The future of Israeli basketball has been on display all summer long as both the youth men’s and women’s national teams of various ages have been playing across Europe in their respective European Championships. The Israel Under-18 team is in a unique situation as...
Hapoel Holon has had quite the season. From coaching and personnel changes to go along with many ups and downs, war and much more throughout what was a challenging campaign to say the least, it looks like the purples are peaking just at the right time. After disposing...
The Israel Women’s National Basketball Team will be in 2027 World Cup Qualifying action this coming week with a trio of games as they will look to punch their ticket to the second stage of the competition. Head Coach Shira Haelion’s team is already 3-0 and they will...
Hapoel Jerusalem celebrated the return of continental competition to the Arena in the capital city with a 105-69 demolition of Manresa in EuroCup action. After a tight first half that saw the Spaniards in front 49-45, Cassius Winston and Yovel Zoosman filled the...
Hapoel Holon gets their Basketball Champions League campaign for the 2025/26 season underway on Wednesday night when they face Bursaspor in Szombathely, Hungary which has served as the club’s home away from home since the outbreak of the war with Hamas. The purples...
Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 76-70 Sunday night. The Reds who held a 17 point lead, struggled at the end of the 3rd quarter, and Maccabi even took the lead at the start of the 4th. Hapoel managed to break Maccabi’s zone defense and secure their first...
Maccabi Tel Aviv recently held a special event to honor its Olympic medalist Artem Dolgopyat and athletes with significant achievements in different competitions this past season. The gathering celebrated the athletes not only for their impressive accomplishments but...
Joe Ragland landed in Israel Tuesday morning ahead of his upcoming season with Hapoel Tel Aviv. This won’t be the American point guard’s first season in the Holy Land as he had multiple successful seasons with Hapoel Holon including helping lead the purples to the...
Gal Raviv is undoubtedly one of the most prominent players on the Women’s Israel Under-18 team and on this Saturday the squad will open up the European Championship in Portugal against Finland. The talented point guard played at a prep-school in the United States over...
Ben Saraf has taken the FIBA U18 European Championships by storm. The young Israeli PG led Israel to a huge win over Spain Wednesday night with 40 points, 8 rebounds and a 40 efficiency rating. Israel now prepares for France in the quarterfinals of the tournament and...
