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Israeli athletes come home with 7 medals from European Games in Minsk

Israel’s delegation to the European Games in Minsk came home with seven medals, an impressive achievement that far exceeded the team’s initial expectations. [Read more]

Maccabi NSW honours its stars

Maccabi has held its annual Jewish Sports Awards to recognise great sporting achievements for the calendar year 2018. [Read more]

Malaysia stripped of Para Swimming Championships

Malaysia has been stripped of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championship following failing to guarantee Israeli Para swimmers’ participation. [Read more]

Hamas, Pro-Palestinian orgs side with Malaysia’s boycott of Israeli para-swimmers

The Malaysian government announced last week that it would deny Israeli para-swimmers visas for the 2019 World Para Swimmers (WPS) Championship slated to take place in Kuching in July, prompting the International Paralympic Committee to intervene. [Read more]

Paddling her canoe

Paddler Jessica Fox has won the national 2018 AIS Sport Performance Female Athlete of the Year Award…and her mother was named coach of the year. [Read more]

Maccabi Australia set for a Big 2019

Maccabi Australia is set for a big 2019 and has some ambitious plans for the year ahead. [Read more]

Water polo match between Spain and Israel cancelled following BDS pressure

The Molins de Rei Municipality in Catalonia, Spain has left Israel’s women water polo team in the lurch after cancelling the venue for a water polo match between Israel and Spain, due to pressure from anti-Israel boycott movements. [Read more]

An award for the house Dan built

Budo for Peace, founded by former Sydneysider Danny Hakim. has won the REGIONAL NGO OF THE YEAR 2018 @peaceandsportAwards, awarded based on this Israeli non-profit NGO’s outstanding contribution to peace in the world using the power of sport. [Read more]

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