sports news

A season of Israeli soccer in 8 minutes

May 28, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess tells you everything you need to know about Israel’s 2014-15 soccer season… in just 8 minutes.

Bicycle races: A story of conflict and resolution

May 22, 2015

The road from Hebron to Jerusalem was packed on Jerusalem Day with Israeli settlers making their annual bike ride in memory of Yitzhak Buanish.

Women and sport: Athena’s recipe for coexistence

May 14, 2015

Meet some of the 10,000 girls and women who came from all corners of the country to participate in Israel’s largest women’s sports event.

#MayPac: The disaster that boxing won’t survive? – It Takes All Sports

May 6, 2015

It was billed as ‘The Fight of the Century’ and by any measure you could choose – money, rankings, talent, anticipation – it was.

Rugby, bole, kava: When Fiji comes to Tel Aviv – It Takes All Sports

April 28, 2015

Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon is the last place you expect to hear a Fijian war chant. But that’s exactly what you find when you stumble upon the Middle East Bowl.

War games and Maccabiah games – It Takes All Sports

April 21, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess traces the history of the Maccabiah games – the “Jewish Olympics” – through Israel’s battle for independence up to the present day.

The roaring stone – It Takes All Sports

April 15, 2015

How did curling, invented in medieval Scotland, make it to the sultry, sandy Middle East, and become the only Winter Olympic team sport played in Israel?

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.

Turning up the heat – It Takes All Sports

March 3, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess has a sports news bulletin full of danger and despair; plus how one man is getting Israeli Paralympics back on track.

A little less controversy, a little more action please – It Takes All Sports

February 24, 2015

Host Laragh Widdess reads a sports news bulletin full of shocks and controversy from Israel and beyond; plus a special preview of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.