Italy’s 17-year-old Sofia Raffaeli will seek to build on last month’s success in her Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup debut in Sofia when she competes in the second World Cup of the season set to start tomorrow in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent.

at Tashkent ©Getty ImagesNeither Boryana Kaleyn of Bulgaria nor all-around champion Linoy Ashram of Israel

and Anastasiia Salos will also be in the mix.The home team from Uzbekistan will face Belarus, Spain, Israel

North Korea’s withdrawal from the upcoming Olympics has echoes of the 1964 Games in Tokyo although the reasons behind it are very different.

Sukarno but became politically charged when his Government refused entry visas to competitors from Israel

Once again Taiwan and Israel were frozen out.

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball is calling for referees to register their interest and availability for this year’s European Championships B in Lahti.

established at the venue following the three-day isolation period and a round of COVID-19 tests.Afula in Israel

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has launched a new podcast, The Global Game, to mark 100 days until the softball tournament begins at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

United States softball star Cat Osterman and Ian Kinsler, who is preparing to represent Israel at the

It was a banner day for Israel at the season-opening World Para Swimming World Series event in Sheffield

The draw for the 2022 EuroBasket later this month will be held behind closed doors in Berlin due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Basketball Federation has confirmed.

postponed to 2022 because of the coronavirus crisis ©Getty ImagesPot five features Belgium, Hungary, Israel

Japanese athletes could receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been claimed.

with the country yet to approve the Chinese vaccines.Countries such as Lithuania, Hungary, Serbia, Israel

Denmark's Kasper Asgreen of Deceuninck-QuickStep and The Netherlands' Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar claimed the men's and women's race wins at the one-day 2021 Tour of Flanders in Oudenaarde in Belgium.

row.Fourth was Jasper Stuyven of Trek-Segafredo, just a second behind Van Avermaet, while Sep Vanmarcke of Israel

Scullers will have one of their final opportunities to qualify for Tokyo 2020 at the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, which starts tomorrow in Varese, Italy.

highest-ranked of those involved in Varese.He is likely to be challenged by the experienced Dani Fridman of Israel

who finished fourth at the European Championships, and Maksim Miatlou, who was fifth.Dani Fridman of Israel

Marcus Nyman of Sweden won his second Grand Slam gold medal in as many weeks on the final day of the International Judo Federation Antalya Grand Slam.

category thanks to a waza-ari during golden score.The first bronze medal contest saw Li Kochman of Israel

to a kata-guruma.There was a surprise winner in the women’s over +78kg category, with Raz Hershko of Israel

Host nation Turkey claimed their first gold medal of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Antalya Grand Slam in the final category of the day thanks to Vedat Albayrak.

medal contest saw victory for top seed Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Canada who beat Gili Sharir of Israel

The 2021 European Athletics Under-18 Championships - due to take place in Rieti in Italy - have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

which we tried to stage up until the last moment," said new FIDAL President Stefano Mei.Jerusalem in Israel

The first day of the International Judo Federation Antalya Grand Slam saw some national rivals face off in intriguing gold medal contests.

bronze medal contests, Gulkader Senturk of Turkey beat Paula Pareto of Argentina, while Shira Rishony of Israel

sode-tsuri-komi-goshi which trapped her opponent Estrella Lopez Sheriff of Spain.Bronze medals went to Gili Cohen of Israel

Hasan Akkus is the new President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) after winning today's election ahead of his lone rival, Antonio Conflitti of Moldova.

Executive Board, whose six elected members are Mariusz Jedra (Poland), Colin Buckley (Ireland), Oren Shai (Israel

Two-time World Championships medallist Maayan Davidovich of Israel has been appointed President of a