Barcelona has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the event which launched Juan Antonio Samaranch on the road to the very top of Olympic sport. Samaranch had a leading role in organising the 1955 Mediterranean Games, the first great international sporting event to be held in the Montjuich Stadium.

To their chagrin, Israel were not invited; neither were any women.There was to be no Torch Relay for

A dropped baton in the men’s 4x400 metres relay cost Austria the European Games athletics gold here tonight by the narrowest of margins as a jubilant, if shocked, Slovakia pushed them into second place.

17.37, were done for by Georgia’s earlier winning time of 3:15.49 and eventually totalled 458, with Israel

Great Britain set a world record time to win their mixed coxed four heat at the Para-rowing World Cup in Varese and secure their place in the final on Saturday (June 20).

Pamela Relph, Grace Clough, Dan Brown, James Fox and cox Oliver James, drawn in heat two with Israel

A superb performance in the ribbon section of the group ribbon event helped secure European Games rhythmic gymnastics all-around gold for Russia here today.

Switzerland, who were among the three remaining three teams left to compete, only Russia could prevent Israel

comfortably surpassed that mark with their score of 17.300 giving them and overall score of 35.300, leaving Israel

Belarus' Vitali Bubnovich claimed 10 metres air rifle shooting glory here today in thrilling fashion, snatching gold after Italian rival Niccolo Capriani blew his final shot on a day in which markswomen from Serbia and Spain also enjoyed victories.

leader Babayan of Armenia faded to fifth, the final place on the podium was taken by Sergey Richter of Israel

United States’ Kayla Harrison claimed her seventh International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix title after beating world bronze medallist Anamari Velensek in the women’s under 78 kilogram category final in Budapest. 

against Slovakia’s Milan Randl, while the second was captured by 20-year-old newcomer Li Kochman of Israel

Lien Chen-Ling made history on day one of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Budapest after winning Chinese Taipei’s first-ever gold medal in the sport's flagship series.

medal was won by Japan’s Momo Tamaoki against Tashkent Grand Prix silver medallist Camila Minakawa of Israel

Spain have announced a 21-strong team for the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships set to be held from July 13 to 19 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Michelle Alonso will hope to retain the 100m breaststroke SB14 title.Richardo Ten, Richard Oribe and Israel

United States underlined its status as the most successful nation in quad tennis, battling to victory over Japan to claim a record ninth World Team Cup title in Antalya.

Erenlib partnered Haim Lev to defeat Corradi and Alfredo di Cosmo 6-1, 6-2 in the doubles to ensure Israel

Favourites The Netherlands secured yet another women’s wheelchair tennis BNP Paribas World Team Cup title after a 2-0 victory over Japan in Antalya.

 United States will face Japan in the quad final tomorrow, while Israel face Italy for bronze.

The matter of Sepp Blatter’s immediate future as President of FIFA faded briefly into the background in Zurich here today, eclipsed by a potentially historic handshake between Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Football Association, and Ofer Enei, his Israeli counterpart.

this portentous episode in the 65th FIFA Congress with the observation, “In this case it is up to Israel

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France clinched a memorable victory over Colombia on the opening day of women’s World Group pool contests at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

Japan defeated South Korea 2-1.Pool B saw defending champions Great Britain lose 2-1 to Italy, as Israel

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