Yarden Gerbi became the first Israeli to medal at the Rio Olympics, bringing home a bronze in the women’s 63-kg judo competition. Gerbi defeated Miku Tashiro of Japan on Tuesday for Israel’s first ...

Multiple Israeli national teams being denied the ability to compete led the country's Olympic Committee to cancel its 2025 ...

The Israeli judo fighter Yarden Gerbi made worldwide headlines after she won bronze in the under-63 kilogram weight category in Rio on Tuesday and secured the country’s first Olympic medal since 2008.

The Olympic Committee’s management accepted the security recommendation, marking the first time in recent memory that the ...

“Another amazing day with incredible results that once again show the outstanding athletes we have in Israel, especially in non-Olympic sports," said Arik Kaplan. It was a remarkable day for the ...

Israeli athletes have encountered hostility and death threats at the Olympics — GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT Security is tight for Israel's team at the Paris Olympics as Mideast tensions spiral amid ...

Why are two bronze medals given for some Olympic sports? The reason for giving two bronze medals differs in boxing from judo, taekwondo and wrestling. When Olympic boxing first began in 1904, the ...

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Despite bowing out at what he described as a nadir of his career at the London Olympics on Thursday, Israeli judoka Ariel Zeevi has been feted at home as a hero who will ...