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Israel youth coach: Orian Goren's "DNA" resembles Xavi, Iniesta and Pedri
Ophir Haim, who guided Israel's age-group sides to a European final and a World Cup semi-final, says the 17-year-old La Masia midfielder's ball retention already recalls Barcelona's greats.
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Israel basketball chief to club owner: if we're corrupt, go to the police
Amos Frishman pushes back on Ofer Yanay's repeated corruption claims as the row over naturalizing American center Dan Oturu for the national team spills into public view.
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Kangwa inducted into Hapoel Beer Sheva's hall of fame as Panathinaikos move nears
The Zambian midfielder was honoured by the club he inspired to a league and cup double, just days before completing a big-money switch to Greece.
Read storyEric García: winning the Champions League with Barcelona is next
Fresh off lifting the World Cup with Spain, the Barcelona defender says his focus has already turned to Europe's top prize.
Read storyIroni Tiberias hits back at infusion-scandal charge sheet, calls it 'riddled with speculation'
The Ligat Ha'al club says the Football Association's indictment over recovery infusions relies on assumptions rather than evidence, and accuses investigators of serious procedural failures.
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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.
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Tomer Hemed emerges as candidate for Brighton assistant coach role
The Israeli forward turned academy coach is reportedly in the running to replace Andrew Crofts, who left the Amex for Tottenham, according to ONE.
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Dibah returns to defence as Hapoel Haifa rotate for Tiberias test
Pahima and Gonen are handed starts as Chaim Silbes reshapes his side for Toto Cup round two, two days after the derby win over Maccabi Haifa.
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Israeli teenager Orian Goren joins Barcelona's senior squad for England training camp
Days after his first-team debut, the 17-year-old midfielder has been included in Hansi Flick's travelling party to St George's Park.
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Maccabi Rishon LeZion strengthen frontcourt with Nathan Kuta signing
The Israeli club has added the Dutch-Belgian big man after two productive seasons in France's second division.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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Sanchez Vicario says her $41 million fortune vanished under ex-husband's watch
The four-time Grand Slam champion says she trusted her husband with the finances for over a decade of marriage — only to see most of her tennis fortune disappear, with a Barcelona court finding them both guilty of hiding assets from a bank.
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Norway mourns as Olympic rowing great Olaf Tufte dies at 50
The two-time Olympic champion was found unconscious on his family farm days after training with the national squad; doctors say he suffered acute cardiac arrest.
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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.
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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.
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Inside Messi's blueprint for life after football: a network of clubs, not one
From a fourth-division side in Rosario to a Catalan academy and a stake waiting for him at Inter Miami, Lionel Messi is quietly assembling a multi-club empire for the day he finally stops playing.
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Leaked Infantino letter praised Argentina's "professionalism" as FIFA probes final brawl
A private note from the FIFA president to the Argentine federation, congratulating the runners-up on their World Cup final performance, has emerged just as football's governing body investigates ugly post-match scenes in New Jersey.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Read storyHapoel 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
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read storyItzik Aharonovich: 'Everything begins and ends with Barak Bakhar' at Maccabi Haifa
The Haifa radio pundit tore into the coach's positional calls and squad management after a chastening derby defeat, arguing effectiveness — not tactics — is the real problem.
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Ahavat Gordon vows to topple former world champion Lineker at Tel Aviv debut card
The Israeli Muay Thai fighter says he deliberately picked the hardest test available for his brothers' new promotion — and expects to send the former UFC and ONE Championship world champion to defeat in front of a home crowd.
Read storyMaccabi Tel Aviv complete €1m signing of Šeško's Slovenian 'neighbour', Ester Sokler
The 27-year-old striker, who grew up 30km from Manchester United's Benjamin Šeško and shared a club with him for two seasons, arrives from Radnički 1923 on a two-year deal with a squad number 9 shirt.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv owner accuses basketball federation of playing politics with Oturu naturalization
Ofer Yanai says federation chairman Amos Frishman personally asked him to naturalize centre Dan Oturu for the national team — then, he claims, rival clubs moved to change the rules once it became real.
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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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Messi and De Paul excused from MLS All-Star Game, no punishment this time
A week after Argentina's World Cup final defeat, Messi and Rodrigo De Paul have been withdrawn from Wednesday's showcase in Charlotte under a mandatory rest agreement — sparing them the ban that followed last year's snub.
Read storyReal Madrid agree personal terms with Yan Diomande on five-year deal
The Ivory Coast winger has given Real Madrid the green light to leave RB Leipzig, though a transfer fee reported above €100m still needs to be finalised between the two clubs.
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Barcola turns down new PSG deal, opening the door for Liverpool
The France winger has stopped contract talks with the reigning European champions after growing frustrated with his role under Luis Enrique, and Liverpool are being given priority if a fee can be agreed.
Read storyHapoel Haifa reject offers for Gonen after derby-winning wondergoal, says owner Katz
Yoav Katz tells ONE the club has no interest in selling Yaad Gonen, hours after the 20-year-old's stunning strike helped sink Maccabi Haifa in the Toto Cup derby.
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Cavaliers and Warriors turn to Mario Hezonja after LeBron picks 76ers
Shams Charania reports both teams have sharply increased their pursuit of the Croatian forward as he clears a buyout clause to leave Real Madrid.
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Petit says Kane 'disappeared' when it mattered, ruling him out of the Ballon d'Or race
The 1998 World Cup winner argues Lamine Yamal, Rodri and Lionel Messi are all ahead of the Bayern Munich striker despite his prolific season in Germany.
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Israeli swimmers eye finals as biggest-ever squad heads to European Championships
Thirty-three athletes across pool, open water and artistic swimming travel to Paris, led by defending champion Anastasia Gorbenko and a fourth-placed finisher from Belgrade hungry for a podium.
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M.K. Kfar Saba tie down ever-present defender Tal Banash for another season
The Liga Alef South club has extended the local-born right-back, who started all 23 league matches last season, as part of a wider summer refresh under manager Shimon Alkabetz.
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Hapoel Jerusalem land NBA forward Kenny Lofton Jr. after big-money chase
The club raised its offer by 30 percent and flew the 23-year-old to Las Vegas to close the deal, ONE reports, as Jerusalem's Euroleague-chasing spending spree continues.
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Hapoel Jerusalem sign former NBA forward Kenny Lofton Jr.
The 23-year-old, a CBA MVP and champion with Shanghai last season, joins on a deal through the end of 2026-27 as Sasha Obradović reshapes his roster for the EuroCup.
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Young guard Yoav Elmishli signs three-year extension with Hapoel Galil Elyon
The 19-year-old academy graduate, who has featured sparingly for the senior side this season, commits his future to the Upper Galilee club that raised him, ONE reports.
Read storyIroni Tiberias doubles down, says federation probe has become 'a campaign of intimidation'
The Liga Ha'al club escalates its fight against association investigator Din Frager, alleging threats, leaks and political interference in a case that could cost it 30 points.
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Fans crown Messi player of the World Cup, ahead of Mbappé and Golden Ball winner Rodri
In a reader poll on ONE, Lionel Messi took 36% of the vote as the tournament's stand-out player, finishing ahead of Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappé and official Golden Ball recipient Rodri.
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Vinicius Jr wants to stay at Real Madrid despite Arsenal interest
ONE reports the Brazilian winger's priority is a new Bernabéu contract, not a move to the Premier League champions, as José Mourinho builds his attack around him.
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Klopp begins the job all of Germany has been waiting for
The former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund coach starts his tenure as Germany head coach through 2030, brought in to rebuild belief after a shock World Cup exit
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Al-Hilal troll Roma with 'all roads lead to Riyadh' jab after winning Summerville transfer race
The Saudi champions completed a big-money four-year deal for Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville and turned the announcement clip into a pointed dig at the Italian club that spent weeks chasing him.
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Chelsea beat Arsenal to Morgan Rogers in British transfer record
A personal phone call from new manager Xabi Alonso swung a £117 million deal for the Aston Villa forward, according to ONE, leaving Arsenal to look elsewhere.
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De la Fuente says the World Cup belongs to a 'wonderful' Spain, not to him
A week after becoming the oldest coach to win a World Cup, Luis de la Fuente tells ONE why he bristles at being called the tournament's own — and why nobody in his squad gets a place for free.
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Barcelona fear losing World Cup hero Ferran Torres as PSG circle
The Spanish forward, fresh off scoring Spain's extra-time World Cup final winner, is stalling over a new Camp Nou contract while Paris Saint-Germain push hard for his signature, ONE reports.
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Neymar answers poker critics with a brace and a card-dealing celebration
The Santos forward scored twice, including a stoppage-time penalty, to salvage a 2-2 draw with Chapecoense — then mimicked dealing cards and swinging a golf club to mock the backlash over his poker tournament appearance
Read storyTeenage prodigy Yarin Abuhatzira set to sign new Maccabi Netanya contract this week
The 15-year-old, dubbed 'the Israeli Lamine Yamal' by the club's development staff, is closing in on a long-term deal that would scrap his release clause, ONE reports.
Read storyHapoel Petah Tikva and Shavit Mazal advance talks on upgraded contract
The 24-year-old forward, who blocked a Beitar Jerusalem move last summer, is closing in on a new long-term deal that would make him one of the club's senior Israeli players.
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Brazilian winger Zé Flores signs for Bnei Yehuda after Sheriff Tiraspol spell
The 27-year-old, who scored 11 goals and won a cup with the Moldovan champions last season, has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with options for two more.
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Abu Dhabi, 28 October 2018: The night Hatikvah finally played in the Gulf
A year after organisers silenced Israel's anthem for a judo champion in the UAE, Sagi Muki won gold on the same mat — and heard Hatikvah ring out where it never had before.
Read storyEster Sokler set to land in Israel ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv signing
The Slovenian striker is flying in to complete a reported €1 million move from Serbia's Radnički 1923, fighting off interest from Red Star Belgrade and Partizan.
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Ankalaev overpowers Guskov with fifth-round TKO in Abu Dhabi return
Stepping in as a late replacement, Bogdan Guskov ran into a resurgent former champion who ground him down over four rounds before Magomed Ankalaev finished him with strikes at Etihad Arena.
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Zamir admits disappointment as Netanya move collapsed, pledges commitment to Hapoel Jerusalem
The Hapoel Jerusalem goalkeeper addressed the transfer talk after his side's 3-1 Toto Cup opening defeat to Maccabi Netanya.
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Barcelona turn to Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi as Alvarez pursuit stalls, ONE reports
With Atletico Madrid refusing to sell Julian Alvarez, Barcelona have reopened talks over the 20-year-old French forward as a long-term successor to Robert Lewandowski — though Bournemouth insist he is not for sale.
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Fenerbahçe closes in on Johnny Juzang as Maccabi Tel Aviv also circled the guard
The Turkish champions are deep in negotiations for the American guard fresh off a stint at Zenit St. Petersburg, according to a report, in a chase that had also drawn interest from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Olympiacos.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv fear three-month absence for Belić after foot fracture
The Serbian midfielder was helped off in tears just eight minutes after coming on in the Europa League qualifier at Sheriff Tiraspol, in the latest setback of an injury-ravaged year.
Read storyMaccabi Netanya's 16-year-old Abuhatzira becomes youngest scorer in Toto Cup history
Roni Levy says Yarin Abuhatzira's ability will earn him more minutes after the teenager struck in a 3-1 opening win over Hapoel Jerusalem.
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Ironi Tiberias fight back to beat Sakhnin in Toto Cup opener amid scandal turmoil
Assistant coach Moti Crispiel said he told his players to set aside the club's doping-related suspensions and focus on football, after a 2-1 comeback win over Bnei Sakhnin.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv eye Jahmir Young and Shake Milton to replace Lonnie Walker
With Lonnie Walker's Tel Aviv exit gathering pace, the Israeli champions are weighing an undrafted Miami Heat summer-league standout against a battle-tested former Sixers guard now free after Partizan cut ties with him.
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Bayern Munich shut down Real Madrid talk over Michael Olise
Sporting director Christoph Freund insists the France winger's future is not in question, dismissing reports linking him with a stunning move to Real Madrid
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Israel's under-16 girls open water polo world championship with big win over South Africa
Trailing early in Zagreb, the young Israeli water polo team rallied to beat South Africa 12-7 in their World Championship opener, with Yahali Rokach and Ori Grodman scoring three goals apiece.
