Miki Berkovich
Moshe "Miki" Berkovich (or Mickey Berkowitz; ; born 17 February 1954) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli basketball players of all time. Berkovich was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 1998, he was named Israel's Top Sportsmen of the 50 Year Jubilee (1948–1998). He was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, by a select panel in February 2008, and was then honored at the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four in Madrid. He became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2017. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. In 2024, he received the Israel Prize in the category of outstanding athletic achievement. Early years Born in Kfar Saba, Berkovich began his long and distinguished career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the age of 11, when he joined the youth club. At the age of 15, he was playing for the junior squad. In 1971, at the age of 17 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba ( ), officially Kfar Sava , is a List of Israeli cities, city in the Sharon plain, Sharon region, of the Central District (Israel), Central District of State of Israel, Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest List of cities in Israel, city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba is nearly entirely Jewish. History of modern Kfar Saba The village of Kafr Saba was considered to be ancient Capharsaba, an important settlement during the Second Temple period in ancient Judea.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p52/ref> According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2001, the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.9% Jewish and 0.1% Others. Additionally, there were 523 immigrant residents. Also according to the CBS, there were 37,000 males and 39,600 females in 2001. The population of the city was spread out, with 31.1% 19 years of age or younger, 16.3% bet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv BC
Maccabi World Union, Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club (), known for sponsorship reasons as Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (), is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Ligat HaAl (the top tier of Israeli basketball), and internationally in the EuroLeague. Maccabi Tel Aviv is known as one of the best teams in Europe, having won 6 Euroleague titles since joining, and having sent numerous players to the NBA draft. The club was established in the mid-1930s, as part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club, which had been founded in 1906. With six EuroLeague championships (including the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague), one Adriatic League championship, 57 Israeli Basketball Premier League championships, 45 Israeli Basketball State Cup, Israeli State Cup titles, and 11 Israeli Basketball League Cup, Israeli League Cup titles, Maccabi has been the most successful basketball team in Israel, and is also one of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Israel Prize
The Israel Prize (; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History Prior to the Israel Prize, the most significant award in the arts was the Dizengoff Prize and in Israeli literature, literature the Bialik Prize, awarded by the Tel Aviv municipality annually since 1930s. The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President of Israel, President, the Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister, the List of Knesset speakers, Speaker of the Knesset (Israel's legislature), and the Supreme Court of Israel, Supreme Court President. The prize was established in 1953 at the initiative of the Education Minister of Israel, Minister of Education Ben-Zion Dinor, who himself went on to win the prize in 1958 and 1973. Awarding the prize The prize is awarded in the following four areas, with the precise subfields changing from y ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBA Hall Of Famer
The FIBA Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill, all-time great teams, all-time great coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the sport of basketball. Inductees Key: Male players In total, 72 men have been inducted. Male teams Female players In total, 33 women have been inducted. Male coaches In total, 30 individuals, have been inducted as male coaches. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" , - ! Year ! Inductee ! Nationality ! class="unsortable" , Achievements ! class="unsortable" , Ref. , - , , , style="background:#ff9;", , , , , , , , - , , , style="background:#ff9;", , , , , , , , - , , , style="background:#ff9;", , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , - , , , style="background:#ff9;", , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , - , , , style="background:#ff9;", , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , - , , , , , , , , , , - , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment, equipment and facilities required, organizes international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international Official (basketball), referees. A total of 212 national federations are members, organized since 1989 in basketball, 1989 into five zones: FIBA Africa, Africa, FIBA Americas, Americas, FIBA Asia, Asia, FIBA Europe, Europe, and FIBA Oceania, Oceania. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament, which are sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC. The FIBA Basketball World Cup is a world tournament for men's National basketball sports tea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper '' Maariv''). ''The Jerusalem Post'' is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition. The paper describes itself as being in the Israeli political center, which is considered to be center-right by international standards; its editorial line is critical of political corruption, and supportive of the separation of religion and state in Israel. It is also a strong proponent of greater investment by the State of Israel in World Jewry and educational programs for the Jewish diaspora. The broadsheet newspaper is published daily Sunday to Friday, except ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shooting Guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Shooting guards typically play the "wing" of the court and are generally expected to play better in isolation than other positions. Some shooting guards are tasked with being a "spot up" shooter, in which they are assigned to catch and shoot the ball, either on an open shot or in transition. They are also expected to have skills driving to the basket or creating separation on an isolation defender. Some teams ask their shooting guards to Inbound pass, inbound the ball and bring it up the court; these players are known colloquially as tweener (basketball), combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forwar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miki Berkovich (cropped)
Moshe "Miki" Berkovich (or Mickey Berkowitz; ; born 17 February 1954) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli basketball players of all time. Berkovich was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 1998, he was named Israel's Top Sportsmen of the 50 Year Jubilee (1948–1998). He was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, by a select panel in February 2008, and was then honored at the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four in Madrid. He became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2017. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. In 2024, he received the Israel Prize in the category of outstanding athletic achievement. Early years Born in Kfar Saba, Berkovich began his long and distinguished career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the age of 11, when he joined the youth club. At the age of 15, he was playing for the junior squad. In 1971, at the age of 17, h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Basketball At The 1974 Asian Games
Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974. Medalists Medal table Draw The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format. ;Group 1 * * * ;Group 2 * * * ;Group 3 * * * ;Group 4 * * * Results Men Preliminary round =Group 1= =Group 2= ---- ---- =Group 3= ---- ---- =Group 4= ---- ---- Classification 9th–11th ---- ---- Second round =Group A= ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- =Group B= ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification 5th–8th =Semifinals= ---- =7th place game= =5th place game= Final round =Semif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |