Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Beer Sheva played to a barn burner of a match as Andre Geraldes’s first half goal stood up to give the yellow-and-blue a 1-0 victory at Bloomfield Stadium. With the win Aitor Karanka’s squad moved to within five points of table leaders...
Hapoel Jerusalem couldn’t miss from deep as the reds went wild from beyond the arc to take a 91-73 win over Hapoel Holon. There was no Israel State Cup hangover for Aleksandar Dzikic’s squad as they saw point guard Brandon Brown break out by going 7/8 from downtown...
Maccabi Tel Aviv took out all of their State Cup loss frustration on Bnei Herzliya as the yellow-and-blue cruised to a 99-76 win on the road. Oded Katash’s team took an early lead and never looked back as Jake Cohen, Bonzie Colson and John Dibartolomeo scored at will...
Manor Solomon has taken the English Premier League by storm. The Israeli who recently returned from being on the sidelines for a few months due to an injury has made his mark on Fulham’s past two wins in fine fashion. Last week the 23-year old scored his debut goal in...
In one of the most surprising results of the season, Ashdod shocked Maccabi Haifa 3-1 at the port city in a dominant performance to take the 3-points. Shalev Harush pounced on a juicy rebound in the 7th minute to give the hosts a 1-0 lead while Michael Ohana doubled...
It’s all about being a “team” and that is what Hapoel Jerusalem has preached since the summer time when Aleksandar Dzikic was named as the team’s head coach. Team, team, team, team. There are no individual stars, not one player that is above anyone else. But lots of...
The Sports Rabbi and Ben Pask revisited the Israel State Cup as Hapoel Jerusalem downed Maccabi Tel Aviv 67-61 to take the title. We looked at what the Reds did right and what the Yellow & Blue did wrong from Speedy Smith to Zach Hankins and from Lorenzo Brown to Wade...
Hapoel Jerusalem captured their 7th Israel State Cup in the presence of President Isaac Herzog as the reds grabbed the lead in the second quarter thanks to an MVP performance by Speedy Smith to stay in front the rest of the way and take the 67-61 victory over Maccabi...
The Classico Israel State Cup Final between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem will tip-off on Thursday (20:45) at the Jerusalem Arena as new champion will be crowned by the end of the evening. The Yellow & Blue will look to capture their first cup since 2021 when...
Israeli basketball fans got just what the doctor ordered, an Israeli Classico between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem in the State Cup final and it doesn’t get any better than this. When the semifinals were set, everyone [perhaps not Nes Ziona and Hapoel Haifa]...