Read storyBnei Yehuda sign Brazilian winger Zé Flores from Sheriff Tiraspol
The 27-year-old joins on a one-year deal with club options for two more seasons after two productive years with the Moldovan champions, ONE reports.
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Khalaili back in action with an assist as Union Saint-Gilloise edge Lille
The Israeli winger, whose blockbuster move to Inter Milan collapsed over a failed medical, made an instant impact off the bench in a pre-season friendly in Brussels.
Read storyLeft out of preseason camp, Goni Naor recalled to Maccabi Haifa squad for Haifa derby
An injury crisis at the back has forced Lior Rafalov's hand, with the out-of-plans defender included for tonight's Toto Cup clash with Hapoel Haifa.
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Carapaz conquers Alpe d'Huez as Pogačar closes in on record-equalling fifth Tour title
Richard Carapaz survived the race's hardest day to win solo into Alpe d'Huez after Sepp Kuss crashed twice while leading, and Tadej Pogačar now goes to Paris all but assured of a historic fifth yellow jersey.
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World champion Norris snatches Hungarian GP pole from Hamilton by 0.012 seconds
Lando Norris out-qualified Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton by the tightest of margins at a scorching Hungaroring, while Max Verstappen spun and Ferrari face a stewards investigation over an alleged blocking incident.
Read storyMaccabi Haifa confirm Yermakov's exit as Metalist Kharkiv move nears
The Ukrainian goalkeeper is set for a medical before completing his move to Metalist Kharkiv, with Omri Glazer lined up to return to Haifa from Red Star Belgrade.
Read storyHapoel Beer Sheva confirm Kings Kangwa's move to Panathinaikos
Zambian playmaker to complete a deal worth up to €4.5m once Beer Sheva's Champions League qualifying tie against Vikingur Reykjavik is done
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Xavi Simons breaks silence on Barcelona exit: 'They didn't believe in me'
The Tottenham midfielder says a lack of faith at Barcelona, not money, pushed him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2019, as he presses on with his recovery from a serious knee injury.
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Lee Kang-in completes Atlético Madrid return as PSG eye Rodri
The South Korean signs through 2031 after three years in Paris, while ONE reports Paris Saint-Germain have registered interest in Manchester City's Rodri.
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Lazio reportedly preparing offer for Israeli defender Stav Lemkin
Sport5 reports the Rome club is set to move for the Twente center-back, who could become the third Israeli in Serie A this season
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Arsenal weigh audacious move for Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior
Sport5, citing The Athletic's David Ornstein, reports the Premier League champions have internal backing to pursue the Brazilian winger if his Real Madrid contract talks stall.
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Manchester City join scramble for RB Leipzig's Yan Diomande
ONE reports City have told Leipzig verbally that they will match rival bids of around €100 million for the Ivorian winger, after offers from Real Madrid and Liverpool were both turned down.
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Ninety minutes of frustration: the bind trapping Liel Abada in Charlotte
The Israeli winger scored and drove Charlotte FC forward all night against Atlanta United, then was hooked before full time yet again — ONE reports it is now a settled pattern, not a one-off.
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KuCoin becomes exclusive crypto partner of Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates at the Tour de France
The exchange's branding has been riding on the team's buses and support cars throughout July as Tadej Pogačar closes in on a fifth Tour de France title.
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Maccabi Haifa heavily favored as Toto Cup derby odds are published
Betting markets make Maccabi Haifa firm favorites for tonight's Haifa derby against Hapoel Haifa as the 2026/27 Toto Cup kicks off, with two more all-local derbies also on the opening-round card.
Read storyLeBron James picks the 76ers in his most 'Decision'-like move since 2010
At 41, and after seriously weighing retirement, James turns down the Cavaliers and Heat to chase a fifth ring in Philadelphia on a veteran's-minimum deal.
Read storyDefender Nitai Gigi returns to Maccabi Netanya on a long-term youth deal
The 2010-age-group centre-back has signed a three-year contract with Maccabi Netanya's academy after a season starring for Nahalal Yizrael, ONE reports.
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Money, depth and madness: Hapoel Tel Aviv must reach the Final Four
Owner Ofer Yanai has bankrolled the biggest spending spree in the club's history, and ONE reports the bill leaves Hapoel with essentially one acceptable outcome next EuroLeague season — the Final Four.
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Report: Lazio eye Israel defender Stav Lemkin as Twente stay in doubt
Italian outlet Tuttomercatoweb names the Israel international as a defensive option for the Rome club, barely a year after his move to the Eredivisie
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Hapoel Jerusalem claim first-ever European win with victory over Budućnost
Jaielly's early strike settled a third-place classification match in Greece, giving the Jerusalem club a historic maiden win in Women's Champions League qualifying.
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Real Madrid pivot from Olise to Diomande as Leipzig fee nears €120m
Sport5 reports Real Madrid have abandoned their long chase for Bayern Munich's Michael Olise and are closing in on a deal worth around €115-120m for RB Leipzig's teenage winger Yan Diomande.
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Spanish press praise Orian Goren after Israeli teenager's Barcelona debut
The 17-year-old La Masia midfielder came off the bench in a preseason friendly against CE Europa, and Barcelona's own beat reporters liked what they saw
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Daniel Peretz plays down dramatic-looking wrist splint after Southampton win
The Israeli goalkeeper says the protective guard on his hand, spotted during Southampton's pre-season friendly in Germany, is precautionary and carried over from last season, not a new injury.
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Rodri agrees personal terms with Real Madrid, but a fee standoff with Manchester City remains
Spain's World Cup-winning captain wants to move to the Bernabéu this summer and has accepted Madrid's contract offer, but Manchester City have yet to sanction any sale, according to transfer reports.
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Not just a championship: the challenges awaiting LeBron James in Philadelphia
James, 41, has called joining the 76ers his "last decision" - but fitting into a stacked roster, finding answers on defence and living up to Philadelphia's brutal fan pressure all come before any title talk.
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Manchester United plot a £2 billion, 100,000-seat stadium to replace Old Trafford
The club is pressing ahead with plans for what would be Britain's biggest stadium, built 350 metres from its current home as part of a wider Trafford Wharfside regeneration led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
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Daniel Mérida wins maiden ATP title after years he could not afford a coach
The 21-year-old Spaniard beat Damir Džumhur in Umag for his first tour-level trophy, a breakthrough built on budget flights, shared hotel rooms and years of self-funded travel.
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Sinner and Djokovic pull out of Montreal Masters ahead of US Open
The world No. 1 and the 24-time Grand Slam champion both cite their health after a gruelling Wimbledon fortnight, handing Alexander Zverev the top seeding in Montreal.
Read storyBeer Sheva fear Ventura exit after Kangwa's sale to Panathinaikos
The reigning Israeli champions are bracing for a second big departure, with Lucas Ventura reportedly unsettled after watching Kings Kangwa's wages triple in a move to Greece.
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Vozinha, the World Cup's viral goalkeeper, agrees move to Chile's Colo-Colo
The 40-year-old Cape Verde stopper who stunned Spain and pushed holders Argentina to extra time has reached a verbal agreement to join Chilean giants Colo-Colo, club president Aníbal Mosa confirms.
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"Now or never": Gloukh's moment of truth at Ajax
Dutch pundits believe the Israeli playmaker has been handed a tailor-made system under new coach Míchel after a stuttering debut season in Amsterdam.
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How Barcelona walked away from Diomande and signed Gordon instead
ONE reports Deco's club chose to spend big on Anthony Gordon in May rather than chase Yan Diomande, who has since become a €100m-plus target for Real Madrid, PSG and Liverpool
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Ziv Arie: a Petah Tikva derby is never just another game, even in the Toto Cup
The new Maccabi Petah Tikva coach makes his derby bow against city rivals Hapoel Petah Tikva this evening, with two players handed full debuts and captain Mohammad Hindi left out of the starting line-up.
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Trump calls LeBron James 'maybe a racist' as he prefers Michael Jordan
The president needled the NBA legend hours after James announced he was leaving the Lakers for the Philadelphia 76ers, saying he prefers Michael Jordan because 'I only like people who like me.'
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Spanish reports: Lonnie Walker closing in on Real Madrid move after single Maccabi season
One year after choosing Tel Aviv over Madrid, Lonnie Walker IV is reportedly on the verge of a reversal — Spanish outlets say his move to the Bernabeu is close, even as Maccabi holds the final word.
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Ramat Gan, 3 June 1964: The Asian Cup that Israel won and could never defend
Long before Europe, Israel was a football power in Asia — and for one week in 1964, the smallest confederation member of all became its champion.
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The defender Bnei Sakhnin passed on three years ago is closing in on a Premier League move
Chibuike Nwaiwu failed a trial in Sakhnin back in 2023 — now Fulham have agreed personal terms with the Nigeria international in a deal reportedly closing in on €30 million.
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The Hapoel Tel Aviv flop now closing in on a scoring title in Estonia
Bubacarr Tambedou lasted six appearances at Hapoel Tel Aviv before being let go in 2024 — now he is banging in goals for FCI Levadia and driving their run through Conference League qualifying, Sport5 reports.
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Oryan Goren, 17, makes his Barcelona first-team debut in preseason win
The Israeli midfielder came off the bench as Hansi Flick's side beat CE Europa 4-1 in their opening preseason friendly at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.
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Philipsen finally breaks through to win Tour de France stage 17
The Belgian sprinter ended a 17-day wait with victory out of a chaotic breakaway finish in Voiron, while Tadej Pogačar's overall lead stayed untouched.
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LeBron James takes a fraction of his old salary to sign with the 76ers
The 24th NBA season of LeBron's career will also be his least lucrative one — he has agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal with Philadelphia, a huge drop from the $52.6 million option he turned down in Los Angeles.
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Bundesliga star Kevin Kampl trades the pitch for a Mallorca vegetable farm after family tragedy
The former RB Leipzig and Slovenia midfielder walked away from football in January after losing his brother and father within months of each other, and has found peace growing tomatoes, watermelons and olives on Spain's Balearic coast.
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Ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv guard Alex Garcia signs on to play until at least 47
The Brazilian guard, who helped Maccabi reach three finals in a trophy-less 2007-08 season, extends his Bauru Basket contract again — with his club joking that even LeBron James couldn't steal the day.
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World Cup midfielder Volpato tests positive for cocaine in Sydney roadside stop
Sassuolo's Cristian Volpato, who started for Australia against Egypt at this summer's World Cup, faces a suspended licence after police say a roadside test returned positive for cocaine.
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Former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem registers as a footballer in Austria
The 2020 US Open champion has signed up to play for Badener AC, an eighth-division club near Vienna, in his first competitive registration since retiring from tennis.
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Israel's under-16 girls' water polo team open world championship campaign in Zagreb
Coach Idan Kaftori's young side face South Africa and Hungary on the opening day in Croatia, with the Netherlands and Mexico still to come in a tough group.
Read storyKings Kangwa agrees four-year deal with Panathinaikos in record Beer Sheva sale
The Zambian playmaker is set to leave Hapoel Beer Sheva for the Greek giants in a deal reportedly worth around €4m, one of the biggest sales in the champions' history.
Read storyUFC's Jean Silva guests on Israeli MMA podcast Knockout ahead of Menora corner duty
The Brazilian featherweight opened up on his rise from poverty and his UFC title ambitions in a milestone 50th episode, days before working the corner for training partner Ilai Brazili in Tel Aviv.
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Lacroix undergoes Chelsea medical as Inter open talks for Tottenham's Romero
Crystal Palace's French centre-back is set to complete a six-year move to Stamford Bridge, while Inter Milan have made direct contact over Spurs captain Cristian Romero in a deal Fabrizio Romano calls "expensive and not straightforward".
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Pogačar shatters Pantani's Alpe d'Huez record to seal Tour de France stranglehold
The yellow jersey erased a three-and-a-half-minute deficit to win stage 19 solo, becoming only the second race leader to triumph on the legendary climb and smashing a near-30-year-old ascent record in the process.
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Guardiola turns down Italy job, leaving Maldini to chase plan B
The Catalan coach rebuffed a lucrative pitch to lead the Azzurri's rebuild, with Andrea Pirlo now the frontrunner to take over.
