Category : Jpost - Israeli Sport

Beersheba hands Maccabi Tel Aviv 1st defeat in finale

As the Israeli soccer season came to a close this week, the abbreviated offseason is already heating up as the coaching carousel is already in full gear among the top teams.Who will stay and who will go as European qualification is less than...

Maccabi Tel Aviv gets the better of arch-rival Jerusalem

Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Jerusalem 86-80 in the Israeli basketball Classico at Yad Eliyahu on Monday night. The visiting Reds controlled the first half, but the yellow-and-blue used a strong second half to propel the club to the victory....

Beersheba, Beitar draw, Mac TA, Mac Haifa triumph

Hapoel Beersheba and Beitar Jerusalem dueled to an entertaining Premier League 2-2 draw this week in a game that provided plenty of back-and-forth action and a goal deep into injury time off a set-piece by the southern squad’s captain Miguel...

Israeli Volleyball Association wins raffle to host European matches

The Israeli Volleyball Association (IVA) won a raffle and will host the European pre-finals, N12 reporter Ben Goldfriend tweeted on Thursday. The Israeli national team will play against the Bulgarian and Austrian national teams in January 20...

Dramatic Haifa derby finishes in late draw

There was plenty of action over the weekend at soccer stadiums throughout Israel as the Haifa derby between Maccabi and Hapoel took center stage, with the sides playing to a dramatic 2-2 draw.Gal Arel helped Hapoel to a split of the points w...

Maccabi Tel Aviv marching toward title

Maccabi Tel Aviv took a giant step in the direction of wrapping up the 2019/20 championship with a 2-0 win over Maccabi Haifa at Bloomfield Stadium in Israel Premier League action on Wednesday night. With the victory, the yellow-and-blue ope...

A unique masked adventure in Jerusalem

The Israel Premier League came back with a vengeance this week with a number of fabulous games that starved fans were thrilled to have the opportunity to witness – at least on television – after a lengthy break that began in March due to the...

Exciting return to the pitch for Israeli soccer clubs

The Israel Soccer Premier League resumed action over the weekend with three Championship Playoff matches as the season headed into the stretch run. The trio of contests all provided some exciting play, drama and of course a bit of rust after...

Local soccer league, cup brace for return to action

The big moment Israeli soccer fans were expecting and hoping for has finally arrived.The local Premier League on Thursday announced game dates to open the Championship and Relegation playoffs to resume the 2019/20 season after almost three m...

Soccer teams in Israel allowed to return to training

Israel’s Ministry of Heath on Wednesday approved the Premier and National League teams to return to group training, the league administration announced. According to the statement released, “the professional soccer teams can return to hold c...

Israel’s Deni Avdija declares for NBA Draft

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Israeli basketball prodigy Deni Avdija declared on Thursday for the 2020 NBA Draft, scheduled to be held in June.Avdija, 19, is expected to be a lottery pick – one of the first 14 selections – and is slated to be the highe...

SPOTLIGHT: Maccabi Tel Aviv marks iconic 1977 title

This month brings the 43rd anniversary of Maccabi Tel Aviv celebrating its first European Championship back in 1977. With a 78-77 win over Mobilgirgi Varese from Italy, as well as a key 91-79 victory over CSKA Moscow, the yellow-and-blue cap...

Orthodox mother of 5 asks Olympic Committee to keep marathon off Shabbat

An Orthodox mother of five whose dreams of representing Israel running the marathon in the Tokyo Olympics were almost dashed after her event was scheduled for Shabbat, is using its postponement to make sure there is no conflict in the new sc...

Ian Kinsler - Aliyah secured in bottom of the 9th

The drama behind Ian Kinsler’s aliyah earlier this month – just in the nick of time – goes back to when Corona was still a beer and Kinsler was just a name on Israel Baseball General Manager Peter Kurz’s bucket list of players he’d love to h...

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. owner tests positive for coronavirus

Businessman and owner of Beitar Jerusalem Football Club, Moshe Hogeg, has tested positive as a carrier of coronavirus, the club announced on Saturday morning.The club made clear that Hogeg was feeling well and did not suffer from symptoms.Ho...