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The child-safety organization Beterem–Safe Kids Israel said that since 2008, 31 children in Israel have been killed on Yom Kippur.
It’s the first time since 2008 that Israel will have two representatives at the Olympics in the rhythmic gymnastics division.
The Jewish state becomes the first nation in the world to qualify for the Olympics in baseball, joining host nation Japan.
Only six national teams will play in Tokyo, with Israel being the first to qualify. This will be the first time Israel has participated in a team sport at the Olympic Games since 1974.
With the loss against Spain in the last game of the European Championships only days ago still fresh, Israel came out determined to start strong against the team that left Israel in third place in Europe.
The five top teams in the European Baseball Championships, plus South Africa, have advanced to the Olympic Qualifiers taking place in Parma and Bologna, Italy, through Sept. 22.
Global athletic organization bans Iran from future competitions over its repeated unsportsmanlike conduct in forbidding its judokas from competing against Israelis.
Over the course of three days, it was a flag-football fan’s dream as 21 teams and more than 400 players, dressed in their country’s colors, took over a Jerusalem field from morning till evening.
“I’m happy that I broke the European record, and I’m heading in the right direction,” says Lonah Chemtai-Salpeter, who is now looking forward to the Marathon World Championships in Qatar.
Israeli judoka bests Belgium’s Matthias Casse to become Israel’s first male world champion • Egyptian judoka avoids shaking hands after losing quarter-final bout.
The English team held a workshop for Israeli and Palestinian girls before facing off against Israel’s national women’s team in front of 8,534 fans in Petach Tikvah.
“I said, ‘I’m going to visit sick kids. It’s gonna be more slowed down, sitting in the room, explaining about life, keep going, fight. I only said two or three words because these kids never stopped. They were excited,” said Cleveland Indians outfielder Yasiel Puig.