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Maresca faces the media at Manchester City: 'Every manager would want Rodri'
In his first press conference as Pep Guardiola's successor, the Italian confirmed Rodri will have back surgery on Monday and dismissed the swirling Real Madrid speculation around his World Cup-winning midfielder.
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Eli Ohana breaks his silence on reports Netanyahu wants him on the Likud list
The former Beitar Jerusalem and Israel striker admits the political arena "burns" in him, but says no formal approach has been made and recalls how his brief 2015 stint with Naftali Bennett's party ended in days.
Read storyKangwa set to triple his wages in €4.5m Panathinaikos move from Beer Sheva
Zambian midfielder agrees four-year deal in Athens after a prolific season that made him one of the Israeli league's most coveted players, ONE reports
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American forward David Green joins Kiryat Ata
Ironi Lati Kiryat Ata add the 24-year-old power forward fresh off a strong season at the University of Tulsa, with coach Eldad Bentov hailing his all-round game.
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Israeli prospect David Moses set for move to Florida Atlantic
The 18-year-old forward-center is leaving Ramat Hasharon for US college basketball after a breakout playoff run, ONE reports.
Read storyKangwa thanks Panathinaikos fans, vows to repay their faith after Beer Sheva exit
The Zambian midfielder, Israel's reigning Footballer of the Year, gave his first words as a Panathinaikos player after completing a reported €4m move from Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Read storyTax authority demands tens of millions of shekels from Maccabi Tel Aviv
The Israeli Tax Authority is pursuing a claim of around 80 million shekels against the club over historic foreign-player deductions, ONE reports, including housing costs linked to a spell based in Belgrade.
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Paredes says Messi had already decided the World Cup final would be his last for Argentina
The Boca Juniors midfielder told DSports that his national team colleague had made up his mind before the loss to Spain — though Messi himself has yet to confirm anything.
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LeBron James signs with Philadelphia 76ers, ending eight-year Lakers spell
The 41-year-old picked the Sixers over Cleveland and Miami on a two-year, $8 million deal, saying he still loves the game and has more to give in his 24th NBA season.
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Dolev Haziza bids farewell to Maccabi Haifa as move to Maccabi Netanya is confirmed
After seven years, three championships and a Champions League campaign, the former captain has signed a two-year deal with Maccabi Netanya.
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Manchester City weigh move for Barcelona's Marc Bernal as a long-term Rodri successor
The Premier League champions have made contact over the 19-year-old midfielder, but a €500 million release clause and Barcelona's refusal to sell leave any deal a distant prospect, ONE reports.
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Hapoel Petah Tikva unveil three new kits for 2026/27, timed for derby debut
A comic launch video starring eight first-team players and a supporter-turned-kit-man introduces the club's home, away and third shirts ahead of Saturday's Toto Cup derby with Maccabi Petah Tikva.
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Mark van Bommel appointed new Belgium head coach
The former PSV, Wolfsburg and Antwerp boss succeeds Rudi Garcia and will lead the Red Devils into Nations League action against Italy in September.
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Bnei Herzliya sign well-travelled American guard DJ Brewton
The Israeli Basketball Premier League club has recruited the 26-year-old off the back of a Polish championship with Legia Warsaw, with head coach Yehu Orland saying he has been tracked since last summer.
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Klopp warns he will quit as Germany coach if media targets his family
In his first press conference since replacing Julian Nagelsmann, the new head coach drew a hard line on privacy — and said he would walk away without compensation if the federation ever decides it no longer wants him.
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Jürgen Klopp returns to the touchline as new Germany head coach
The former Liverpool manager has signed a four-year deal through the 2030 World Cup, taking over from Julian Nagelsmann after Germany's shock Round of 32 exit to Paraguay.
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Real Madrid open talks to sign Lonnie Walker away from Maccabi Tel Aviv
Spanish journalist Chema de Lucas reports the European giants are negotiating with the American guard, who still has two years left on his Maccabi contract.
Read storyRefaelov: 'I was one of those who pushed for Bachar to sign a new deal'
Maccabi Haifa's sporting director opened pre-season by revealing his role in retaining coach Barak Bachar, addressing Dolev Haziza's exit and confirming Kenji Gorré as new captain.
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Suspicious betting? Seven alerts raised over World Cup matches despite FIFA's clean bill of health
An independent integrity monitor tied to the Council of Europe flagged seven low-level suspicious betting cases from the tournament, including a red card, a disallowed goal and a $4.8 million wager on Spain, even as FIFA insists it found nothing untoward.
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Hapoel Rishon LeZion bets on youth as it rebuilds for the future
More than 100 children turned out for the club's summer training camp, the first visible step in a youth strategy the Liga Leumit side hopes will carry it back to the top flight.
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World Climbing cancels vote to suspend Israel from competitions
A last-minute motion from USA Climbing, Australia and Cyprus averted a vote on banning Israel, Russia and Belarus from international competition, with a disciplinary review ordered instead.
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Hezonja's NBA comeback is stuck waiting on LeBron James
Real Madrid's Liga ACB MVP has real NBA interest from Golden State and Cleveland, but ESPN reports both are waiting to see where LeBron James lands before committing to anyone else
Read storyMaccabi Haifa land Wolves defender Nigel Lonwijk on a three-year deal
The Surinamese-Dutch centre-back, who spent last season on loan at Luton Town, becomes the champions' fifth summer arrival as they refresh their back line before the new campaign.
Read storyDolev Haziza set to sign for Maccabi Netanya, ending six-year Haifa stay
The attacking midfielder is due to complete a two-year deal on Thursday after Maccabi Haifa agreed to release him from a contract that ran through 2027, ONE reports.
Read storyMaccabi Tel Aviv stun Sheriff Tiraspol 5-0 to open European campaign
Sayed Abu Farchi scored twice as Kenny Miller's side put one foot in the Europa League third qualifying round with a rout in Moldova.
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Maccabi Haifa give Lonwijk first taste of training as Tsunami is named for the derby
New defender Nigel Lonwijk joined his Maccabi Haifa teammates for the first time on the sidelines of a session, while Brazilian left-back Wanderson 'Tsunami' has been included in the squad for Saturday's Toto Cup derby against Hapoel Haifa.
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Beitar Jerusalem open European campaign with 1-0 win at AEK Larnaca
Brayan Carabalí's free kick against ten men gave new head coach Almog Cohen a winning start in the Conference League second qualifying round.
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Athens, 25 August 2004: The race that gave Israel its first Olympic gold
On a windswept afternoon at Agios Kosmas, a windsurfer from Kibbutz Sdot Yam turned a tactical gamble into the moment Hatikvah played at an Olympics for the first time.
Read storyCamoranesi: Beitar Jerusalem "deserve credit" after taking their chance in Cyprus
A 77th-minute Brayan Carabalí goal, aided by a red card against 10-man AEK Larnaca, gives Beitar Jerusalem the edge in their Conference League second-round qualifier — and even the home coach admits Jerusalem earned it.
Read storyMaccabi Tel Aviv's message to its foreign players: secure Europe first, talk transfers later
As the club's podcast revealed the line being given to Christian Blitz, Tyrese Asante and Hélio Varela, Kenny Miller's side backed up the policy with a 5-0 demolition of Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova.
Read storySissokho scores first Maccabi Tel Aviv goal as yellow-and-blue rout Sheriff Tiraspol 5-0
The Malian midfielder finally opened his account almost two years after joining, capping a dominant away display in the Europa League second qualifying round.
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Bulgarian press turns on Ludogorets after Hapoel Tel Aviv rout
Sofia's sports media reacted with fury to Ludogorets' 2-0 first-leg loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv, calling the Bulgarian champions toothless and warning they need a near-miracle to survive their Conference League qualifier.
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Beitar Jerusalem fans attacked outside stadium before Larnaca clash
Israeli supporters were assaulted in a car park near the AEK Arena roughly an hour before kickoff, with several hurt and arrests on both sides; Beitar went on to win the Conference League qualifier 1-0.
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Otamendi bows out of Argentina duty after World Cup final heartbreak
The 38-year-old centre-back came off the bench in the defeat to Spain and confirmed his international career is over, leaving Lionel Messi as the last man standing from Argentina's 2014 World Cup squad.
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Flares halt Hapoel Tel Aviv's long-awaited European return
Play was suspended for five minutes in Hungary after Israeli fans lit smoke grenades and flares during Hapoel's first continental fixture in 12 years, leaving the club exposed to possible UEFA censure.
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Gloukh opens his season's account as Ajax rout Vojvodina 4-1
The Israel international struck in the 52nd minute as Ajax took control of their Conference League qualifier in Novi Sad, with two more goals in reserve for next week's return leg.
Read storyKiryat Yam add Bognim and Agbaria as they aim for another playoff push
The Liga Leumit climbers have brought in forward Itay Bognim from Hapoel Haifa and left back Fares Agbaria from newly promoted Hapoel Ramat Gan, ONE reports, as Kiryat Yam look to reach the upper playoff bracket again.
Read storyBeitar Jerusalem take slender lead to Europe after Carabalí's free-kick sinks ten-man Larnaca
A rare goal from centre-back Brayan Carabalí gave new coach Almog Cohen a winning start in Europe, as Beitar Jerusalem beat AEK Larnaca 1-0 away in the Conference League second qualifying round.
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Blazers coach Nori's first season seen hinging on Deni Avdija's leap
ONE reports that NBA analyst Andrew Carlson believes new Portland head coach Micah Nori's debut season will be shaped above all by how far Deni Avdija progresses, alongside Ja Morant's integration and a short-term contract that leaves little room for error.
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Asante draws Serie A interest as Lecce eye reunion with Gandelman
ONE reports three clubs are chasing Maccabi Tel Aviv centre-back Tyrese Asante this summer, with Lecce — now home to Israel international Omri Gandelman — among the suitors.
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Khalaili breaks silence after failed Inter move: 'I've played 99 games, finished almost all of them'
Weeks after his record-breaking transfer to Inter Milan collapsed on a failed medical, the Israeli winger tells ONE he is back at full training with Union Saint-Gilloise and points to two years of near ever-present fitness as proof he is ready for whatever comes next.
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De Jong pushes back on doubts over his Barcelona commitment after World Cup knee blow
The Dutch midfielder says it is "difficult" to see his loyalty questioned on the back of "false reports," as Barcelona confirm a knee ligament tear that could keep him out for months.
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Olise told to vacate Boateng's Munich villa by end of August
ONE reports the Bayern winger is losing his rented Grünwald mansion after landlord Jérôme Boateng decided to sell it - with German outlets stressing the move has nothing to do with swirling Real Madrid transfer talk.
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Carapaz solos to Orcières-Merlette as breakaway storms the Alps
The Ecuadorian's late attack delivers the first breakaway win of this Tour's high mountains, while Pogačar and Evenepoel mark each other into the decisive Alpe d'Huez double.
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Leagues Administration orders clubs to ready stadium shelters ahead of new season
With Ligat Ha'al set to kick off next month, Israel's Football Leagues Administration has told every top-flight club to inspect and prepare protected spaces at their home grounds without delay.
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MLS opens tampering investigation into Inter Miami over Casemiro signing
Days after unveiling the Brazilian midfielder as Lionel Messi's new teammate, David Beckham's club is facing league scrutiny over how it obtained his rights from LA Galaxy.
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Arsenal land Tzolis in Belgian-record deal as Garnacho quits Chelsea for Aston Villa after a year
The Gunners have completed a £34m swoop for Club Brugge winger Christos Tzolis to replace Leandro Trossard, while Alejandro Garnacho's turbulent 12 months at Chelsea end with a loan move to Aston Villa.
Read story"If we need to stop the league, we'll stop it": IPFL chief on war footing ahead of new season
Acting league boss Nir Yankelevich says Israeli football is once again preparing contingency plans for a wartime suspension, months after the season was already halted for five weeks during the Iran conflict.
Read storyReport: Panathinaikos eye Hapoel Beer Sheva star Kings Kangwa after AEK talks collapse
ONE reports the Greek giants have identified the reigning Israeli Premier League Player of the Season as a midfield target, turning to the Zambian after their pursuit of Brentford's Mathias Jensen stalled.
