Laragh Widdess

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 – It Takes All Sports

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: 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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Sports news: Palestine scores first Asian Cup goal

Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball; Israel tennis; English and Spanish soccer league round-ups; Have David Blatt and LeBron James turned a corner?

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Sporting mensches: The many guises of Israel’s baseball ‘king’

Nate Fish, the national director of the Israel Association of Baseball and self-styled ‘King of Jewish Baseball,’ joins Laragh in the studio.

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Sports news: The underdogs have their moment

Surprises for the teams at the top of Israeli soccer’s premier league; Palestinian national soccer team at the Asian Cup; plus international news.

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