Sport in Israel plays an important role in Israeli culture and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport. The most popular sports in Israel have...

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the...

والرياضة, Wizarat al-Thaqafa wa al-Riyada) is a government ministry in Israel. Culture and sport had been part of other ministerial portfolios for many years;...

also known as Soccer, is the most popular sport in Israel. Football as an organised sport, first developed in the United Kingdom, who controlled Mandatory...

Boycotts of Israel in sports refer to various disqualifications and denial of Israeli athletes due to the refusal of some countries to recognize the state...

after the Israeli Declaration of Independence and has participated in every armed conflict involving Israel. In the wake of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty...

former collegiate lacrosse player, Kraft has been involved in promoting the sport in Israel. Kraft is one of four sons of billionaire businessman Robert...

enjoyment of its participants. Sport and politics collided in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Masked men entered the hotel of the Israeli Olympic team and killed...

mystery since its first appearance in the mid-20th century, though the predominant theory is that it was invented in Israel and exported to other countries...

game in Israel similar to beach tennis, often referred to by Israelis as their national beach sport. Matkot has been played on the beaches of Israel since...