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Red convoy: thousands of Hapoel Tel Aviv fans escorted to Hungary for Europe return
Around 30 buses of supporters, backed by a police escort, made the journey to Miskolc for Hapoel's first European match in 12 years, against Bulgaria's Ludogorets.
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Rodri set for back surgery as Man City face season without their Golden Ball winner
Weeks after captaining Spain to World Cup glory and collecting the tournament's top individual prize, Rodri is heading for surgery on a back problem with no return date in sight, ONE reports.
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Beitar spokesman: police told UEFA nothing unusual happened in Larnaca
Asaf Nahum pushes back on a Larnaca hotel's claims of graffiti and disorder by Beitar fans, saying police briefed a UEFA delegate that no incidents occurred, hours before Thursday's Conference League qualifier against AEK Larnaca.
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Karim Adeyemi completes move to Barcelona from Borussia Dortmund
The German winger has signed a five-year deal at Camp Nou in a transfer reported at around €22 million plus €7 million in variables, becoming Hansi Flick's second forward addition of the summer.
Read storyDriks warns Maccabi Tel Aviv: win tonight isn't enough, Sheriff are no pushover
Club legend Eli Driks tells ONE that Maccabi Tel Aviv must both beat Sheriff Tiraspol and go on to reach the league phase proper, cautioning against writing off a Moldovan side with real Champions League pedigree.
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Beitar hotel in Larnaca complains of graffiti, noise and cannabis smell hours before Conference League opener
The Radisson Blu, housing Beitar Jerusalem's traveling delegation and fans in Cyprus, distributed a letter of complaint over supporter conduct just hours before kickoff against AEK Larnaca, ONE reports.
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Manor Solomon named in Tottenham's touring squad for Australia and New Zealand
The Israeli winger, largely frozen out since 2023, joins Spurs' 35-man party for matches against Auckland FC, Sydney FC and Chelsea — a rare chance to make his case, ONE reports.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv face Sheriff Tiraspol in a tie that could shape their whole European season
Kenny Miller's side travel to Tiraspol for a Europa League second qualifying round first leg that either keeps the group-stage dream alive or drops them into a tough Conference League fallback.
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Beitar Jerusalem denies fans caused damage in Larnaca ahead of AEK clash
Hours before their Conference League qualifier, the club rejected reports of overnight hooliganism in Cyprus, insisting tear gas near their hotel was fired only at AEK Larnaca supporters who started the trouble.
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Camoranesi brings his anti-Spain football creed to Beitar Jerusalem test
The World Cup winner turned AEK Larnaca coach has never hidden his disdain for Spain's passing game — now his Cypriot side face Beitar Jerusalem in the Conference League with a very different approach.
Read storyMaccabi Haifa close in on well-travelled Wolves defender Nigel Lonwijk
The 23-year-old Dutchman, a PSV academy product who never played a first-team match at Molineux, is set to fill the gap left by Abdoulaye Seck's departure to Saudi Arabia.
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Mbappé reportedly lobbying Olise to join him at Real Madrid
The France captain has told Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez he has convinced Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise to make the move to the Bernabéu, ONE reports — though Bayern insist their man isn't going anywhere.
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Fulham chase Real Madrid pair García and Mastantuono as Arbeloa raids old club
New Fulham boss Álvaro Arbeloa wants to reunite with two players from his brief spell in Madrid — a permanent deal for striker Gonzalo García and a season-long loan for teenage sensation Franco Mastantuono, according to a report from ONE.
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Hapoel Haifa reopens old file, chases return of William Agada
Coach Haim Silves has put the Nigerian forward, who once starred on loan in the Carmel, back at the top of Hapoel Haifa's wanted list, ONE reports.
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Winner's odds make Maccabi Tel Aviv the only Israeli favourite tonight
Israeli bookmaker Winner prices Maccabi Tel Aviv to beat Sheriff Tiraspol, but has both Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv as underdogs as three Israeli clubs open their European campaigns on the same night.
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LeBron James stalls free agency, banking on a trade for Irving or Davis
Three weeks after leaving the Lakers, the 41-year-old still hasn't picked his next team — reportedly because he's waiting to see if a suitor can first engineer a reunion with Kyrie Irving or Anthony Davis.
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Al-Hilal make surprise move for Dembélé as PSG contract talks stall
Saudi champions Al-Hilal have quietly reached out to Ousmane Dembélé's camp as the Ballon d'Or winner's stalled renewal talks with PSG threaten to collapse, according to reports.
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Tiberias warns it will field an all-youth side if hit with any further points deduction
Owner Arie Kalmanzon calls a withdrawn tribunal petition "a meaningful and positive step," but a senior club official says Ironi Tiberias will turn to its academy and let unhappy players go if the Israel Football Association docks even one more point over the double-contracts affair.
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Abada nets a brace, Baribo strikes late as Blorian tastes first MLS win
Three Israelis were involved across MLS on the same night — Liel Abada scored twice for Charlotte, Tai Baribo salvaged a point for DC United, and new Sporting Kansas City signing Or Blorian started at left-back in a 2-1 win over Minnesota.
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Tel Aviv, 1 May 2004: The night the Final Four broke the scoreboard
Playing a European final on their own floor for the first time, Maccabi Tel Aviv did not just win it — they demolished Skipper Bologna 118-74, the most one-sided championship game the Euroleague had ever seen.
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Maccabi Haifa rated Israel's most valuable club in new Ligat Ha'al rankings
A Sport5 valuation model built for a new pre-season quiz puts Maccabi Haifa just ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv as the richest club in Israel's top flight, with Hapoel Be'er Sheva a distant third.
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Real Madrid eye Rodri as Kroos's long-term successor
With his Manchester City contract entering its final season, Real Madrid have quietly stepped up their pursuit of the Ballon d'Or winner as the man to fill Toni Kroos's old role, Sport5 reports.
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Finals MVP Iffe Lundberg agrees new Maccabi Tel Aviv deal through 2028
The Danish guard, who inspired Maccabi to the Israeli title and was named Finals MVP, has ended months of on-off talks by re-signing rather than testing the market, Israeli outlets report.
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Seck signs for Saudi Arabia's Al-Faisaly — but his four years at Maccabi Haifa go unmentioned
The Senegalese defender left Haifa as a title winner and a Champions League regular, yet Al-Faisaly's welcome post skipped his most recent club entirely, ONE reports.
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Cubarsí's late block preserved Spain's World Cup crown
Ferran Torres scored the final's only goal, but ONE reports it was a last-ditch, 120th-minute clearance from teenage defender Pau Cubarsí that actually kept Argentina out and sealed Spain's second World Cup.
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Manor Solomon back in lilywhite as Tottenham edge MK Dons in pre-season friendly
The Israeli winger played 45 minutes and nearly added a second before Roberto De Zerbi emptied his bench, with Mateus Fernandes' stunning early volley enough to see off newly-promoted MK Dons at Hotspur Way.
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Miami Heat deny LeBron signing after leaked 'introduction' video sends NBA into frenzy
A since-deleted YouTube link titled a LeBron James introductory press conference for July 27 set off a market-moving frenzy — but the Heat say it was a social-media mistake, not a done deal.
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Barda: Hapoel Tel Aviv face 'Champions League-level' test as European exile ends
Twelve years after their last continental campaign, Hapoel Tel Aviv open Conference League qualifying against Bulgaria's Ludogorets Razgrad on Thursday — at a neutral venue in Hungary.
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Miller: Maccabi Tel Aviv "Fit and Ready" for Sheriff Tiraspol Test
Ahead of his first European campaign in charge, head coach Kenny Miller says Maccabi's Super Cup form proves they are ready for Thursday's Europa League qualifier in Moldova.
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Wembanyama and Irving Signal Support for Mamdani's Call to Arrest Netanyahu
ONE reports the San Antonio and Dallas stars backed the New York mayor's video urging Washington to enforce the ICC warrant against the Israeli prime minister.
Read storyBeitar legend Eli Ohana reportedly set for guaranteed Likud Knesset spot
Channel 12 says Netanyahu is expected to reserve 'King Ohana' a safe place on Likud's list for the autumn election — a first formal step into national politics for the Beitar Jerusalem icon.
Read storyHapoel Beer Sheva close in on Atlanta United's Amador as Lopes successor
The Portuguese left-back, currently nursing an Achilles issue in MLS, is reported to be Beer Sheva's pick to fill the void left by the departing Hélder Lopes.
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Monza reportedly approach Maccabi Tel Aviv over defender Tyrese Asante
The Serie A club have opened contact about the Dutch-Ghanaian centre-back, according to ONE, days before he is due to play Maccabi's Europa League qualifier against Sheriff Tiraspol.
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Former owner Shaul Eisenberg sues, says Hapoel Tel Aviv's name belongs to him
Shaul Eisenberg, who ran Hapoel Tel Aviv's basketball club for two decades before stepping away in 2007, is demanding NIS 12.6 million and warning the team may have to drop its own name after Ofer Yannay's takeover of majority ownership.
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Figo: Real Madrid Always Wants the Best
The Portuguese great backs a Rodri move to the Bernabéu, names his Ballon d'Or favourites and says Mourinho's only job now is to start winning again.
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Jason Levien set to take Maccabi Tel Aviv's seat on the EuroLeague board
The American attorney-turned-club-owner is expected to replace Dani Federman as Maccabi's representative, the latest ripple from a summer of upheaval atop the club's ownership.
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Ivić: "I was shocked by the bonus at Maccabi Tel Aviv"
The Serbian coach who steered Maccabi Tel Aviv to a 31-point title romp in his debut season says an unprecedented bonus scheme was part of what drove him to one of the most dominant campaigns in Israeli football history.
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UEFA Won't Let VAR Use World Cup's 'Mistaken Identity' Rule to Overturn Diving Calls
European football's governing body has told its video assistant referees to leave the World Cup's most contentious innovation on the shelf this season, after the rule sent Switzerland's Breel Embolo off in tears against Argentina.
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Maccabi Haifa turn to Wolves loanee Nigel Lonwijk to replace Eissat at the back
Sport5 reports Maccabi Haifa have agreed a deal for Dutch centre-back Nigel Lonwijk, a 1.95m Wolverhampton Wanderers player who has spent his entire career out on loan, as the club's answer to Liseb Eissat's move to Bristol City.
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Neymar trades the pitch for the poker table while Santos fly to Venezuela
Rested by Santos for a Copa Sudamericana trip to Caracas, the Brazilian forward turned up at a São Paulo poker tournament instead — reviving questions about his commitment as his career winds down after Brazil's World Cup exit.
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Before Israel's Biggest Fight Night, GFN's Visiting Fighters Toured Shiloh and Jerusalem
Ahead of the Gordon brothers' historic three-way appearance on one card, GFN 1 opponents including John Lineker and Lando Vannata were taken on a tour of Israel's ancient sites, ONE reports.
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UEFA's Čeferin boycotts World Cup final over FIFA's handling of Trump-Balogun affair
Aleksander Čeferin stayed away from Spain's extra-time win over Argentina in protest at FIFA freezing a red-card ban for USA forward Folarin Balogun after President Trump lobbied Gianni Infantino directly.
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Bulls Rookie Star Buzelis Wants Avdija's Blueprint for Attacking the Rim
Matas Buzelis says he has been picking Deni Avdija's brain since Summer League in Las Vegas, hoping to add more downhill drives to a game he feels leaned too heavily on the three-ball.
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Bezos in talks to join investor group eyeing Liverpool stake
Sky News reports the Amazon founder has held discussions about joining a consortium led by Amit Bhatia that is negotiating a minority investment in the Premier League champions, though sources stress no decision has been made.
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Ironi Nes Ziona add wandering frontcourt man Jacob Wiley on two-year deal
The American-Macedonian forward, fresh off a stint in Puerto Rico, joins the Winner League club after a career that has already taken him through Germany, Australia, Greece, Spain, Montenegro, Japan and the NBA.
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Manchester United Ready €60m Opening Bid for PSG's Warren Zaire-Emery
Old Trafford is preparing a concrete approach for the France midfielder after a three-year chase, though Paris Saint-Germain's valuation is reported well above United's opening number — and the club has also made contact over Crystal Palace's Ismaila Sarr.
