Sports
News about athletes, games and competitions around the world
The French Super Cup, or Trophée des Champions, is played annually between the winner of Ligue 1 and the holder of the Coupe de France.
Shay Asher, 24, a fan of Newcastle United, must surrender his passport, avoid soccer fields and keep away from matches in the United Kingdom.
A 6-foot-2 right-hander from California currently pitching for Louisiana State University, he was the 160th overall pick in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft.
“It’s a recognition that not the entire Jewish world is centered in New York,” said Gary Jacobs, outgoing board chair of the JCC Association. “There needs to be leadership and representation from the West Coast.”
And Tottenham Hotspur will face Roma at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, part of the I-Tech Cup.
Maccabiah educator Jennifer Brodsky says “there is an opportunity to think about Jewish identity and to add context that can often be as impactful” as the sports competitions themselves.
The top-20 ranked players internationally will compete in the daily tournament at the Expo Tel Aviv Complex starting on Sept. 25.
“What better way to meet the love of your life than at a sports event in one of the most romantic places in the city?” says Mayor Ron Huldai.
“The training and working out for hours and hours has been so exhilarating,” says 65-year-old martial-arts expert Dr. Leeber Cohen, who has lost 10 or 15 pounds in the process.
“It is important for us that the Jews of the world know that we are not just praying and fighting here,” says Yaniv Poria, a professor in the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management in the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management at Ben-Gurion University.
The exhibition events on the Netanya beach are an initiative of the Israel Life Saving Federation, which seeks to prevent drownings.
The globally famous designer and octogenarian Maccabiah athlete urges listeners at Tel Aviv Museum of Art to find inspiration from unexpected sources.
