The World Karate Federation (WKF) was eager to publicise the record-breaking number of countries at its World Championships in Madrid last week.

fully-fledged member of the IOC in 2014, six years after gaining independence from Serbia - as athletes from Israel

IJF) Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in the United Arab Emirates - which does not have diplomatic relations with Israel

Athletes from Kosovo have been denied the chance to compete under their own flag at the Karate World Championships here by the Spanish Government, insidethegames can reveal.

competitions on political grounds.It followed a series of recent troubles involving the participation of Israel

Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov beat second seed Pascal Wolter to make the final of the European Para-Badminton Championships in the men's singles standing lower category in Rodez, France.

singles wheelchair category, the semi-final results followed seeding, with top seed Amir Levi  of Israel

Dates and venues for the four regional qualification events for the 2019 BNP Paribas World Team Cup have been confirmed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

Team Cup, the wheelchair equivalent of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup tournaments due to take place in Israel

April 2-6.The World Team Cup will then take place from May 13 to 18 at the the Larry and Mary Greenspon Israel

Fiona Christie avenged her group loss to Esther Torres to reach the women’s singles wheelchair WH2 semi-finals at the European Para-Badminton Championships 2018 in Rodez in France.

category, the top four seeds progressed into the semi-finals without dropping a game.Top seed Amir Levi of Israel

The four leaders of each section at the World Bowls Champion of Champions event in Australia have automatically qualified for the semi-finals with the participants of the elimination round also decided.

semi-final.Alyani Jamil of Malaysia finished top of the women's section two after beating Ruthy Gilor of Israel

A recent Para ice hockey development camp run by World Para Ice Hockey in Armenia has been praised by various coaches, players and officials from around the world.

“They teach you the basic tools that you need to bring this Para programme back home to Israel and make

resources, and we were thinking about what Para ice hockey can bring to Hungary.”A similar camp was held in Israel

last year in partnership with the Israel Ice Hockey Federation and the sport has reportedly grown significantly

since.Weinberg said he hopes in two years’ time that Israel will compete in their first World Championships

Second seed Minatsu Mitani was knocked out in round two as the Badminton World Federation Macau Open continued today.

behind to defeat Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, 19-21, 21-9, 21-15.Eighth seed Misha Zilberman of Israel

Mikhail Igolnikov and Inal Tasoev won gold in the under-90 kilograms and over-100kg categories respectively on the last day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Abu Dhabi Grand Slam but Georgia still topped the overall medal table. 

 In the remaining men's category, at under-100kg, Peter Paltchik of Israel was victorious.Israel's

top of the medal table with three golds.Russia came second with two golds, a silver and a bronze, and Israel

Israel won a historic gold medal on day two of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Abu Dhabi Grand

The host country has no diplomatic relations with Israel and has forced their athletes to compete under

which sees the sport celebrated across the world.IJF President Marius Vizer has also announced that Israel

I wish to congratulate Israel for their success here today and to congratulate them for their new Grand

The International Judo Federation (IJF) have hailed Israel's participation under their own flag at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam as a "watershed moment".

Hosts United Arab Emirates do not recognise or have diplomatic ties with Israel, which has previously

athletes.The IJF said the Governments of the UAE and Tunisia needed to provide "written guarantees" that Israel

which this year carries the theme of "Friendship".Spectators would witness three bronze medals for Israel

Kosovo's Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi will make her return to competition after a year-long absence at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.

athletes.The IJF said the Governments of the UAE and Tunisia needed to provide "written guarantees" that Israel

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced Ecuador and Ukraine as its newest members.

cent since 2002, the FIL said.A record 46 countries also competed at the Men's World Championships in Israel

Split have been awarded the 2022 European Water Polo Championships by the European Swimming League (LEN) Bureau at a meeting in Amsterdam.

been decided on, with one per month from March onwards.March's leg is due to take place in Eilat in Israel

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) have announced the 32 teams who will compete in their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualifier in Fort Wayne.

alongside Japan, world champions Russia and Brazil who do play in Fort Wayne.Hosts United States, Greece, Israel