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Israeli national baseball team takes first step in qualifying for 2020 Olympics

Israel’s national baseball team took its first step towards qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo over the weekend, winning the Confederation of European Baseball’s (CEB) European Championships Pool in a perfect 6-0 sweep. [Read more]

Israeli Arab athlete shrugs off pressure in representing nation in competition

Israeli high-jump champion Hanin Nasser, 22, was targeted by anti-Israel groups this week for representing Israel in the upcoming 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. [Read more]

Israeli athletes come home with 7 medals from European Games in Minsk

Israel’s delegation to the European Games in Minsk came home with seven medals, an impressive achievement that far exceeded the team’s initial expectations. [Read more]

Maccabi NSW honours its stars

Maccabi has held its annual Jewish Sports Awards to recognise great sporting achievements for the calendar year 2018. [Read more]

Malaysia stripped of Para Swimming Championships

Malaysia has been stripped of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championship following failing to guarantee Israeli Para swimmers’ participation. [Read more]

Hamas, Pro-Palestinian orgs side with Malaysia’s boycott of Israeli para-swimmers

The Malaysian government announced last week that it would deny Israeli para-swimmers visas for the 2019 World Para Swimmers (WPS) Championship slated to take place in Kuching in July, prompting the International Paralympic Committee to intervene. [Read more]

Paddling her canoe

Paddler Jessica Fox has won the national 2018 AIS Sport Performance Female Athlete of the Year Award…and her mother was named coach of the year. [Read more]

Maccabi Australia set for a Big 2019

Maccabi Australia is set for a big 2019 and has some ambitious plans for the year ahead. [Read more]

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