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Portland set to become the NBA's outlier as new owner guts the broadcast booth
Sport5 reports Tom Dundon is folding the Trail Blazers' TV and radio operations into one lean unit, cutting veteran voices loose and following the same playbook he used to gut his hockey team's radio booth in 2018.
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Spanish public overwhelmingly backs Rodri for the Ballon d'Or
A reader poll finds nearly half of respondents in Spain want Rodri, not Kylian Mbappé, to win this year's Ballon d'Or after his Golden Ball-winning World Cup — even though a serious knee injury wiped out much of his club season.
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Man United miss out as World Cup star Summerville set for shock Al-Hilal move
Netherlands winger Crysencio Summerville, fresh off a two-goal World Cup, has agreed to join Al-Hilal from West Ham after Manchester United's interest stalled and a rejected bid left Roma walking away.
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Belgrade, 7 April 1977: The night Tal Brody put Israel "on the map"
A neutral-court upset over CSKA Moscow and a one-point final against Varese gave Maccabi Tel Aviv its first European basketball crown — and Israeli sport its most quoted sentence.
Read storyScaloni brushes off Messi's viral locker-room video, says stars will now 'rethink' their futures
Argentina's coach denied any dressing-room rift after the World Cup final loss to Spain and would not rule out Messi and Emiliano Martínez stepping back from the national team.
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Report: Ronaldo's Portugal career set to end against Wales on September 24
A Portuguese agent, cited by journalist Mohammed Awaad, says the 41-year-old plans to bow out of international football at Alvalade in a Nations League tie against Wales, closing the book on 233 caps and 146 goals.
Read storyReport: Trump Wants FIFA's Infantino as Next UN Secretary-General
Sport5, citing the New York Post, reports that Donald Trump is pushing for his World Cup partner Gianni Infantino to succeed António Guterres at the United Nations — a proposal that would need to clear a Security Council veto gauntlet.
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FIFA banks record $15 billion from 2026 World Cup, nearly double Qatar's haul
Gianni Infantino told FIFA's membership in Manhattan that the expanded, 48-team tournament in North America shattered every financial benchmark in the governing body's history, powered by soaring broadcast, sponsorship and ticket revenue.
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Infantino praises Argentina's "unforgettable" run despite chaotic World Cup final
FIFA president Gianni Infantino posted an Instagram tribute to Argentina's tournament hours after their World Cup final defeat to Spain descended into red cards, a brawl and a snubbed trophy ceremony.
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Kangwa levels for Hapoel in Iceland but barely celebrates amid AEK transfer talks
The Zambian forward salvaged a 1-1 draw for Hapoel Beer Sheva at Víkingur Reykjavík in the Champions League, and his muted reaction was read in Athens as another sign of how close he already is to joining AEK.
Read storyKangwa scores but Beersheba fall to Vikingur in Champions League opener
The Zambian striker's second-half equaliser wasn't enough as Reykjavik struck twice, leaving Israel's champions needing a comeback in next week's return leg.
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Partizan Belgrade joins Hapoel Jerusalem in race for Wendell Moore Jr.
The Serbian giant is chasing the free-agent forward as a replacement for the departed Sterling Brown, putting it in direct competition with Hapoel Jerusalem for the 24-year-old NBA journeyman.
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Chelsea complete British transfer-record signing of Morgan Rogers
The England international leaves Aston Villa for £117 million, becoming the most expensive player in British football history and Chelsea's costliest ever signing.
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Ronaldo Likes Instagram Post Accusing FIFA of Rigging World Cup for Argentina
Days after Portugal's own elimination, Cristiano Ronaldo's verified account liked a Spanish TV clip branding FIFA a "mafia" that favored Lionel Messi's Argentina all the way to the final.
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Modrić agrees new Milan deal, signing off on retirement talk for now
The 40-year-old Croatian is set to formally extend his stay at San Siro through June 2027, Italian and Israeli outlets report, days after Croatia's World Cup exit.
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Another suspect held over grenade attack on restaurant chain owned by Beitar Jerusalem's owner
A man in his 20s from Bat Yam was arrested and taken in for questioning over a stun grenade thrown at a Japanika branch linked to Beitar Jerusalem owner Barak Abramov, the latest arrest in a wider wave of attacks tied to a criminal turf war.
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Duarte penalty puts Abu Fani's Red Star ahead of Larne in Champions League qualifier
Israel midfielder Mohammed Abu Fani started as Crvena Zvezda led Larne 1-0 early in the second half of their Champions League second qualifying round first leg in Northern Ireland, Bruno Duarte converting a VAR-awarded penalty.
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Argentina and Spain reportedly closing in on a November Finalissima rematch in Qatar
Weeks after their dramatic World Cup final, ONE reports that advanced talks are underway to finally stage the long-delayed Finalissima between Europe's and South America's champions at Lusail Stadium.
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Bnei Yehuda pause for Nitzan Shirazi, 12 years after his death
On the day their former player and coach would have turned 55, Bnei Yehuda stopped morning training for a minute of applause and a club statement remembering a man who never left the Hatikva Quarter's heart.
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Evenepoel destroys the clock by Lake Geneva as Lipowitz's Tour ends in the barriers
The world champion tears 28 seconds out of Tadej Pogačar's lead on a lakeside time trial, but the day's cruellest twist is a broken collarbone for his own team leader Florian Lipowitz.
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FIFA opens investigation into Argentina after ugly brawl at World Cup final
Nahuel Molina, Leandro Paredes and assistant coach Roberto Ayala are all under scrutiny after chaotic scenes followed Spain's 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in New Jersey.
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Grimberg and Mordechai on target as Maccabi Haifa lead Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-0 in preseason friendly
A 16-year-old academy forward and the club's big-money summer signing both scored inside the opening 20 minutes as Haifa tested its squad ahead of the 2026/27 season.
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AEK Athens pull offer for Beersheba's Kangwa after club refuses to rest him for Vikingur tie
The Greek club wanted assurances that Kings Kangwa would sit out tonight's Champions League qualifier so he could still play for them in Europe this season. Hapoel Beersheba said no — and AEK walked away.
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Pilot's cruel mid-flight prank convinces grieving Argentina fans they had won the World Cup
A cabin full of Argentina supporters erupted in celebration when their pilot announced a World Cup final win — before he delivered the punchline: Spain had actually taken the trophy.
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Banda's Lecce stand-off could still hand Maccabi Petah Tikva a bonus payday
The winger missed Lecce's pre-season report date amid interest from Saudi Arabia's Al-Fateh — but the detail worth watching in Israel is a 15% sell-on clause tying his next move to Maccabi Petah Tikva's finances.
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Omri Glazer completes homecoming to Maccabi Haifa on three-year deal
Israel's national-team goalkeeper leaves Red Star Belgrade to rejoin the club where he first became a Ligat ha'Al name, reuniting with head coach Barak Bakhar at Kiryat Eliezer.
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The man who eliminated Maccabi and Red Star is closing in on a move — to Red Star
Free agent Derrick Lukassen, once of Maccabi Tel Aviv, is reported close to a three-year deal with Red Star Belgrade — a club he knocked out of the Champions League himself last summer, and one that could yet meet Hapoel Beer Sheva in this year's qualifiers.
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Spain baffled as FIFA leaves Cubarsí and Laporte off World Cup Best XI shortlist
Despite anchoring the tournament's meanest defence, the centre-back pair who started every Spain knockout game were missing from FIFA's Team of the Tournament nominees — with the full-backs picked instead.
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Champions of Israel Fly Furthest: Beer Sheva Cover 5,315km to Reach Reykjavik Qualifier
Hapoel Be'er Sheva have travelled further than any other side in Tuesday's Champions League qualifying round, ONE reports, adding logistics to the list of obstacles facing Ran Kozuk's team in Iceland.
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LaLiga chief Tebas: Infantino 'must go, he's destroying football'
Days after Spain's World Cup triumph, LaLiga president Javier Tebas tore into FIFA's leadership, calling in-match hydration breaks 'a farce' and arguing the Folarin Balogun red-card reversal nearly cost Gianni Infantino his job.
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Officially: Bashar Abdach signs three-year deal with Maccabi Petah Tikva
The 21-year-old central defender arrives from Hapoel Hadera after impressing during preseason training, with Israel's player-status committee setting compensation at 140,000 shekels.
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Reuven Atar: Rafaelov must come down to the grass to help Bachar
The Maccabi Haifa great says the club's new sporting director can't run the Bachar era from an office chair alone — he needs to be out on the training pitch too.
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Israeli basketball's American alumni are chasing their way back to Europe
A breakout NBA Summer League for former Hapoel Holon guard Darin Green Jr., and Nathan Mensah's restless post-Maccabi Tel Aviv travels, are the clearest local threads in this summer's scramble of Americans hunting a EuroLeague-level home.
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Spain's Crown, Mbappé's Record and Football's American Makeover
Two days after Ferran Torres settled the final in extra time, the tournament's real legacy is coming into focus — a dominant Spain, a rewritten scoring record for Kylian Mbappé, and a sport visibly bending toward American commercial rhythms.
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Haifa council says Hapoel Haifa owes it 190,000 shekels, threatens training base
City officials say they won't let this one slide, warning the club could lose its Beit Neigler training ground days before the Haifa derby — the latest strain on a club already reeling from a separate 1.485 million shekel court judgment.
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Beer Sheva's leading scorer C.J. Elleby signs with Hapoel HaEmek
The 26-year-old guard, who averaged 18.1 points a game last season, turned down interest from Hapoel Jerusalem to become the fourth import in coach Sharon Avrahami's rebuilt roster.
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Southern dream: Be'er Sheva chase a first Champions League breakthrough in Reykjavík
Israel's champions face Víkingur Reykjavík in the second qualifying round with an injury-hit squad, a Super Cup defeat behind them and, as ever, no home advantage.
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Haziza agrees terms to join Maccabi Netanya, ending seven years at Haifa
The Israel international winger has verbally sealed a two-year deal with new head coach Roni Levy, though the formal signing awaits the end of the Tisha B'Av fast.
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Without Messi, Argentina comes home to a hero's welcome after World Cup heartbreak
Thousands braved cold and rain along the Ricchieri highway to greet Lionel Scaloni's squad a day after Spain's extra-time win in the final — while Messi stayed away from the homecoming.
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Draymond Green jokes he'd become 'the next PJ Tucker' if LeBron joins Warriors
Mid-way through a summer-long public pitch to lure LeBron James to Golden State, Green told a fan on Threads he'd happily hand over the offense and reinvent himself as a corner three-point specialist — reviving a running joke about PJ Tucker's shooting he first made back in 2020.
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Champions priced as underdogs: bookmakers see no favorite as Beer Sheva open Europe in Iceland
Israel's newly crowned champions travel to Reykjavík for a Champions League qualifier that odds-makers rate a genuine coin-flip, with a live transfer subplot around winger Kings Kangwa simmering in the background.
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Vinícius Júnior debuts sharper jawline after chin filler procedure
Photos from a Goiânia clinic show the Real Madrid winger with a strikingly redefined profile, the reported result of a minimally invasive facial procedure he sought after weeks of online mockery of his chin during the World Cup.
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Enzo Fernández speaks out on World Cup final red card, skips the apology
In his first public comments since Argentina's ten-men collapse in Spain's extra-time win, the Chelsea midfielder thanked fans and praised the national shirt — but never mentioned the reckless late foul that triggered his sending-off.
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Barcelona, 30 July 1992: The silver that ended the wait
On Israel's tenth trip to an Olympic Games, a 25-year-old judoka from Tel Aviv finally brought a medal home — and dedicated it to the eleven who never made it back from Munich.
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David Roddy reported to sign with Hapoel Jerusalem
The 25-year-old forward, a 2022 first-round NBA pick, would make his first move outside the United States under new head coach Saša Obradović — though the deal has so far surfaced in only one report.
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Mamo and Mantel break Israeli records at national athletics championships
Noam Mamo ran 46.58 seconds in the 400m and Yarden Mantel cleared 4.16 meters in the pole vault, each improving marks they had set only weeks earlier, on a record-setting day at Israel's national athletics championships in Jerusalem.
