Sports

Israel vs. Wales: The sunshine after the rain

April 2, 2015

Israel’s campaign to qualify for the 2016 European soccer championships in France have taken a serious dent, but it’s not all doom and gloom.

Jewish and Arab kids on a ‘team of equals’

March 28, 2015

In order to bring players and fans closer together on and around the pitch, the New Israel Fund has launched a joint soccer school for Jewish and Arab kids.

March Madness meets Maccabi – It Takes All Sports

March 25, 2015

TLV1 newbies Matt Jevotovsky and Jay Berstein put host Laragh Widdess out of her March Madness misery and explain what this basketball tournament is about.

It Takes All Sports Field Report: Israeli rugby’s road to Rio

March 10, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess attended the final of the Israeli rugby league to meet the sport’s key figures and to see what rugby in the Holy Land looks like.

Sporting mensches: Getting Israeli Paralympics back on track

March 4, 2015

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.

Sports news: Turning up the heat

March 3, 2015

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.

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

February 24, 2015

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!

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

February 23, 2015

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.

Sports news: All-stars and giant-killers

February 17, 2015

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.

Sports news: Crime and punishment

February 11, 2015

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.