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Israeli gymnasts Artem Dolgopyat won gold and Noam Berkovich, bronze in the Men’s Floor Exercise competition, sharing  the podium at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Osijek, Croatia.

Israel’s Guy Gutman won gold at the Senior European Cup Judo event in Croatia. Gutman delivered an impressive performance on the mat and clinched the gold with an ippon against Croatia’s Dani Klačar in the final.

Deni Avdija became the first Israeli player to reach the NBA playoffs, scoring 41 points - including a three-point play with 16.1 seconds remaining - as his Portland Trail Blazers rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Phoenix Suns 114-110 in the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament.  

A year ago, Israel’s Daniel Peretz joined Southampton – a team struggling in the second tier of English soccer. His goalkeeping performance has rocketed Southampton into a promotion contender and helped defeat Premier division Arsenal to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

At  the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup, held in Puurs, Belgium, Israeli gymnasts Shiraz Sokolowski and Ronnie Cohen won the gold medal in the Women’s Pair. Uri Dekel, Ronnie Rothman and Ard Avir Deutsch won silver in the Men’s Group/Trio.

Israel’s Under 17 soccer team continued its 100% success in the UEFA League B group B1 matches. After defeating Estonia 2-0, they beat England 3-1. They then went on to beat Faroe Islands 4-0 to qualify for the U19 tournament League A in 2027/28.

At  the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup, held in Puurs, Belgium, Israeli gymnasts Shiraz Sokolowski and Ronnie Cohen won the gold medal in the Women’s Pair. Uri Dekel, Ronnie Rothman and Ard Avir Deutsch won silver in the Men’s Group/Trio.

Three-time Hungarian women’s chess champion Tícia Gara moved to Tel Aviv-Jaffa during the Gaza war. She left home to embrace life in the Jewish homeland. She’d previously volunteered with disabled adults through the Jewish Agency’s Tikkun Olam program.

When the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Portland Trail Blazers at the Barclays Center, Portland’s Israeli star Deni Avdija uniquely faced Brooklyn’s Danny Wolf and Ben Saraf, both Israeli citizens. The crowd waved Israeli and US flags and some wore hats written in Hebrew.

Israeli Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat won the gold medal in floor gymnastics at the 2026 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Germany.