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Messi: 'The pain is enormous' after World Cup final heartbreak
In his first public comments since Spain's extra-time win, Lionel Messi called Argentina's 1-0 defeat devastating but said the run to consecutive finals was something to hold onto.
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FIFA to Weigh Expanding 2030 World Cup to 64 Teams
A CONMEBOL-backed plan to mark the World Cup's centenary with 64 nations is under formal review at FIFA, a shift that could also reshape Europe's — and Israel's — qualifying path.
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Hapoel Nof HaGalil rebuilds youth coaching staff after relegation
A new professional manager and a reshuffled panel of junior-team coaches aim to stabilize the club's academy following the senior side's drop to Liga Aleph.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv's road to Europe runs through Bulgaria, with Žilina or Katowice waiting
Before any thought of a third qualifying round, Hapoel Tel Aviv must first get past Bulgaria's Ludogorets Razgrad in the Conference League's second round.
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Two Israeli referees handed European qualifier appointments for the new season
David Fuksman and Snir Levi are reported to officiate UEFA Conference League and Europa League second qualifying-round ties as the 2026-27 European campaign opens.
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Israel's 100m record-holder Blessing Afrifah pulled from national championships with hamstring injury
Israel's fastest sprinter is withdrawn at the last moment from the 100m and 200m in Jerusalem as his team guards his fitness for next month's European Championships in Birmingham.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv close to signing Slovenian striker Ester Sokler from Radnicki 1923
A principle agreement is reported with the Serbian club for the 27-year-old forward in a deal worth around one million euros, with a signature expected within 48 hours. Nothing is yet official.
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Ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv guard Jeff Dowtin Jr joins Napoli Basket
The American point guard, who left Maccabi Tel Aviv before the season ended and later held talks with AEK Athens, has been officially unveiled in Naples ahead of next season's EuroCup.
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Tearful Scaloni puts Argentina future in doubt, commits only to seeing out contract to December
After the 1-0 World Cup final defeat to Spain, Argentina's coach said losing "hurts me in the soul", vowed to complete his contract through December and left the room in tears without announcing a definitive departure.
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Kings of the world: Ferran Torres strikes in extra time as Spain beat Argentina 1-0 to win the 2026 World Cup
The European champions suffocated Lionel Messi's Argentina at MetLife Stadium, survived Emiliano Martinez's record 11 saves and a disallowed goal, and won their second World Cup through Ferran Torres' 106th-minute volley — while more than 10,000 Israelis watched together at Menora Mivtachim Hall in Tel Aviv.
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Haifa's goalkeeper reshuffle agreed: Glazer set for return as Yermakov heads to Ukraine
Maccabi Haifa have reportedly finalised both ends of their summer goalkeeper swap: Israel international Omri Glazer returns on a four-year deal from Red Star Belgrade, while Heorhiy Yermakov joins Metalist Kharkiv for a reported three million euros — with official announcements expected within 48 hours.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv confirm they will open new season in Sofia
The EuroCup winners and EuroLeague debutants say the security situation forces them to keep an activity base in Bulgaria, with a return home conditional on improvement: "At the moment — we will open the season in Sofia."
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Report: Hapoel Jerusalem chasing ex-Denver forward David Roddy after first offer rejected
The Jerusalem club's opening proposal of roughly $2.2 million over two years was turned down by the 25-year-old former first-round pick, but negotiations are said to be continuing as the club builds toward its EuroLeague push.
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Locked out before the derby: Hapoel Haifa say city has barred them from training ground
The club returns from its Bulgaria camp on Monday facing a bar from the Beit Nagler complex over an alleged debt — six days before the Toto Cup derby against Maccabi Haifa. "We feel like an unwanted stepchild in the city," the club said.
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Evenepoel conquers the Solaison as Vingegaard crashes out of the Tour
Remco Evenepoel outkicked Tadej Pogacar and Isaac del Toro on the Plateau de Solaison for his first road-stage win at the Tour de France, on an afternoon overshadowed by Jonas Vingegaard's crash and first career Grand Tour abandonment.
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Noa Konfino named Maccabi Ashdod team manager ahead of top-flight return
The 27-year-old former statistics chief takes on the senior squad's day-to-day management as the newly promoted club prepares for the Winner League — reportedly as the only woman in the role in the league.
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Sour finish in Ljubljana: Israel under-20s beaten by Lithuania in ninth-place game
Israel's reserve national team led at halftime but was outscored 30-18 in the third quarter, losing 95-79 to Lithuania and closing the FIBA U20 EuroBasket in 10th place — with top-division status already secured.
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Ariel Atias, Israel's decathlon record-holder, retires at 27 to coach the next generation
The Israel Athletics Federation announced on Sunday that the country's finest combined-events athlete will end his 16-year career at Monday's Israeli Championships in Jerusalem, before joining the federation's Academy for Excellence coaching staff in September.
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'He waited for my first mistake': Stav Lemkin looks back on a first season of two halves at Twente
Hauled off at half-time on his Eredivisie debut and frozen out by the coach who signed him, the Israel defender ended his first Dutch season as an automatic starter in a Twente side that clinched European football.
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AEK Athens submit official offer for Hapoel Be'er Sheva star Kings Kangwa
The Greek club has formally bid for the Zambian midfielder who drove Be'er Sheva to the title, but the reported sum of over €2.5 million remains well short of the champions' asking price of more than €4 million.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv send six academy graduates on loan to Kfar Shalem in one sweep
The champions have reportedly moved six youth-title winners to partner club Hapoel Kfar Shalem in the second tier, clearing the pathway for playing time ahead of the new season.
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Dolev Haziza expected to join Maccabi Netanya as gaps in talks narrow
The former Maccabi Haifa captain's agent met Netanya officials on Sunday, with the club reportedly hoping to complete the free-agent signing before Tuesday's traditional season-opening training session.
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Kiryat Shmona confirm agreement to sell Cristian Martínez to Slovan Bratislava
The Panamanian midfielder, named Player of the Match against Croatia at the World Cup, travelled to Slovakia at the weekend to complete a three-year move to the Slovak champions; the fee has not been disclosed.
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Israeli teenagers clock 2:15.00 to erase 35-year-old 1,000m relay record in Rieti
Nivi Seligmann, Roni Rabinovitz, Koral Tsimbalist and Hila Varsano took nearly five seconds off a national mark that had stood since 1991, closing Israel's European under-18 championships on a record even without a place in the final.
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Israel's under-20s beat Croatia 36:31 to end a 21-year wait for a World Championship place
Trailing 14:17 at half-time in Cluj-Napoca, Israel's reserve team produced a 22:14 second half to take 15th place at the M20 EHF EURO — and with it a first junior World Championship qualification since 2005, with Guy Ran Arman scoring 11 and Loïc Bakasu Bibange 10.
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Eli Ohana bids official farewell: "I have finished my path in football"
The 62-year-old Beitar Jerusalem great and 1988 Cup Winners' Cup winner has ruled out ever returning as a coach or executive, dismissing talk of leading Israel alongside Eyal Berkovic and confirming that broadcasting is now his only place in the game.
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Datiashvili turns a race-one win into seventh at the ILCA 6 Youth Europeans
Gaya Datiashvili opened the European youth championship in Thessaloniki with a race win and recovered from a start disqualification to finish seventh among Europe's under-19 girls, the best result in a 12-strong Israeli team.
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Josh Kerr shatters athletics' oldest track record with 3:42.66 mile in London
The Scot took nearly half a second off Hicham El Guerrouj's 3:43.13, a mark that had stood since Rome in 1999, in front of 60,000 at the London Diamond League.
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Gadrani doubtful for Larnaca as contract standoff with Beitar Jerusalem sharpens
Beitar's Georgian centre-back is a fitness doubt for Thursday's Conference League opener against AEK Larnaca while pressing for a raise of at least 50 per cent — with the club and player reportedly hundreds of thousands of euros apart, yet both minded to strike a deal this week.
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Israel's second basketball wave is real — and ninth place is still ninth place
Saraf, Wolf and Sharp closed a Summer League fortnight inside NBA organisations while the U20s turned a Greece collapse into consecutive routs. Today's ninth-place game against Lithuania measures neither medals nor mock drafts, but the floor of a system.
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Helsinki, 19 July 1952: the day Israel walked into the Olympic movement
Seventy-four years ago today, a 25-strong delegation marched behind the blue-and-white flag at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Israel's first Olympic Games won no medals — but the debut itself was a quiet act of international recognition for a four-year-old state.
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England win a ten-goal epic 6-4 as Saka hat-trick claims World Cup bronze
Bukayo Saka's hat-trick and a stoppage-time Jude Bellingham goal crowned one of the wildest matches in World Cup history in Miami Gardens, while Kylian Mbappé's brace carried him past Lionel Messi as the tournament's all-time record scorer.
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Pogačar dances to a fourth Tour stage win at Le Markstein as lead stretches to 4:30
The yellow jersey attacked 1.5km below the Col du Haag summit and soloed home on the 155.3km Vosges stage from Mulhouse, extending his overall lead to 4:30 ahead of Sunday's summit finish at the Plateau de Solaison.
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Belaga makes history with a triple-double as Israel U20s rout Latvia 96–74
A 16-point, 12-assist, 10-rebound night from the captain and a 26–9 second quarter carried Israel into the ninth-place game against Lithuania at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket.
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Tzur saves three in shootout as Hapoel Tel Aviv oust Beitar after 2–2 thriller
Daniel Dappa's 96th-minute equaliser cancelled out Shon Weissman's debut penalty, and Assaf Tzur saved three spot-kicks in a 3–1 shootout win that sent Hapoel Tel Aviv — not Beitar — into the Toto Cup semi-finals.
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Chelsea agree £117m Morgan Rogers deal to make him Britain's costliest player
Aston Villa have accepted a bid worth £117m for the England forward, per David Ornstein of The Athletic, with a medical set for Monday and a six-year contract to 2032 awaiting signature.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv backer's sponsorship of referees' body ignites integrity row
A three-season sponsorship of the Israeli referees' association by Micky Koppel's company — a long-time Maccabi Tel Aviv sponsor whose owner is a self-declared devoted fan of the club — has drawn fan criticism, forcing the association to defend the deal as non-exclusive and precedented.
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'We'll need to compromise': Maccabi run out of patience with Lundberg as Walker edges towards staying
Maccabi Tel Aviv are reported to have given Iffe Lundberg days to answer an improved offer before turning elsewhere, while the club now expects Lonnie Walker to remain — unless a serious NBA offer arrives.
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Maccabi Haifa land Brazilian defender Wenderson Tsunami on a free transfer
The Greens completed the deal on Sunday: after passing his medical, the 30-year-old former Levski Sofia captain formally signed a two-year contract, saying he is excited to join and looking forward to playing in front of the green fans.
Read storySeck reported to be on verge of Al-Faisaly switch after Maccabi Haifa exit
The Senegalese centre-back, who left Haifa this summer at the end of his contract, has reportedly travelled to Saudi Arabia to complete a free-agent move to the newly promoted top-flight side — though the league's own announcement passed over his four years in Israel.
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Maccabi Haifa agree permanent sale of Show to Kocaelispor
The Angolan midfielder's two-year detour through Haifa ends with a 500,000 euro move to the Turkish top flight, where a season on loan turned him into a first-team fixture.
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Netanya race to shield 16-year-old Abuhatzira after €100,000 release clause is laid bare
Yarin Abuhatzira, hailed on national radio as the best player in Israel for his age, can reportedly be bought out for just €100,000 — and Maccabi Netanya are hurrying to rewrite his contract before anyone tests it.
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Four European clubs reportedly tracking Maccabi Tel Aviv winger Hélio Varela
Samsunspor, Qarabağ, Red Star Belgrade and Ferencváros are said to be monitoring the Cape Verde international after his World Cup summer — but no bid has been reported and his Bloomfield contract runs to 2028.
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Fifty years on: Montreal 1976, the black ribbon and Israel's first Olympic finalist
The Games that opened on 17 July 1976 asked Israel's athletes simply to show up four years after Munich. Esther Roth-Shahamorov answered by racing into an Olympic final — and resetting what Israeli sport thought it was for.
