The Maccabiah Games, first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event now held quadrennially in Israel. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world, with 10,000 athletes competing. The Maccabiah Games were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee in 1961.
The Israeli Toto Cup is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit.
Rugby union in Israel was brought to the country by British soldiers during the British Mandate for Palestine. Rugby Israel was founded as the Israel Rugby Union in 1975, and joined the IRB in 1988. For political reasons it is also part of FIRA-AER, the European rugby body, rather than the Asian Rugby Football Union.
Eliezer Spiegel was a footballer and manager, who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva, Beitar Tel Aviv and for the Israel national football team in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ze'ev Casspi is a former Israeli footballer who played 20 years for Maccabi Netanya.
Football at the 1957 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 16 September.
Football at the 1950 Maccabiah Games was the football tournament held as part of the 1950 Maccabiah Games. It was held in several stadiums in Israel and began on 28 September.
Football at the 1961 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 30 August.
Football at the 1965 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 30 August.
Football at the 1969 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 29 July.
Football at the 1973 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 10 July.
Football at the 1977 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 13 July.
Football at the 1981 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 7 July.
The 1953–54 season was the 6th season of competitive football in Israel and the 28th season under the Israeli Football Association, established in 1928, during the British Mandate.
Shlomo Levi was an Israeli footballer, who played for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Ramat Gan, among others, and for Israel
The 1965 Israel Super Cup was the 3rd Israel Super Cup, an annual Israeli football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. As the match was not set by the Israel Football Association, it was considered an unofficial cup. The cup for this edition was donated by Ramat Gan Municipality.
The 1941–42 season was the 15th season of competitive football in the British Mandate for Palestine under the Eretz Israel Football Association.
The 1944 Palestine Wartime Cup was a special edition of the Palestine Cup, intended to be a standalone cup competition and not an Israel State Cup edition. However, the IFA recognize the title as part of the main competition.
David Kushnir is an Israeli former Olympic long-jumper.
The 2017 Maccabiah Games, also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games, were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. A total of 10,000 athletes competed, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world. The athletes were from 85 countries, also a record. Countries represented for the first time included the Bahamas, Barbados, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad. The athletes competed in 45 sports.
