Monday night’s Tel Aviv derby was never going to be just another football match. Not in this city, not between these teams and certainly not on a day like yesterday. Hours before kick-off, the body of Ran Gvili, the last remaining hostage who was taken by Hamas on...
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikvah played out a 2-2 draw in front of a disappointing crowd of 10,114 at Bloomfield Stadium on Monday night. While Maccabi dominated the play in the first half, it was Petah Tikvah who struck first in the 44th minute with Márk...
The last time I attended a EuroLeague game was on October 5, 2023. Maccabi Tel Aviv entered the 2023–24 season with cautious optimism. After the heartbreak of falling in Game 5 against AS Monaco—despite leading midway through the final quarter—the mood around the club...
Maccabi Tel Aviv has defeated Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 3-1 in front of a crowd of 22,914 at Bloomfield Stadium on Monday night. Prior to the kick-off, Maccabi captain Dor Peretz ceremoniously removed the jerseys of Omri Miran, Gali Berman and Ziv Berman, who were released...
It’s no secret that over the past two years since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, football has been a source of comfort and identity for me – not so much for the game itself, but for what it has given for an Israeli society that has gone through the unimaginable...
It’s late on a Saturday night and I’m unable to sleep. As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 – in which 1,200 were murdered and 251 were taken hostage to Gaza – and as we look forward to the return to Israel of the...
Cover Photo Credit: Euroleague & Yehuda Halickman A clash between 1st and 19th on the table usually isn’t something to get excited about. However, Wednesday night at 21:05 Israel time (14:05 Eastern time) will be different, with Hapoel Tel Aviv – sitting in...
As Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv make their final preparations for their first matchup in the EuroLeague on Wednesday evening in Bulgaria, the teams took time to mark the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, a day on which Hamas murdered 1,200 people and...
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at Bloomfield Stadium in front of a crowd of 25,101 at Bloomfield Stadium on Sunday night. Prior to the game, Danny Miron, father of hostage Omri Miron, spoke in a stirring ceremony to mark the second...
Prior to the marquee matchup of round 6 of the Winner League between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, the lights at Bloomfield Stadium were switched off for an emotional ceremony marking the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. As has...