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Israeli football has learned how to sell — now the fees have to become real
A goalkeeper bought for a reported €100,000 heading out at a reported €3m, a confirmed €1.6m record in Jerusalem, a champion keeper coming home for small change: this summer's trading looks like strategy. Whether it is a model depends on what is confirmed — and repeated.
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Bnei Sakhnin sign Romanian goalkeeper Raul Bălbărău
The 25-year-old arrives on a free transfer after two and a half years at Petrolul Ploiești, signing a one-year deal with a club option for two further seasons and setting up a direct fight with Mohammed Abu Nil for the number-one shirt.
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Police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv's Villa Park ban left with £57,800 payout
Draft accounts show Craig Guildford received about 236,000 shekels as compensation for loss of office after resigning over the discredited ban on Israeli supporters, a payment the UK's shadow justice secretary called 'a disgrace'.
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Maccabi Haifa and Metalist agree terms on record Yermakov sale
Israeli and Ukrainian reports align: the clubs have settled a deal worth around €3m for the goalkeeper, who is expected in Ukraine within the week; no official announcement has yet been made.
Read storyAbramov breaks silence on Japanika attacks and alleges a media 'conflict' he says he fell victim to
In his first extended broadcast interview since grenades, arson and gunfire hit his restaurant chain, the Beitar Jerusalem owner denied receiving threats, denied criminal ties — and claimed, without offering evidence, that a feud between Keshet's leadership and Leumi Partners chief Victor Vakrat is driving the fire his way.
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Sharp signs off Summer League with 16 points as Kings edge Hornets
The Tel Aviv-born guard hit four three-pointers and added three steals in Sacramento's 92–90 win over Charlotte, closing his first Summer League with his most rounded performance yet.
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Abu Fani goes the full 90 as Red Star Belgrade crush Mačva in SuperLiga opener
The Israel midfielder completed every minute of his league debut in Belgrade as the Serbian champions swept aside Mačva Šabac 5-0 in Friday's season-opening round at the Rajko Mitić Stadium.
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'To them, the fans are an ATM': Rapyd chief Shtilman turns on Maccabi Tel Aviv's new owners
Days after the Recanati family completed their $50m move to majority control, the club's main sponsor Arik Shtilman accused them of buying to profit rather than build, claimed signings were lost, and vowed to remain a loud critic.
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Rodina Moscow reportedly eyeing Maccabi Netanya midfielder Basam Zaarura
The newly promoted Russian Premier League club are said to be weighing a summer move for the 23-year-old Shefar'am-born midfielder, whose Netanya contract runs until 2027.
Read storySalah 'agrees verbal deal' with Besiktas, French outlet reports
Foot Mercato's Santi Aouna says the free agent has a verbal agreement on a one-year contract in Istanbul worth around €12m a season — but no first-rank international outlet has confirmed it, and his agent insists nothing is decided.
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David Natan, champion of Hapoel Ramat Gan's wonder season, dies at 86
A youth product who struck a last-minute winner in the 1963-64 title run, Natan passed away days after his son led Israel's under-20 women to a historic European basketball silver.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv close in on former NBA forward Jacob Toppin
Negotiations with the 26-year-old ex-Knicks and Hawks forward have reportedly advanced, with the club confident he will join for 2026/27 — and his Jewish heritage means he would not count as an import.
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Levy and Gal take junior world 470 silver after title defence is lost on a countback
Israel's defending champions finished level on 36 points with Italy's Lisa Vucetti and Vittorio Bonifacio in Gdynia, only for the junior world crown to slip away on the final-race tie-break.
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Szoboszlai commits his prime to Liverpool with new contract until 2031
The Hungary captain and reigning Player of the Season has signed a five-year extension at Anfield, ending months of negotiations three years before his previous deal was due to expire.
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US analysts warn Portland's Morant gamble could squeeze Deni Avdija's breakout role
Portland-focused analysis argues the Trail Blazers have crowded their backcourt instead of building around their first-time All-Star, with Ja Morant's arrival threatening the on-ball role that fuelled Avdija's career year.
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Spanish media tip Israel's Orian Goren, 17, as cover for injured De Jong at Barcelona
Mundo Deportivo is reported to rank the 17-year-old La Masia midfielder among Hansi Flick's internal options while Frenkie de Jong faces months out with a knee injury sustained at the World Cup.
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Andrija Novakovich: the well-travelled striker reuniting with Kenny Saief at Maccabi Haifa
Eight years after sharing a United States camp with Kenny Saief, the Wisconsin-born target man arrives on the Carmel with a nomadic CV, a divisive goalscoring record and a friend already in the dressing room.
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Kanyuk sets seven-day deadline as Hapoel Ramat Gan claim swells to 350,000 shekels
Through his lawyer, the midfielder has sent the newly promoted club a formal warning letter demanding 350,000 shekels within seven days — citing unpaid bonuses, unlawful termination and missing pension contributions — before a lawsuit is filed.
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Maccabi Haifa said to pay Red Star an estimated €300,000 to close Omri Glazer deal
Red Star's reported €250,000 demand appears to have been settled at a higher price: Israeli reporting now says Haifa will pay an estimated €300,000 to close the deal, with the Israel goalkeeper expected in the country within days.
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Liam Hermesh agrees move to Austrian Bundesliga side Grazer AK
Out of contract at Maccabi Haifa and fresh from a Moldovan Cup-winning loan at Sheriff Tiraspol, the 22-year-old defensive midfielder is set to join GAK on a free transfer, with an unveiling expected within days.
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Worko in line for Beitar debut as Shua sweats on fitness and Carabalí commits
Beitar Jerusalem's projected side for Saturday's cup tie with Hapoel Tel Aviv hands a first start to summer signing Daniel Worko — while a virus leaves Yarden Shua in doubt and Brayan Carabalí resolves his future in the capital.
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France's World Cup replay petition passes 50,000 signatures as FIFA backs referee
Fans claim Lamine Yamal handled the ball before the penalty that set Spain's 2-0 semi-final win in motion, but no formal French protest has been lodged and FIFA insists Iván Barton's appointment was fully justified.
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Lisav Eissat forced off eight minutes into his Bristol City debut
The Maccabi Haifa academy graduate's first outing for his new club ended almost as soon as it began, cut short by an injury in a pre-season friendly against Stockport County in Spain, with early indications from Israeli reports that it is not serious.
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Police announce further arrest over grenade attacks on Beitar owner's Japanika chain
A suspect accused of throwing a grenade at a Kiryat Ono branch of Barak Abramov's restaurant chain has been remanded for 12 days, as police widen an investigation rooted in a feud between crime families.
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Maccabi Haifa tie teenage striker Adrian Ballout to a new three-year deal
The 2010-born forward from the Galilee village of Mi'ilya — credited with 103 goals in three junior seasons — has signed until 2029 after one championship-winning year in the academy.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv academy adds Nahalal Yizrael pair Oretzki and Kadosh
Centre-back Liroy Oretzki and striker Marom Kadosh, both from the 2012 age group, join the under-14 setup at Kiryat Shalom after standout seasons with the Jezreel Valley club.
Read storyEmily Elkobi, 12, dances Israel to gold at All Dance finals in Thessaloniki
The Herzliya schoolgirl won her solo category with a routine called 'Cat Women' at All Dance International's championship in Greece, where her crew Outrage also took gold and earned a ticket to November's world finals in Orlando.
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Israel's under-20s swept aside 35:23 by Iceland with a World Championship place still on the line
Shorn of four squad members, Israel trailed 20:9 at half-time at the Turda Arena and must now beat the loser of Croatia's tie with Romania on Sunday to claim 15th place — and with it a World Championship berth.
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Rivollier crosses the Petah Tikva divide again as Hapoel bring French striker back
A year after leaving for Maccabi, the 25-year-old French forward returns to Hapoel Petah Tikva on a one-year deal with a two-season option, reuniting with promotion-winning coach Omer Peretz.
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Varsano lowers Israeli under-18 400m hurdles record at European youth championships in Rieti
The 17-year-old Maccabi Tel Aviv hurdler ran 1:00.02 in Friday's opening round to reach Saturday's semi-finals, while steeplechasers Ido Noam and Aviv Ochman booked places in Sunday's 2,000m final.
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Police detail strict entry rules for Beitar Jerusalem's Netanya meeting with Hapoel Tel Aviv
Gates open at 18:30 under rigorous screening, pyrotechnics carry a 3,000-shekel fine and roads around Netanya's Miriam Stadium close on Saturday evening as two European-bound rivals meet.
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Maccabi Haifa open girls’ basketball academy with Reali School
The Haifa partnership will combine secondary education with high-level basketball training for players from ninth grade, creating a new development route in northern Israel.
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World Cup winners to receive rings in FIFA first
Argentina or Spain will leave Sunday's final with the trophy and medals plus 30 personalised championship rings, while 1,996 licensed editions will be offered to supporters.
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Steinberg sixth, Kantor eighth as Israel miss Long Beach podium
Tamar Steinberg reached the iQFOiL semi-final and Sharon Kantor the quarter-final on the LA28 waters, but Israel's board-sailing contingent finished the regatta without a medal.
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Blorian plays 75 minutes in MLS debut as Sporting KC lose 3–2
The Israel centre-back started at Energizer Park and departed after treatment before Eduard Löwen’s late penalty gave St. Louis the points.
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Giannis presents Miami move as his clearest route back to the title
The two-time MVP appeared at Kaseya Center in No. 7, setting a championship standard for a Heat roster rebuilt around him and Bam Adebayo.
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NBA examines Trent’s reported $64m Bucks contract
The league is reviewing the circumstances around Milwaukee’s four-year agreement with Gary Trent Jr.; no breach has been established and the deal remains in place.
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Vinčić handed whistle for Argentina–Spain World Cup final
The Slovenian official who controlled the 2024 Champions League final will lead a five-man on-field crew at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday.
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Wildfire smoke clouds Spain training, but final outlook improves
Spain prepared for Sunday’s World Cup final under heavy haze in northern New Jersey, although the smoke is expected to clear before the 3pm kickoff against Argentina.
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Houston hold Saraf and Wolf quiet in 100–83 Brooklyn defeat
Ben Saraf scored two points and Danny Wolf added four as the Rockets seized a 15-point first-quarter lead and ended Brooklyn’s Summer League semi-final hopes.
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Kanichowsky and Ferencváros advance to face Twente
The Israeli midfielder played 61 minutes as the Hungarian champions beat Vojvodina 3–0, completing a 5–1 aggregate win and booking a Europa League tie with FC Twente.
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2018–19: the two summers that changed Israeli youth basketball
Israel's first FIBA title in Chemnitz was followed by a home defence in Tel Aviv, turning a breakthrough generation into the benchmark for every U20 team that followed.
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Israel U20s answered a survival game with grown-up control
The 84–59 score mattered because it preserved Division A status; the way Israel built it showed how quickly a youth team can reset its identity after elimination.
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Israel U20s crush Italy 84–59 to secure Division A safety
Yonatan Keller scored 19 points and Israel controlled the final three quarters in Ljubljana, turning a relegation test into a 25-point statement.
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Maccabi Haifa agree Novakovich deal pending medical
The 29-year-old United States striker is due in Israel next week, but the move will become a signing only after he completes the club's medical process.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv draw Sheriff in Europa League second round
Sheriff advanced 1–0 on aggregate against Aluminij and will host the first leg on 23 July before the return tie a week later.
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Yehezkel made Maccabi’s width a Super Cup weapon
Three assists told the story, but the more important lesson was how one wide outlet kept changing the point of attack—even after Maccabi Tel Aviv went down to ten men.
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Trump to attend Argentina–Spain World Cup final
The US president will be at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday as the host nation’s federal operation converges on the tournament’s 104th and final match.
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Balker extension closes Maccabi Haifa route for now
Huddersfield have tied the Suriname centre-back to a contract through 2028, forcing Haifa to redirect a defensive search that had reached an advanced stage.
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Hapoel Jerusalem badge vote meets 1,300-signature backlash
Season-ticket holders received alternative designs as part of a wider rebrand, but a fast-moving petition has turned the club’s identity project into a test of supporter trust.
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Ness Ziona turn to Paris Lee for two-year backcourt reset
The former EuroLeague steals leader arrives from UNICS Kazan with 128 games of elite European experience and a mandate to organise an ambitious new roster.
