GROSSMAN
Team Israel beat France 10-0 in their game at the European Baseball Championships, on September 13, 2021.

Baseball: Israel beats Russia to open European Championship

Team Israel faces France on Monday at 5:00 p.m. Israel time before completing its first round of championship play against England on Tuesday morning. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021ByDANNY GROSSMAN
Israel's baseball team celebrates their win over Russia at the start of the European Championships, on September 12, 2021.

Israeli team wins world debate championship for third year in a row

Tel Aviv University's Gil Peled and Assaph Hannany, who competed in the English Second Language side of the debate, came out on top after a grueling week with 12 rounds of nonstop argumentation.

JULY 15, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(From left to right) Tel Aviv University's Assaph Hannany and Gil Peled, the world champions of debate 2021.

Maccabi Haifa crowned Israel Premier League champion

Greens clinch title on season’s final day with victory over Beersheba as Mac TA draws with K8

MAY 31, 2021ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
MACCABI HAIFA was the cream of the crop for the entire Israel Premier League season and its efforts earned it a first championship in 10 years after the Greens beat Hapoel Beersheba 3-2 in the final game of the campaign.