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Former WNBA star Jackson dies aged just 37

  • Basketball

Former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Tiffany Jackson has died at the age of 37, it has been announced.

September 2015, Jackson was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.After treatment, she was playing in Israel



Global reach of boxing

  • IBA Section Placeholder

[/modal][modal title="Israel - August 2022" id="israel"]International Boxing Association (IBA) President

Umar Kremlev held a meeting with President of Israel Isaac Herzog to discuss the sport's development

and the sixth President of the country, who was an Irish youth bantamweight champion.Kremlev was in Israel

The visits to Saudi Arabia and Palestine come just after Kremlev visited Israel, where he met the Country's

The visits to Saudi Arabia and Palestine come just after Kremlev visited Israel, where he met the Country's


Iran dominate on first day of wrestling at FISU World Cup Combat Sports

  • Universiade

Iran won the gold medal in all wrestling events they entered today, as the sport got underway at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Cup Combat Sports here in Samsun.

medals were given out - with France's Marwane Yezza and Turkey's Utku Dogan defeating Daniel Or Popov of Israel



Bach pays emotional tribute to Holocaust victims during visit to Yad Vashem

  • Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reaffirmed the commitment of the Olympic Movement to non-discrimination and peace during an emotional visit to the World Holocaust Remembrance Center at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

It was Bach's first official visit to Israel as IOC President.He was accompanied by Israel Olympic Committee

 Itzhak Herzog, President of Israel, third from left, IOC President Thomas Bach, second from right

wife Elsa for their wartime efforts in protecting Jewish workers.Earlier in his visit, Bach had joined Israel


Bach holds two day trip to Palestine before visits to Israel and Jordan

  • OCA

Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has held a two-day visit to Palestine prior to his current stay in Israel

IOC to stop Israeli sports activities on Palestinian territories.Tensions are regularly high between Israel

and Palestine, who have been engaged in a long-standing conflict.Welcome to Israel!

@Olympics @iocmedia pic.twitter.com/ibgwDA95AQ— Team Israel (@Olympic_Israel) September 19, 2022Athletes

have competed under Palestine's flag at every Summer Olympics since Atlanta 1996, while Israel has taken

summer edition of the Games since Helsinki 1952, apart from Moscow 1980.Bach is making first visit to Israel


Serbia capture title at eFootball 2023 European Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Serbian Marko Roksic led his country to glory at the eFootball 2023 European Championship after defeating Turkey’s Muchahit Sevimli in the final at Bemax Arena in Podgorica in Montenegro.

World Esports Championships in Bali.David Garevski of North Macedonia and Orel Daniel, representing Israel


Hosts Bulgaria take group all-around gold at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

  • Gymnastics

Hosts Bulgaria claimed their first gold medal of the International Gymnastics Federation Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia as they earned the group all-around title.

ribbons and two balls, their score of 32.800 exactly two points better than the next best performers Israel

competition.That ensured Bulgaria took gold with a total score of 66.600 at the Armeets Arena, followed by Israel


Raffaeli wins third gold of Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia

  • Gymnastics

Italy's Sofia Raffaeli added a third individual title at the International Gymnastics Federation Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia with a ribbon gold medal, while Germany's Darja Varfolomeev triumphed with the clubs.

Gymnastics World Championships as her score of 29.900 merited ribbon bronze and pipped Adi Asya Katz of Israel


Philip Barker: Seventy years of highs and lows in sport

  • Inside the Blogs

It was somehow fitting that England's cricketers should win the decisive match in the Test series against South Africa at the Oval in London earlier this week.

#Munich1972 pic.twitter.com/UeKI90G41j— Israel ישראל (@Israel) September 5, 2022It held a bitter legacy



Alan Hubbard: My memories of Munich and the dreadful day that scarred sport forever

  • Inside the Blogs

The recent evocative pieces on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games by my insidethegames colleague Philip Barker brought personal memories flooding back. Not that they were ever far from consciousness.

flashed around the globe, and for an hour that was what we and the world believed, among them, back in Israel