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Diarra joins Kasımpaşa as Hapoel Tel Aviv move collapses
The former Hapoel Haifa winger has signed in Istanbul after Hapoel Tel Aviv’s reported agreement with Reims stopped short of personal terms with the player.
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Beitar cleared to register Warku after NIS 240,000 award
The player-status decision reduces Hapoel Ramat Gan’s reported NIS 1.2 million claim and opens the way for the 21-year-old to enter Beitar Jerusalem’s squad.
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Hapoel Ramat Gan sign Luan Campos on two-year deal
The promoted club add a flexible Brazilian forward with an option for a third season, extending a recruitment plan built around width, movement and top-flight experience.
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Boavista ordered to cease activity as insolvency closes the Bessa
The 2001 Portuguese champions must vacate their stadium by 31 July after missing a monthly creditor payment, the latest step in a collapse split across club and football company.
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Israel U20 let halftime lead slip in 33–31 Faroe defeat
The M20 side drop into the places 13–16 bracket, but one victory from their remaining placement games would still secure a 2027 World Championship place.
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Otomewo completes Hapoel Jerusalem’s record €1.6m sale to Reims
A five-year contract turns a one-season rise from Hapoel’s Nigerian talent project into the supporter-owned club’s largest outgoing transfer.
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₪450,000 ruling closes Beitar’s Noam Mocha compensation dispute
The player-status decision fixes the development payment owed to M.S. Ashdod, separating the cost of Mocha’s football education from the three-year contract he has already begun at Beitar.
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Dan Biton asks for medical privacy as he works towards a return
The Hapoel Be’er Sheva midfielder says he is undergoing complex medical procedures but has disclosed no diagnosis or recovery date, a boundary the club is maintaining.
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Four appointments complete a generational change in Israeli basketball’s disciplinary court
A year-long handover has replaced four long-serving judges with a salaried panel, while the association’s rules preserve the court’s formal independence and route of appeal.
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Hapoel Eilat add Aaron Wheeler to a roster built for the Premier League
The promoted club have signed a 2.05-metre forward whose first Israeli season supplied rebounding, weak-side defence and credible three-point shooting in a limited role.
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Fenerbahçe turn Marcus Bingham’s breakout year into a two-season bet
The former Hapoel big man has converted an outstanding VTB League campaign with UNICS Kazan into a EuroLeague contract built around length, mobility and defensive range.
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Hapoel Holon bet on Claudell Harris Jr’s second-season growth
The 23-year-old guard arrives after one professional season with Promitheas, bringing shot creation and positional flexibility to Holon’s backcourt rebuild.
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Kunin doubles up as Mazkeret Batya retain national artistic-swimming cup
A two-point club contest and Katy Kunin’s solo-duet double gave Israel’s summer championships a finish defined by both collective depth and senior quality.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv keep it classical in 2026/27 shirt reveal
A red home strip and white away kit open the club's Adidas era, with an NFC-enabled crest and a supporter refrain stitched into the identity.
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Israeli football records fewer racism convictions and pitch pyrotechnics
New figures point to a meaningful improvement after tougher anti-racism rules, although unequal reporting periods and missing match-level denominators limit the headline percentages.
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Stiles inquest finds heading-linked CTE contributed to his death
A coroner found the England champion had severe dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease and CTE, with repeated heading responsible for the CTE.
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World Cup final seats reach $8,680 in Spain's allocation
Official prices expose a dramatic split between a tightly limited $60 supporter tier and the four-figure cost of most federation-allocation seats for Argentina against Spain.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv add RTMI as two-year principal sponsor
The finance company's mark will appear on match-shirt sleeves and Bloomfield advertising as an established basketball partnership expands into football.
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Maccabi Haifa reach into double-winning past for new home shirt
The 2026/27 design draws on the club's 1990/91 green-and-white identity as Maccabi Haifa extend their Adidas partnership through 2031.
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Ten-man Maccabi beat Be’er Sheva 3–1 to lift Super Cup
Saied Abu Farchi scored twice and Sagiv Yehezkel supplied all three goals as the cup holders won the season’s first Israeli trophy despite Roy Revivo’s dismissal.
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Sharp scores 12 as Kings fall to Celtics in Summer League
The Israeli guard added two steals without a turnover but shot 4-of-13 in Sacramento's 82–76 loss, two days after scoring 23 against Brooklyn.
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Messi's third final would measure reinvention, not just longevity
Cafu's record captures extraordinary durability; Messi's route from 2014 creator to 2022 scorer and 2026 playmaker explains why Argentina can still build around him at 39.
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Spa opens a new phase in Antonelli–Russell title fight
The Belgian Grand Prix begins on Friday with Mercedes' drivers separated by 25 points and Ferrari arriving after winning two of the last three races.
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Messi takes Golden Boot lead without scoring after two-assist semi-final
Argentina's captain and Kylian Mbappé remain level on eight goals, but Messi's four assists now give him the first tiebreak with one match left for each player.
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UK seeks FIFA probe as Milei backs Argentina's Falklands banner
Britain has asked football's governing body to investigate the champions' post-semi-final display, while Argentina's president called the players' message understandable but separated it from diplomacy.
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Barça sign former Maccabi centre Josh Nebo through 2029
The EuroLeague rebounding specialist returns to Spain's title race after a trophy-laden finish in Milan, carrying a game shaped by his breakthrough seasons in Israel.
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Israel adopts restart countdowns, treatment waits and wider VAR
The domestic game now has immediate sporting penalties for slow restarts and substitutions, a one-minute treatment wait and a narrow expansion of video review.
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The final is not Messi against Yamal. It is a contest over where risk lives
Argentina can make Spain’s possession uncomfortable; Spain can make Argentina defend choices rather than players. Sunday’s final will be decided by the spaces around its two headline names.
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Argentina stun England with two late goals to reach World Cup final
Enzo Fernández cancelled out Anthony Gordon’s opener before Lautaro Martínez headed a 92nd-minute winner, sending the holders into Sunday’s final against Spain.
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July 16, 2001: the Maccabiah that opened against the odds
Security fears, a reduced field and the memory of the 1997 bridge disaster shadowed the 16th Maccabiah, yet more than 2,000 athletes still marched into Teddy Stadium.
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Žalgiris bring Valančiūnas home after 14 NBA seasons
The 34-year-old centre returns to Lithuanian club basketball for the first time since 2012, giving the EuroLeague side an imposing low-post and rebounding anchor.
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Orian Goren trains with Barcelona first team in preseason
The 17-year-old Israeli midfielder has joined Hansi Flick’s opening sessions, a valuable evaluation window rather than a formal senior promotion.
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Rani Cohen takes Hapoel Eilat CEO role after promotion
The former league executive joins a club returning to the top flight after a 29–1 National League season, with licensing, budget and roster systems now entering a higher-risk phase.
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Wærenskjold wins the fastest stage in Tour de France history
The Uno-X rider took the Nevers sprint after 161.3 kilometres at an average 50.91 km/h, eclipsing a record that had stood since Mario Cipollini’s 1999 victory.
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Ronen Hanzis returns with Ironi Beit Dagan in fourth-tier reset
The former Maccabi Tel Aviv winger is restarting his senior career in Liga Bet after two seasons away from competitive football.
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Kiryat Ata add Nike Sibande to reshape their backcourt
The 1.93-metre American-Ugandan guard arrives after a EuroCup season with NINERS Chemnitz, bringing size, rim pressure and a broader defensive profile to the perimeter.
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England protected a lead until they stopped protecting the game
Gordon’s goal rewarded Tuchel’s shape, but retreat invited Argentina to keep returning. Fernández and Martínez exposed the difference between managing a score and controlling a match.
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Israel U20s fall to Greece and face Division A survival fight
A 79–66 round-of-16 defeat ended the quarter-final bid; Italy now stand between Oren Aharoni’s team and the safer half of the Division A classification bracket.
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Recanati family raise Maccabi Tel Aviv stake to 58% as deal closes
The acquisition of the Federman family’s 29% holding has been completed, creating a majority shareholder and ending a defining chapter in the basketball club’s ownership.
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World Cup final halftime reportedly set to stretch towards 30 minutes
The planned 11-minute performance would require a substantially longer interval than the 15-minute maximum in Law 7, although FIFA has not publicly confirmed the final restart timetable.
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Satoranský officially joins Hapoel Tel Aviv on one-year deal
The 2.01-metre Czech playmaker arrives after four seasons at Barcelona, giving Dimitris Itoudis another experienced initiator while any local-player eligibility remains unresolved.
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Silver sets summer target as Leonard’s Toronto return remains frozen
The proposed Raptors–Clippers blockbuster is still uncompleted while an external investigation examines whether Leonard’s endorsement arrangement breached salary-cap rules.
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Saraf’s two-way efficiency drives Brooklyn’s 32-point Summer League win
Ben Saraf paired 11 points with five assists and four steals, while Danny Wolf scored 14 as the Nets beat Sacramento 115–83.
Read storyNetanya enter advanced loan talks for Brazilian centre-back Zé Marcos
The 28-year-old is contracted to Vitória and currently on loan at Sport Recife, making the proposed move a multi-club negotiation rather than a simple agreement with the player.
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Mexico, 1970: the goal that put Israel on the World Cup map
Three minutes after Sweden took the lead in Toluca, Mordechai Spiegler answered from distance and created a moment that still stands alone in Israeli football history.
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Spain shut out France to reach the World Cup final
Mikel Oyarzabal’s penalty and Pedro Porro’s second-half finish delivered a 2–0 semi-final victory and took Spain to the biggest match in international football.
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Paris, 1993: the night Israel turned 2–1 into history
France were preparing to celebrate World Cup qualification. Israel, bottom of the group and without a competitive win, scored twice in the final eleven minutes to leave the Parc des Princes in disbelief.
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Be'er Sheva fly to Iceland without injured new winger João Victor
The Israeli champions chartered a direct flight to Reykjavík on Saturday, days ahead of Tuesday's Champions League first leg, with new signing João Victor sidelined by a hamstring tear.
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Bnei Eilat land Gil Itzhak in fourth-tier statement signing
The experienced National League forward has signed a three-year deal as Bnei Eilat accelerate an ambitious promotion project under sporting director Kobi Refua.
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Manchester United sign Tielemans through 2031
United have officially added Belgium captain Youri Tielemans after his Europa League-winning season at Aston Villa, signing the midfielder through June 2031.
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Motley joins Red Star after Hapoel farewell
The 2025 EuroCup Finals MVP has completed his move to Belgrade on a multi-year agreement, turning Friday's Tel Aviv departure into a confirmed EuroLeague transfer.
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Pogačar breaks open the Tour on Bastille Day as lead reaches 3:36
A decisive attack on the Col de Pertus carried the yellow jersey to a third stage win of the 2026 Tour and put Jonas Vingegaard more than three and a half minutes behind.
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Peretz commits to Maccabi as Miller promises reinforcements
Dor Peretz says remaining at Maccabi Tel Aviv was the right decision for his family and career, while Kenny Miller expects additions before a run of Super Cup and European fixtures.
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Gloukh chooses the harder Ajax route: earning the No. 10 role
The Israel midfielder is not pushing for an exit after a turbulent first season; his next test is turning production into the tactical trust required of an automatic starter.
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Ironi Tiberias challenge investigation in federation appeal
The club have escalated their objections into a formal challenge while questions over evidence and player eligibility remain unresolved.
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Zach LeDay signing raises Hapoel Tel Aviv’s frontcourt ceiling
The EuroLeague forward has signed a two-year deal and returns to the country where his professional career began, bringing Hapoel another high-level scoring option.
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Beitar target foreign midfielder and centre-back as squad plan shifts
The Jerusalem club’s recruitment picture may expand if Muaid Aseka receives temporary-resident status, opening another route through the foreign-player allocation.
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Khalaili’s Inter deal collapses after Italian fitness ruling; Ipswich step in
Italy's sporting-fitness process blocked the move to Inter. Union will now run their own medicals in Belgium, with coach David Hubert expecting Khalaili back in training next week and suitors still circling.
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Five tactical questions that will shape the next sporting week
From Be’er Sheva’s European rest defence to Gloukh’s occupation of Ajax’s half-spaces, these are the details that will decide more than the next headline.
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