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Iffe Lundberg signs new contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv
The Danish guard, a standout in last season's Israeli league title run, has agreed a two-year deal worth roughly $1.85m a season, with a club option for a third, ONE reports.

Ironi Tiberias hits back at infusion-scandal charge sheet, calls it 'riddled with speculation'

Tomer Hemed emerges as candidate for Brighton assistant coach role

Dibah returns to defence as Hapoel Haifa rotate for Tiberias test

Israeli teenager Orian Goren joins Barcelona's senior squad for England training camp
Across Israeli sport

Hapoel Jerusalem eye Maccabi Haifa midfielder Itay Ahoud on loan
The capital club is chasing the young Haifa academy product to strengthen its midfield, but the move hinges on a loan decision that is entirely out of its hands.

Basketball association rejects Yinai's account of Oturu naturalization saga
Hapoel Tel Aviv owner Ofer Yinai says the federation pushed him to naturalize Dan Oturu, then buckled to Maccabi pressure — the association says his version is simply wrong

Lecce winger Banda goes silent as club warns he 'will pay the consequences'
Technical director Stefano Trinchera says Lecce have had no word from Lameck Banda for days after the Zambian winger, sold to the club by Maccabi Petah Tikva in 2022, missed pre-season training and a scheduled medical.

Israel's U18 team crush France to set up a shot at a second straight World Cup
A statement 91-77 win has clinched top spot in Group A for Nadav Zilberstein's side at the European Championship in Italy — and opened a route to next year's U19 World Cup, a stage Israel only reached for the first time last summer.

Inside LA 2028: Israel's Olympic officials get a rare look at the Games taking shape
Two years before the opening ceremony, Ynet joined the Israeli Olympic Committee on a tour of Los Angeles venues being converted for 2028 — and paused with delegation leaders at the memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at Munich in 1972.

Israel's U18 team stuns Greece and beats France to open EuroBasket 2-0
Behind a breakout run from center David Musis and a scoring surge from Aviv Aronov, Israel's youth national team has started the U18 European Championship with consecutive wins over Greece and France

Abu Fani gets 61 minutes as Red Star Belgrade win Eternal Derby
The Israel international featured for an hour as Dejan Stanković's side beat Vojvodina 3-1 at the Marakana to open their Serbian SuperLiga campaign with a second straight win.

Hapoel Tel Aviv eye another NBA big man in Maxi Kleber, Sport5 reports
The German forward-center, who spent nine seasons in the NBA and is heading toward free agency, has emerged as a candidate to bolster Hapoel Tel Aviv's frontcourt for next season
Hapoel Emek sign young guard Ran Solomon in return to the top flight
The 21-year-old Hapoel Holon academy product joins Sharon Avrahami's squad after a season down in Liga Artzit with Hapoel Chevel Modiin

Vildoza turns down Maccabi Tel Aviv, signs with Partizan Belgrade
The Argentine point guard, quietly explored by the yellow-and-blue as a backcourt option, has instead put pen to paper on a two-year deal with the Serbian giants after a short, rocky spell in Bologna.
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Nicosia, 29 October 2002: the night Haifa humbled Manchester United
Exiled to a borrowed stadium in Cyprus, Itzhak Shum's Maccabi Haifa beat Manchester United 3-0 in the Champions League — still among the greatest results an Israeli club has ever produced in Europe.
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Courtois says he is pain-free and ready after World Cup injury scare
The Real Madrid goalkeeper, hurt in Belgium's World Cup quarter-final exit to Spain, says he expects no lingering problems as he prepares to rejoin training.

Sanchez Vicario says her $41 million fortune vanished under ex-husband's watch

Norway mourns as Olympic rowing great Olaf Tufte dies at 50

Inside Messi's blueprint for life after football: a network of clubs, not one

Leaked Infantino letter praised Argentina's "professionalism" as FIFA probes final brawl
More from around the world

Still the fastest: Noah Lyles wins third US 100m title in 9.79 seconds
The Olympic champion matched his own personal best to post the world's fastest 100m time of the season at the USATF Outdoor Championships in New York.

Hezonja gives up a bigger Real Madrid pay day to chase his NBA return with Cleveland
Fresh off being named the Liga Endesa's MVP, the Croatian forward is walking into a one-year, $2.8 million deal with the Cavaliers — roughly $1.2 million a year less than he could have earned in Madrid, according to Sport5

Legal or not? Paquito Navarro's net-straddling winner splits the padel world
A viral clip from an exhibition match in Ibiza has fans and pundits arguing over whether the Spanish star's audacious shot, in which he left his paddle hanging over his opponents' side of the net, should have counted at all.

Bee swarm halts Brazilian youth final as players hit the deck
A swarm of bees invaded the pitch during the first leg of the Campeonato Baiano Sub-20 final between Bahia and Fluminense de Feira, forcing players, coaches and match officials to lie flat on the grass in Feira de Santana.

Salah, Vlahović and Alaba head a glut of big-name free agents still hunting for clubs
Weeks into the European transfer window, ONE reports a striking list of decorated internationals remains without a contract, led by Liverpool's former talisman and two former Champions League winners.

Arsenal ready record-breaking wage to prise Vinicius Junior away from Real Madrid
Sport5 reports the Gunners will break their pay structure to sign the Brazilian winger as his Real Madrid contract renewal stalls

Dani Olmo rejects Roberto Ayala's apology over World Cup final punch
Spain's title-winning midfielder says the Argentina assistant coach's explanation for striking him after the final whistle only proves he isn't truly sorry.

Pogačar seals fifth Tour de France title as van der Poel wins Paris finale
The Slovenian joins Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault and Indurain on five Tour wins, beating Remco Evenepoel by 6:26 as Mathieu van der Poel took a dramatic final stage around Montmartre.

Haaland's former Molde teammate predicts he will eventually join Real Madrid
Magnus Wolff Eikrem, who played alongside Erling Haaland at Molde as a teenager, tells Diario AS he is convinced the Manchester City striker will end up at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Roma weigh loan move for Endrick as Milan's bid for Gerard Martín is rejected
Real Madrid's José Mourinho wants his young forward to stay put, while Barcelona has knocked back an opening €20m offer for defender Gerard Martín.
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The Daily Five
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