International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient hopes a Giro d’Italia starting in Jerusalem next month will help drive peace through sport in a similar way to this year’s Winter Olympic Games on the Korean Peninsula.

The awarding of the first three stages of the race to Israel, starting with an individual time trial

To have the countries all together and to bring on the sport in Israel, that is nice."

September in memory of the victims of the 1972 Olympic Games, has been honoured by the Olympic Committee of Israel

welcomed Spaenle - formerly Bavarian Minister for Education and Culture - and the German Ambassador to Israel

International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) President Patrick Nally has hailed the progress of the sport after trophies were presented to the winners of the IFMP Asian Pairs Challenge event here today.

the International Olympic Committee (IOC), were teams from China, Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Israel

Singapore won the IFMP Asian Pairs Challenge ahead of Chinese Taipei and Israel, the second and third-place

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has called for sport to "show its teeth" to combat cases of countries restricting the way other nations participate at events on political grounds.

 It followed a series of recent troubles involving cases restricting the participation of Israel

 "In all the recent cases [involving Israel and others], the IOC have taken action.

telling intervention from the floor during the discussion in which he claimed that problems regarding Israel

Israel has rights of non-discrimination, but they are also expecting sport to solve problems they have

Our most important message is to be a model for next generation in Israel and Islamic countries."

Chris Froome has claimed he will not give a "running commentary" on his salbutamol case, as he continues his build-up towards the Giro d’Italia.

Grand Tour titles at the same time.He is building towards the race, which controversially starts in Israel

Russia’s Marina Chernova today became the first person in the 44-year history of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships to win three mixed pair gold medals.

Russia walked away with the team title.All three Russian groups finished first in their categories, with Israel

scores above the magical 30.000 points mark, produced a surprise winnerPerforming last, an emotional Israel

This opens doors in Israel in every way, it's history, it says that anything is possible and that Israel

Top seeded Spain and third seed Israel are through to tomorrow’s men’s wheelchair tennis final at the

Spain will play Croatia and Greece will take on Israel in tomorrow’s men’s semi-finals at the BNP Paribas

Great Britain’s women wheelchair tennis players earned their second 3-0 wins in successive days at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup European Qualification event in Vilamoura in Portugal.

a deciding doubles rubber in one of the last two ties to finish on Wednesday’s first day.Third seed Israel

China's home player Sun Feixiang was among the winners as men's first round action began the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Lingshui China Masters today.

same good fortunes as Chinese Taipei's 2015 winner Lu Chia-hung was knocked out.Misha Zilberman of Israel

World Wrestling (UWW) President Nenad Lalovic has called on countries who refuse to let athletes from Israel

one of several sports to have been affected by countries who do not have diplomatic relations with Israel

Wrestling has been involved in its own high-profile controversy involving Israel after it banned Iran's

Israelis.The Olympic Charter is supposed to forbid athletes from refusing to compete against rivals from Israel

To be completely honest, it did not cross my mind for a second that I would have written about maternal deaths, child labour and the Rwandan genocide during the first three days of the Commonwealth Games here in Gold Coast.

d'Italia succeeded in holding its start in 2014 in Ireland, but faces a more controversial opening in Israel

this year ©Getty ImagesThe spotlight is set to fall on Israel shortly, when it hosts the start of this

Hosts Italy won the women's title as junior team épée action took centre stage at the Junior and Cadets World Fencing Championships in Verona.

went to the Hungarians ©FIEItaly added another medal to the home tally as they took bronze, defeating Israel

Tickets have gone on sale for this year's Men's Lacrosse World Championship in Israel.

Lacrosse withdrew Manchester as the host city in April 2017.Canada will defend their men's world title in Israel

The one hundred per cent gold medal record of Georgia’s men at the International Judo Federation’s Tbilisi Grand Prix went by the board on the final day but home judoka Guram Tushishvili rounded the event off with a breathtaking victory in the heavyweight over 100 kilograms class.

this year.Her compatriot Madeleine Malonga took the first bronze after defeating Yarden Mayersohn of Israel