By Mike RowbottomAustralia took the lion's share of the medals as the Para-rowing events held their finals at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, taking two golds - through Erik Horrie in the Arms and Shoulders (AS) men's single sculls and Gavin Bellis and Kathryn Ross in the Trunk and Arms (TA) mixed double sculls.

The battle for silver was between Moran Samuel of Israel and Liudmila Vauchok of Belarus, bronze medallist

sculls B finals at World Rowing ChampionshipsAugust 2014: Brazilian mixed doubles scullers hold off Israel

By Mike RowbottomGermany's Johannes Schmidt won the B final of the Arms and Shoulders (AS) men's single sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam today.

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By Zjan ShirinianUEFA has postponed Israel's Euro 2016 qualifier against Belgium because of security concerns in the country.

added.On July 16, the UEFA Emergency Panel ruled that UEFA competition matches cannot be played in Israel

qualifying for the Euro 2016 Championships.It is due to host Bosnia and Herzegovina in Haifa on November 18.Israel

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Cup tie against Argentina over security fearsAugust 2014: ATP cancels World Tour event in Israel over

security fearsJuly 2014: American football follows swimming by pulling out of Israel

By Mike RowbottomIn a thrilling finish to the TA mixed double sculls repechage on the third day of racing at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, the Brazilian Para-rowing pairing of Josiane Lima and Michel Gomes Pessanha finished just a second ahead of Israel's Reuven Magnagey and Yuliya Cnernoy in a time of 4min 49.27sec, with both qualifying for the A final.

Laura Zeng of the US lies second and Linoy Ashram of Israel is third.  13:28 Forgive the slighter sparser

nations join together in this pairs competition with one such team consisting of athletes from Turkey and Israel

group.Athletes from Chile, New Zealand, Great Britain, Belgium, United States, Mexico, Australia and Israel

By Zjan ShirinianUkraine has been stripped of the right to host its Davis Cup tie in the country after a U-turn by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) over security fears.

said the decisions were difficult ©Getty ImagesThe Board of Directors also considered an appeal by the Israel

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Tennis Association appeals decision to relocate Davis Cup tieAugust 2014: Israel ordered to move Davis

Cup tie against Argentina over security fearsAugust 2014: ATP cancels World Tour event in Israel over

security fearsJuly 2014: American football follows swimming by pulling out of Israel

By Emily GoddardPrincess Haya Bint Al Hussein will not stand for a third term as President of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), she has revealed today.

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum - and on her humanitarian work in light of the Gaza–Israel

By Zjan ShirinianThe Israel Tennis Association (ITA) is appealing the decision to force its Davis Cup

in these two cases and request to look into the matter once more in order to bring the tie back to Israel

versus Argentina was more problematic for the committee because the situation in Israel is very fluid

at the moment and yet security in Israel is of an exceptionally high standard."

Israel is aiming to return to the World Group after a one-year absence following its 3-1 victory over

over security fearsJuly 2014: American football follows swimming by pulling out of Israel

By Gary AndersonThe International Tennis Federation (ITF) has ordered Israel to find an alternative venue

likely.Earlier this week Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced that the inaugural Negev Israel

The decision on Israel versus Argentina was more problematic for the committee because the situation

in Israel is very fluid at the moment and yet security in Israel is of an exceptionally high standard

certainty of the situation at the date of the tie, on the decision of other sports not to compete in Israel

over security fearsJuly 2014: American football follows swimming by pulling out of Israel

By Emily GoddardUkraine have jumped straight to the top of the leader board at the International Paralympic Committee Swimming European Championships after securing six gold medals on the opening day of action in Eindhoven.

Paralympic champion Oleksandr Mashchenko to take gold in the men's 100m breaststroke SB11 ahead of Spain's Israel

By Zjan ShirinianMajor security concerns in Israel have forced the first Association of Tennis Professionals

The ATP has decided to pull the inaugural Negev Israel Open in Tel Aviv, which was scheduled for September

15 to 21.It was to be the first ATP World Tour event in Israel since 1996, with matches at the Israel

We regret the ATP World Tour event in Tel Aviv, Israel, will not take place this year," said Chris Kermode

Violence between Israel and Hamas has already seen the International Swimming Federation move the World

We at the ITA have done everything to ensure a successful ATP event takes place in Israel."

By Zjan ShirinianThe European Short Course Swimming Championships in Israel have been moved from January

17th edition in Herning, Denmark in December 2013.A number of sporting events have been moved out of Israel

country and Hamas.On Monday, the Association of Tennis Professionals cancelled the inaugural Negev Israel

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of American Football (IFAF) has announced it is pulling its Flag Football World Championship out of Israel

Federation earlier this week when they pulled the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships out of Israel

Palestinians and 55 Israelis are reported to have died in the latest escalation of violence between Israel