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American exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters with their manager Abe Saperstein (1902 - 1966) during a match against the Boston Whirlwinds at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London, UK, May 1951.

How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Ami Dadaon competes in the men's 100-meter freestyle S4 heat at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, Aug. 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France.

All the Jewish and Israeli medalists at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Athletes are seen playing in this picture by Alma Machnes Kass.

Israeli artist's sports photography on display at Paris Cultural Olympiad

ASAF YASUR won a gold medal for Israel at the Paralympics in taekwondo.

Israeli taekwondo fighter Asaf Yasur wins gold medal at Paralympic Games

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustrative: Fred Hahn at Ontario conference, March 2029.

Canadian union VP rejects calls to resign over exploding Jewish athlete video

By MICHAEL STARR

Sibus recruits new partners and grants an annual budget to every Olympic medalist

Cibus recruits partners & grants a budget to every Olympic medalist

A CHART compares Israel’s performance at the Paris Olympics with that of other Middle Eastern countries and those with a similar population size to the Jewish state.

Israel’s record Olympics: How systematic planning made seven medals normal

By BARAK SELLA

ISRAEL’S RAZ HERSHKO battles against Brazil’s Beatriz Souza in the women’s +78kg gold medal match at the Paris Olympics. Despite having the early upper hand, the 26-year-old Hershko came away with silver (inset), one of Israel’s seven medals

Israel's silver Olympian Raz Hershko tells 'Post' of Paris success

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

L-R: Bronze medalist Naoto Tajima of Japan, gold medalist Jesse Owens of the U.S. and silver medalist Luz Long of Germany on the podium for the long jump competition at the Berlin Olympics, Aug. 8, 1936.

Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast examines the 1936 Olympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 09, 2024. Muhammad Abdallah Kounta of France reacts after competing in heat 2.

French Olympic athlete suspended for anti-Israel posts on X

By REUTERS

A screenshot of an anti-Israel clip shown on Iran's Ofogh.

Israel's Olympic committee condemns blood-soaked Iranian propaganda targeting athletes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

French military walk the streets of Paris, August 6, 2024.

Safe with sparse streets: Paris feels the Olympic effect

By Sam Baeza/The Media Line

Sienna Green during the water polo women's gold medal match between Australia and Spain at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 10, 2024, in Nanterre, France.

Jewish water polo star Sienna Green wins silver with Australia

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Rhythmic Gymnastics - Group All-Around Final - Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France - August 10, 2024. Silver medallists team Israel on the podium.

Rhythmic Gymnastics Team captures silver in spirited performance - Israel's 7th medal

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN

FROM LEFT: Sallai Meridor, chairman of the National Library, David Moss, and Trudy and Robert Gottesman.

Grapevine August 11, 2024: Sports for social impact

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

A screenshot of an anti-Israel clip shown on Iran's Ofogh.

Iran releases clip of blood-soaked Israeli Olympians, sparking online outrage

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

The three women’s foil fencing champions from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, from left to right: Ilona Elek-Schacherer, Helene Mayer and Ellen Müller-Preis.

Remembering the three Jewish women fencing champions who defied Hitler at the 1936 ‘Nazi Olympics’

By Neil Keller\JTA

Daria Atamanov of Israel in action. August 8, 2024.

Israeli athletes impress and strive for medals as Paris Olympics nears final stretch

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN