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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Israeli athletes

Ratiopharm Ulm guard Ben Saraf, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
Israeli point guard Ben Saraf declares for NBA draft
By Field Level Media via Reuters
The 6-foot-6 Saraf is ranked as the No. 23 prospect in the draft pool by ESPN; if picked, he will become second Israeli currently playing in NBA
Ratiopharm Ulm guard Ben Saraf, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
April 18, 2025, 6:52 pm
Israeli point guard Ben Saraf declares for NBA draft
The 6-foot-6 Saraf is ranked as the No. 23 prospect in the draft pool by ESPN; if picked, he will become second Israeli currently playing in NBA
By Field Level Media via Reuters
Israel's men's marathon team, gold medal winners at the European Athletics Championships in Brussels, April 13, 2025. Gashau Ayale, Maru Teferl and Haimro Alame finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the men's competition, securing first place overall for the Israeli squad. (Israeli Athletic association)
April 13, 2025, 8:21 pm
Israel’s marathon runners win four medals, including a gold, at European Championships
Men’s team clinches gold for 2nd time in 3 years with Ayale and Teferi earning individual medals; women’s team takes silver after Salpeter beats teammate Tiyouri in photo finish
By ToI Staff
Fan Lavi Kirel waves an Israeli flag as basketball player Deni Avdija takes a free throw during a March 3 game in Philadelphia. (Jon Marks/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2025, 4:09 am
No longer riding pine, Deni Avdija blazes trail of pride for Israel across the NBA
Overcoming a slow start after arriving in Portland, the fifth-year forward is inspiring overt support for the Jewish state while putting up the best numbers of his career
By Jon Marks
At left: Denver defenseman Shai Buium (8) during an NCAA hockey game on October 7, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/Bart Young); At right: Zeev Buium at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship at Canadian Tire Centre on January 5, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images/AFP)
February 6, 2025, 4:38 pm
US-Israeli brother athletes have warm rivalry on the ice as they race toward the NHL
Zeev and Shai Buium have both been tapped by big-league hockey teams and are putting in their time in the minors. Whoever moves up first will make Israeli sports history
By Ed Klajman
Illustrative: A competitor rolls a bowl at the 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship, which took place between January 7 and 23, 2022, in Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England. (Screen capture: Youtube/Guardian Sport, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 31, 2024, 7:23 pm
International bowls federation drops ban on Israelis at UK competition after outrage
World Bowls Tour says it added ‘significant’ security to upcoming indoor championship, acknowledges ‘difficult time for all involved’ as it reverses initial banning of 3 bowlers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Lina Glushko during WTA 125 Polish Open 2024 tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland on 25 July, 2024. (Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Reuters)
December 30, 2024, 10:45 am
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Israeli player’s tennis match in New Zealand
Demonstrators chant ‘Free Palestine,’ ‘Israel is a terror state,’ and ‘Israel out’ as Lina Glushko faces off against Naomi Osaka, forcing game to be stopped several times
By ToI Staff and AP
Yaniv Bazini celebrates after the 2024 Division I semifinals, December 13, 2024, in Cary, North Carolina. (Anthony Sorbellini/NCAA Photos via Getty Images via JTA)
December 20, 2024, 3:52 am
University of Vermont’s Israeli soccer star sets hopes on US professional league
Yaniv Bazini is one of the top scorers nationwide, playing for the Division I champion team
By jacob gurvis
For illustration: Former NBA player and investor Omri Casspi (second from right) tours Israel's devastated south with tech billionaire Elon Musk (right) in November 2023. (Courtesy)
December 2, 2024, 7:18 pm
‘Zionism 2.0’: Former NBA player Omri Casspi raises $60m to invest in Israeli startups
The athlete’s second seed venture capital fund, Swish Ventures, seeks to fund locally founded businesses in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli Paralympic gold medalists (from left) Ami Dadaon, Asaf Yasur and Moran Samuel celebrate their wins at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. (Composite image; Lilach Weiss Rosenberg/Israeli Paralympic Committee)
September 8, 2024, 5:23 pm
Israel celebrates its best Paralympic showing in 20 years with 10-medal haul
Closing ceremony delegation to be led by flag bearers Ami Dadaon, who won four medals, and Gal Hamrani, captain of the women’s goalball team, which took a historic silver
By Amy Spiro
Israel's women's goalball team competes against China in the semifinal of the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 4, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 4, 2024, 7:17 pm
Israel wins Paralympic goalball semifinal, guaranteeing gold or silver medal
Jewish state to celebrate first team sport medal at Games in 36 years, will face Turkey in Thursday’s final; handcyclist Amit Hasdai finishes 4th in time trial event
By Amy Spiro
Israeli rower Moran Samuel celebrates winning gold in the women's single sculls at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 1, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 1, 2024, 3:04 pm
Rowers take gold, bronze as Israel continues to rack up Paralympic medals
Champ Moran Samuel says the day, like the year, held mixed emotions; Druze rower Saleh Shahin, wounded in 2005 Gaza border terror attack, says he wanted to bring some ‘light’ to nation
By Amy Spiro
Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar poses for a photo with his bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke at the Paris Paralympics on August 31, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
August 31, 2024, 9:22 pm
Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far
Mark Malyar dedicates win to ‘soldiers protecting us’; tennis players Guy Sasson, Maayan Zikri win their matches, while badminton athletes Nina Gorodetzky and Amir Levi knocked out
By Amy Spiro
Eyal Feldman will swim across Lake Skaneateles in Upstate New York to raise money for Israelis orphaned by the October 7 Hamas atrocities. (Courtesy)
August 15, 2024, 1:40 pm
US-Israeli maker of Boy Butter lubricant attempts record-length swim for Oct. 7 charity
On August 17, Eyal Feldman will paddle 16 miles nonstop across upstate New York’s Skaneateles Lake to benefit orphans in Israel who lost their parents in the Hamas onslaught
By Cathryn J. Prince
Team Israel greets fans after winning the silver medal in the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics at La Chapelle Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
August 10, 2024, 6:45 pm
Israeli team wins silver in rhythmic gymnastics, claiming nation’s 7th medal of Games
Member of squad calls second-place finish ‘the best thing that’s happened in our lives,’ while her teammate says, ‘We were so together and it was worth every second’
By ToI Staff
Tai Baribo plays for the Philadelphia Union soccer club in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Union)
August 5, 2024, 3:38 pm
After a slow start in Philadelphia, Israeli soccer player Tai Baribo is on a roll
The striker, who has also played for Israel’s national team, had a breakout month in July with a stunning hat trick but hasn’t forgotten his homeland as war rages on
By Jon Marks
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