(JTA) — Gabe Kapler, a major league outfielder for 12 seasons and a coach for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic, was named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kapler, who played for seven teams, has been the head of...
The Houston Astros won the World Series for the first time in its 56-year-old franchise late on Wednesday night with a 5-1 Game 7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. One of the post-season players heralded for his outstanding play...
(JTA) — Houston Astros infielder Alex Bregman notched the first-ever walk-off hit by a Jewish player in the World Series when his RBI single drove home Derek Fisher to lead his team to an epic 13-12, 10-inning win over the...
(JTA) — The FIFA soccer federation said it would not impose sanctions on Israel and its teams from the West Bank, rejecting repeated requests to do so by the Palestinian Authority.
Israel’s six West Bank teams, which play in lower...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli gymnast won a silver medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal
Artem Dolgopyat, making his first appearance at a world championships, finished second in the floor exercise finals over the weekend behind Kenzo Shirai of Japan. It...
SAVYON, Israel – When Tamir Gilat, a former goalkeeper for the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team, was diagnosed with two kinds of cancer in February 2011, his doctor advised him to put his affairs in order and...
(JTA) — Israeli-born teenager Denis Shapovalov upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal to advance to the quarterfinals of Montreal’s Rogers Cup tennis tournament.
Shapovalov, 18, is a Canadian who was born in Tel Aviv to parents who had immigrated from the former...
