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Friendship Games: Student-run Irish team enjoys ride
Ireland’s barriers to entry for the Friendship Games included lack of funding, lack of interest in basketball and no coach. But the team from Trinity College of Dublin is at the tournament and making the most of its experience.
Friendship Games: Ukraine, Lithuania win titles
Behind 26 points from Tania Yurkevichus, Ukraine defeated Russia for the second time this week to win the Games’ women’s tournament for the first time, while Lithuania beat ASA Israel to take the men’s title for the sixth straight year.
Friendship Games: Brothers
At the 2018 Friendship Games in Eilat, Israel, the three Abuarisha brothers are competing together for the Israeli Arabic team – older brothers Shadi and Zidah as players, younger brother Mohamed as coach.
Friendship Games: Final four
In the Friendship Games men’s semifinals, Lithuania faced off against Eilat, while ASA Israel played Ukraine.
Friendship Games: New heights
The Jordanian men’s team hadn’t won a game at the Friendship Games as long as Ronnen Tinn could remember. In this tournament alone, they’ve rattled off two big wins.
Friendship Games: World Cup fever
In the spirit of the World Cup, players, coaches and volunteers at this year’s Friendship Game showed their more competitive sides in a futsal tournament.
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