Tokyo 2021

Israeli baseball: A surprising hit

The story of Israel's National Baseball team, and how it made it to the 2020 Olympics at Tokyo, in five parts.

|BySHLOMO MAITAL
Israel’s national baseball team won a silver at the European Championships on September 19 after losing the final to the Netherlands.
Ami Dadaon of Israel celebrates after winning gold and setting a World Record

Paralympics 2021: Israel rises to 7 medals, 4 gold

Israeli swimmers Ami Omer Dadaon and Mark Malyar won Israel a gold and a bronze medal on Monday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Rhythmic - Individual All-Around - Medal Ceremony - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Gold medallist Linoy Ashram of Israel poses with her medal

Olympics: Russian team attacks Ashram's win, Israel fires back

In 2018, Russian Dina Averina won gold in the world championships after dropping her ribbon, while Israeli Linoy Ashram won silver. Back then, the ROC had no complaints about the score.

|ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Rhythmic - Individual All-Around - Final - Rotation 4 - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Linoy Ashram of Israel in action with ribbon

Ashram's lead over Russian was 'simply enormous' - Olympic judge explains

"I am satisfied with the score I gave," Ukrainian Olympic Judge Lydia Vinogradnaya said on Monday.

|ByIDAN ZONSHINE

14 Days: UAE Embassy

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

JULY 28, 2021BySTEVE LINDE
UAE Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Al Khaja, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog cut a ribbon during the opening ceremony of the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel July 14, 2021.

Meet the Israeli baseball player who booked John Mulaney, Sinead O’Connor

Despite the fact that baseball is not a popular sport in Israel, the team has a chance of winning a medal in Tokyo. Only six teams are competing in the sport.

JULY 23, 2021ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Israel baseball players at World Baseball Classic

Health expert: Olympic village COVID-19 infection bubble already 'broken'

Insufficient testing at the border and the impossibility of controlling people's movements mean that the Games could exacerbate the spread of the infectious Delta variant of the virus.

JULY 20, 2021ByREUTERS
Maria Watanabe, a Filipino living in Japan takes a selfie in front of the Olympic Rings outside The National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games