Sports

Amid all the wars and politics, I have managed to cultivate myself a "mini-beat" as the Jerusalem bureau's sports reporter. Here is a selection of some of the stories and features I have written about sports in Israel and while covering the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.

SELECTED STORIES

• Israeli team’s massacre overshadows sports at 1972 Olympics (August 07, 2020)
• Israeli racewalker recalls surviving 1972 Munich massacre (August 07, 2020)
• Israel’s unlikely Olympic baseball team dreams big for Japan (January 15, 2020)
• Lionel Messi in Israel despite rockets and boycott threats (November 17, 2019)
• Patriots owner pledges $20 million to fight anti-Semitism (June 20, 2019)
• Israel awards New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft the ‘Jewish Nobel’ prize (January 09, 2019)
• Israel in uproar over Argentina pre-World Cup friendly snub (June 06, 2018)
• Viviani wins 3rd stage as Giro bids farewell to Israel (May 06, 2018)
• Dennis nabs Giro pink jersey, Viviani takes 2nd stage (May 05, 2018)
• Dumoulin wins opening stage of Giro d’Italia, Froome – after crash – 21st (May 04, 2018)
• Israel Cycling Academy hopes Giro launches sport in country (May 02, 2018)
• After political snag, Israel in gear to host Giro d’Italia (April 30, 2018)
• Giro d’Italia start in Israel to go from Jerusalem to Red Sea (September 18, 2017)
• Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis: NFL’s been cagey on concussions (June 20, 2017)
• Montana, Brown and Staubach give Israeli football huge boost (June 16, 2017)