It Takes All Sports

Sporting mensches: Getting Israeli Paralympics back on track

You probably had no idea that Israel hosted the Paralympic Games in 1968, or that Israel’s athletes have had more success at the Paralympics than the Olympics.

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Sports news: Turning up the heat

Tel Aviv marathon suffers from heat exhaustion; why owning an Israeli premier league soccer club can be deadly; and an underwater sport you’ve never heard of.

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Sports news: A little less controversy, a little more action please

Shock results for Israeli premier league soccer’s top teams; Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball wins the State Cup; there’s rugby in Israel… and more!

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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Can it live up to the hype?

It’s happened at last: After years of negotiation and speculation we’re finally going to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao slug it out in the ring.

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Sports news: All-stars and giant-killers

Beitar Jerusalem FC is suffering from ’empty stadium’ syndrome; the giant-killers are at it again; why European soccer wouldn’t benefit from an all-star game.

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Sports news: Crime and punishment

The Israeli soccer world reels after a turbulent transfer window; Tunisia’s naughty antics on the tennis court; and our weekly Blatt-watch is a Love story.

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Sports news: Patriots and politics

Eli Ohana’s three days in politics; Israel has a new ironman; Diego Costa’s punishment doesn’t fit the crime; and something called the Superbowl.

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Sporting mensches: Introducing netball, basketball’s big sister

Chances are, unless you’re from a Commonwealth country, you haven’t heard of netball. But here in Israel, as least, Judy Aknin is changing all that.

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International sports news: Big balls, deflated balls, and just plain balls

Host Laragh Widdess tells this week’s sporting tales from around the globe, including Chelsea’s loss and NFL’s #DeflateGate, and picks a ‘team of the week.’

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Israeli sports news: The quick and the ‘red or dead’

Host Laragh Widdess tells this week’s sporting tales from Israel, including speed skating success and unruly soccer fans, and picks a ‘sportsman of the week.’

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