Belgium's Kyara Linskens and Israel's Yarden Garzon fight for the ball during a basketball game between Israel and Belgian national women's team 'the Belgian Cats' in Tel Aviv, Israel on Thursday 15 June 2023, the first game in the group phase of of the FIBA Women EuroBasket 2023 European Championships in Israel and Slovenia. The relationship between Israel and sport has always been nuanced. It’s one of not many countries in the world where basketball and football (soccer) are the two most popular sports. PHOTO BY VIRGINIE LEFOUR / GETTY IMAGES
The relationship between Israel and sport has always been nuanced. It’s one of not many countries in the world where basketball and football (soccer) are the two most popular sports. It’s actually rarer than you might think, especially because these are the two most popular sports in the world by far.
The media here is focused on these two ball sports, leaving others such as gymnastics, judo, swimming, athletics, baseball, cricket, surfing, sailing, water polo, volleyball, handball and the like to be neglected.
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