Tokyo 2020

Gili Lustig honored for four decades of transforming Olympic sports in Israel

Held at the Enav Center on Monday, the event celebrated 68-year-old Lustig’s remarkable journey, including 12 years as CEO of the Olympic Committee of Israel

GILI LUSTIG is honored this week at a special tribute event in Tel Aviv celebrating more than 40 years of leadership and impact in Israeli sport.
 A stone cutter renovates a memorial stone for the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympic Games, at the site of the hostage-taking at the former Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, August 18, 2022

Munich Massacre is ghastly reminder of worst side of mixing sports and politics - editorial

 Israel’s national baseball team won a silver at the European Championships on September 19 after losing the final to the Netherlands.

Israeli baseball: A surprising hit

 President Isaac Herzog hosted an event to salute the Israeli delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

President Herzog hosts Israeli Tokyo Paralympics athletes


Israel’s sailing sensation Katy Spychakov to set sail in Tokyo

Spychakov began surfing at 10 years old and added racing these years later which she learnt at the local Hapoel Eilat Sailing Club.

Israeli sailor Katy Spykachov

Will third time be a charm for Richter?

The Rehovot resident has yet to achieve a place on the podium at the Olympics and perhaps this will be his time to rise to the occasion in Tokyo.

Israeli shooter Sergey Richter

A World Champion and the Israeli people’s champion

Blue-and-white judoka Sagi Muki represents one of the country’s top medal chances in Tokyo and is a perfect ambassador off the mat as well.

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki

Health expert: Olympic village COVID-19 infection bubble already 'broken'

Insufficient testing at the border and the impossibility of controlling people's movements mean that the Games could exacerbate the spread of the infectious Delta variant of the virus.

Maria Watanabe, a Filipino living in Japan takes a selfie in front of the Olympic Rings outside The National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Palestinian from Gaza to make history as first olympic weightlifter

"It is a legendary event to have Mohammad Hamada, a young, ambitious champion from Gaza, in Tokyo waving the Palestinian flag."

Gaza weightlifter Mohammad Hamada will be the first Palestinian to compete in the sport at the Olympics. (Rami Barbour/Reuters)

JNF-USA’s Olympic home run

In a story for the ages, Israel’s Olympic Baseball team will be going for gold and glory at the Tokyo Olympic thanks to the support of Jewish National Fund-USA.

Team Israel in Arizona, May 2021.