Israel’s National Hockey Team Wins World Championship in Turkey Tournament
Israel’s national ice hockey team struck gold at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B, which was a surprise considering that they entered the tournament...
Hungarian Activist Assaulted by Far-Right Soccer Fans Ahead of World Jewish Congress Meeting
The head of a Hungarian human rights organization said he was verbally and physically assaulted by far-right fans at a soccer match in Hungary ahead of a World Jewish...
Hungarian activist assaulted by far-right soccer fans ahead of World Jewish Congress meeting
(JNS.org) The
head of a Hungarian human rights organization said he was verbally and
physically assaulted by far-right fans at a soccer match in Hungary ahead of a
World Jewish Congress meeting.
The...
Israeli Chelsea Footballer Target of Anti-Semitic Slurs From Stands
England’s Chelsea FC soccer club is investigating a tense situation at Sunday’s game, when Jewish player Yossi Benayoun was “racially abused” by the club’s own supporters.
Benayoun was the target...
Kids Need No. 6 Field For Exercise And Play
BY DR. ALEX STERNBERG
The members of the Lawrence School Board who voted for the sale of the Number Six School to Simone to create a Mega-Medical Center did a...
Greek Soccer Star Banned from National Team for Making Nazi Salute
A Greek soccer player has been banned from the Greek national team for life for making a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal.
The Hellenic Football Federation announced Sunday that...
Basket Case
By Mordechai Schmutter
Recently, our shul organized a game of shul basketball. (“Shul basketball” is like real basketball, except that the players spend half the time hunched over and panting.)...
Fox Sports to launch national cable network in August
There’s a new game in town.
Fox Sports 1, a new national sports network available in more than 90 million homes, will kick off this summer – just in time...
Chaos in Egypt: Twenty-Two Die in Riots after Court Sentences 21 to Death for...
An Egyptian court today sentenced 21 people to death after they were involved in a riot following a football match in which 74 people were killed.
The controversial verdict...
Shadowboxing
By Larry Gordon
It looks like Israel’s game of “now you see us, now you don’t,” Mohammad Ali—style rope-a-dope shadowboxing may finally have come to an end. After almost 20...