The disqualification follows a series of tense moments for the Israeli delegation at the Milan-Cortina games.
Team tried to let Ward Fawarseh, an alternate, compete by faking another member's medical exam, Olympic Committee of Israel says, calling behavior 'against fair and sportsmanlike conduct' The post Israel disqualifies its own Olympic bobsleigh team for lying to officials appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Italy’s RAI apologizes after an off-air remark to “avoid" the Israeli team aired during Olympic coverage. Israel’s ambassador condemns the comment as discriminatory.
AJ Edelman, the driver for the Israeli bobsled team, said the stolen items included passports, suitcases, shoes and sporting equipment
The Israeli Embassy accused an Olympic broadcaster of "spreading slander" when he criticized athletes on-air over their alleged stances on the war in Gaza.
A Swiss commentator has accused a member of the Israeli bobsleigh team of supporting “genocide in Gaza” and questioned the presence at the Winter Games of Israeli athletes who support the war.
Winter Olympics: Why aren’t Palestine competing and is Israel banned? - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintains that both Israel and Palestine should have equal opportunity to compete at t
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — AJ Edelman and Menachem Chen are in last place out of 26 sleds at the midway point of the Olympic two-man bobsled race at the Milan Cortina Games. And they’re thrilled.
EXCLUSIVE: A Swiss television network has taken down from its website a viral Winter Olympics clip in which a commentator calls out an Israeli athlete for his "support of the genocide in Gaza." In correspondence with Deadline,