Lia Pukilla, an 18-year-old with an Israeli mother and Finnish father, is the great hope of Israeli women’s boxing. With a bronze medal at the European Youth Championship, she is set to compete at the European Under 22s and dreams of making it to the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
Acting because of a breach of the so-called Olympic Truce and not the war itself, the IOC recommended sports federations and event organizers "not invite or allow" Russian or Belarusian athletes to participate.
In December, NBA congratulated basketball team on Twitter after a 50-game winning streak. “Our team does not just play for a school, they play for a people," said Yeshiva University President Rabbi Ari Berman.
Sheina Vaspi, who hits the slopes in a skirt, is set to compete in both the women's giant slalom competition and the women's slalom competition at the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games.
International Olympic Committee revokes President Vladimir Putin's 2001 Olympic Order as taekwondo, judo federations strip him of his black belts. FIFA, UEFA ban Russian teams from all soccer competitions, Formula One hits brakes on Russian Grand Prix, as tennis, skiing, volleyball, rowing, and badminton federations bench Russian athletes.
Georgii Zantaraia says he expects theInternational Judo Federation to take serious steps against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Thanking Israel for its support of Ukraine he says, "I love Israel and the people there and I thank everyone for the support."
Inaugural edition of Ironman Israel Middle East Championship, scheduled for Nov. 25,2022, to include 75 qualifying slots available for 2023 Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
Sports bodies call for red card on Russia's actions in Ukraine.
In an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, Head of the Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation Moustafa Aourach says he hopes the recent cooperation agreement signed with Israel will send “a message to the world that sport can connect nations and peoples”
The 2022 Games were controversial from the moment the IOC awarded them to Beijing, the frequently snowless capital of a country without much of a winter sports tradition.