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A storybook debut as Yam Madar begins his Maccabi Tel Aviv journey

Yam Madar made his debut with Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he led his new team to a preseason Super Cup win over Hapoel Tel Aviv.

YAM MADAR reacts while leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to the preseason Super Cup title in his yellow-and-blue debut.

Premier League clubs with strong ties to Jewish history and communities

Behind the Premier League’s rivalries and football lies a deep Jewish history that helped shape some of its clubs and communities.

On the 54th anniversary, Israel honors those murdered in the 1972 Olympics

THE MEMORIAL to the 11 Israeli athletes and officials murdered during the 1972 Munich Olympics, remembered annually in Tel Aviv, with Yael Arad at the podium.

Maccabi Tel Aviv crushes Hapoel Beersheba 4-1 as derby looms large

MACCABI TEL AVIV'S Ester Sokler celebrates after scoring the second of his two goals in the yellow-and-blue’s 4-1 away Premier League victory over Hapoel Beersheba at Turner Stadium

Frustration for Arshanski on opening day of Worlds

The 22-year-old lost to Georgian Amiran Papinashvili in the battle for the bronze medal in the under-60 kilogram competition.

AUGUST 26, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Israel’s Tomy Arshanski (in the blue) just missed out on claiming a bronze medal at the World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia yesterday.

Maccabi Tel Aviv eyeing road win in Greece

Maccabi visits Asteras in the first leg of the playoffs on Thursday night after being knocked out in the third qualifying round of the Champions League for a second consecutive year.

AUGUST 21, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Israel's Barnea targeting another medal at European Swimming Championships

Barnea won the second semifinal in 24.99 seconds on Wednesday after recording the exact same time on his way to victory in the morning heats.

AUGUST 21, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Swimmer Guy Barnea says he is especially proud to have the Israel flag on his cap in times like these.

Blue-and-white closes on Euro qualification

Israel beats Montenegro on the road to improve to 3-1 in Group B and remain in first place.

AUGUST 21, 2014ByALLON SINAI

The Israel national team will be counting on guard Gal Mekel to step up when the blue-and-white faces Montenegro in its first EuroBasket 2015 qualifier in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Israel looks to distance itself from the pack

Three-way tie atop Group B bound to resolve itself as blue-and-white intent on snapping slump vs Montenegro.

AUGUST 20, 2014ByALLON SINAI

ISRAEL GUARD Raviv Limonad (left) and the Israel national team face a crunch road showdown with Vladimir Golubovic (9) and Montenegro in EuroBasket 2015 qualifying tonight in Podgorica.

Gamburg, Ivri represent Israel proudly, frustratingly

Gamburg clocked a time of 54.87 seconds in the final, 11 hundredths of a second slower than the personal best he recorded Monday.

AUGUST 20, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Amit Ivri broke the national record in the 100-meter breaststroke last night, but was still five-hundredths of a second short of booking a place in the final.

Sinai Says: A long, yet fulfilling, road back home for Mac Haifa legend Benayoun

After playing for the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, Benayoun decided it was time to come home.

AUGUST 20, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Yossi Benayoun will play his first Premier League match for Maccabi Haifa since 2002 next Monday and the Greens’ fans are thrilled.

Impressive Israeli relay swimmers dive into Euros

Israel's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team finishes its final in sixth place in the first day of action.

AUGUST 19, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Israel’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team (from left: David Gamburg, Liran ‘Alexi’ Konovalov, Nimrod Shapira and Tom Kremer) improved the national record twice yesterday on the way to a sixth-place finish at the European Championships in Berlin.

Israel sitting pretty, but knows nothing secure

Three Group B teams at 2-1 as blue-and-white tops table on point-differential with three qualifiers remaining.

AUGUST 19, 2014ByALLON SINAI

Israel coach Erez Edelstein (center) has guided the national team to first place in EuroBasket qualifying Group B after three games, but he knows nothing has been decided yet with three teams tied at 2-1 at the midway point of the campaign.

Games We Play: Another memorable Albatross at Ga’ash Golf Club

David Pachima scored a hole-in-one on the par-4 6th hole, which was playing at 254 meters.

AUGUST 19, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF