Jessica Fox adds World Cup canoe title to stellar year
Paris Olympics star Jessica Fox has won again, taking out the overall World Cup canoe title by winning the final round in Spain. Read more
‘This medal was bigger than me’
August 21, 2024 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
“Once I finished the competition, I realized that this medal was bigger than me,” Tom Reuveny, who won the men’s windsurfing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, told JNS on Monday. Read more
With the pressure off, Fox turns Australian cheerleader
August 5, 2024 by AAP
Jessica Fox will spend the rest of the Paris Olympics cheering on her Australian teammates after winning two gold medals. Read more
Fox’s triple gold medal hunt in Paris ends
August 5, 2024 by AAP
Jessica Fox has been bundled out in the heats of the kayak cross, ending her hopes of a third gold medal in Paris, but her sister Noemie is through to quarters. Read more
Fox sisters hit the water for new kayak cross event
August 4, 2024 by J-Wire
A weary Jessica Fox showed the path to a third gold medal in Paris could prove rocky, finishing second in her opening kayak cross round. Read more
Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk
August 1, 2024 by AAP
Australian Jemima Montag has drawn inspiration from her late grandmother to win a bronze medal in the women’s 20km walk at the Paris Olympics. Read more
Superstar Fox could line up for fifth Olympics
August 1, 2024 by AAP
With six medals from four Olympics, new Australian record-holder Jessica Fox hasn’t ruled out adding to her collection by competing in Los Angeles in 2028. Read more
Fox cruises through heats in Olympic C1 title defence
July 31, 2024 by AAP
Superstar paddler Jessica Fox has another gold medal in sight after she breezed through the heats as she defends her C1 Olympic title in Paris. Read more
Walker Montag aims to inspire Australian athletics team
July 31, 2024 by AAP
Australian walker Jemima Montag would love to get the Australian athletics team off to a flying start in Paris. Read more
Fox in fine form as Olympic gold medal treble beckons
July 28, 2024 by AAP
Australian ace Jessica Fox has moved into the K1 semi-final with the fastest time as the superstar paddler looks to win the first of three gold medals in Paris. Read more
Six Australian Jewish Olympians ready for the Games
July 26, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Six Jewish Aussies are ready to take on the world as Paris Olympics begin. Read more
Israel’s national anthem jeered at Olympic soccer match
July 25, 2024 by Reuters
Israel’s national anthem has been loudly jeered ahead of the team’s opening Olympic soccer match against Mali in Paris. Read more
Fox, Ockenden to carry Australian flag at Games opening
July 24, 2024 by AAP
Canoeing gold medallist Jessica Fox and hockey great Eddie Ockenden will be the Australian flag bearers at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Read more
Israel Premier Tech 2024 Tour de France: best performance yet
July 23, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Dress rehearsal readies Fox for hectic Games opening
July 22, 2024 by AAP
Jessica Fox has incorporated an Olympic opening ceremony simulation into her training, declaring she’ll be among the athletes floating down the River Seine. Read more
French-born Aussie Fox on hunt for rare Olympic feat
July 19, 2024 by AAP
Israeli team scores podiums in successive Tour de France stages
July 10, 2024 by Amelie Botbol - JNS
Israel-Premier Tech rider Pascal Ackermann finished in third place in the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, a 187.3-kilometre ride from Orleans to Saint-Amand-Montrond. Read more
Noemie completes Fox family Olympic selection
July 1, 2024 by AAP
Noemie Fox has been officially confirmed as the last member of the Fox family to earn Olympic selection, named to compete in the kayak cross in Paris. Read more
En route to the Tour: Oct 7 survivors join Israeli cycling team in Florence
June 28, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
Two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre took off in a private jet from Tel Aviv for Italy on Wednesday to meet up with the Israeli team competing in the world’s most prestigious cycling race. Read more
Fox is poles apart with gold medal spree ahead of Games
June 17, 2024 by AAP
Australia’s Jessica Fox won three gold medals at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Krakow, Poland, to take her World Cup gold medal tally past 50 in a perfect warm-up for next month’s Olympic Games. Read more
Canoe star Jessica Fox completes golden half-century
June 16, 2024 by AAP
Paddling phenomenon Jessica Fox continues her impressive build-up to the Paris Olympics, clinching a 50th World Cup gold medal with a second success in as many days. Read more
Noemie Fox locks in Olympic spot in kayak cross
Noemie Fox will join her Olympic gold medal-winning sister Jessica in the Australian canoe team for the Paris Games after a brilliant performance in the kayak cross on the final day of the World Cup meet in Prague. Read more
Fox paddles to another World Cup medal as Paris looms
June 9, 2024 by AAP
Three-time Olympic medallist Jessica Fox has bagged another World Cup medal, winning silver in the women’s kayak final at the ICF World Cup 2 in Prague, Czech Republic. Read more
Fox wins canoe World Cup round in build-up to Olympics
June 2, 2024 by AAP
Overcoming nerves and scratchy form, Jessica Fox has shown her Paris Olympics campaign is on target with a World Cup canoe win in Germany. Read more
Israel competes in road cycling for the first time in 64 years
May 31, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Itamar Einhorn, an Israel Premier-Tech professional cycling team member, has been officially selected by the Israeli Cycling Federation to represent Israel at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. Read more
Nova massacre survivor wins gold at European jujitsu championship
Israeli jujitsu fighter Yarin Shriki won a gold medal at the European Championship in Germany over the weekend, seven months after surviving the Hamas massacre at the Supernova music festival near Gaza. Read more
Jake Girdwood-Reich: players’ pick
May 22, 2024 by Jonathan Benjamin
Still 19 years old and playing the season out of his preferred midfield position at centre back, Sydney FC’s Jake Girdwood-Reich has been selected in the Australian Professional Footballers Association (PFA) A-League men’s players team of the 2023/24 season. Read more
Turkey ban rules out Israeli wrestling team Olympics chances
May 6, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. Read more
The Holocaust and Euro 2024 in Germany
April 26, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress, with the German NGO WhatMatters, will pioneer initiatives aimed at leveraging the power of sports to combat antisemitism and honour the memory of the Holocaust ahead of EUFA EURO 2024. Read more
Jemima Montag to compete for two gold medals in Paris
April 22, 2024 by AAP
Australia’s best race walker Jemima Montag will challenge for two medals at the Paris Olympics after the national squad had a big day out at the world team championships in Turkey. Read more
