As a baseball-crazed kid growing up in Miami, Danny Valencia dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. The thought of heading to the Olympics, for a foreign country no less, never crossed his mind.

All 24 members of Israel's national team have gained Israeli citizenship in the run-up to the Olympics.

The Israeli baseball team will make its Olympic debut later this month, headlined by four-time All-Star Ian Kinsler. He is one of eight players on the 24-man team with Major League Baseball experience ...

Team Israel’s baseball players were also filmmakers for a new documentary about their 2020 Olympic run Players shot much of the footage themselves, due to pandemic media restrictions.

Israel's baseball team qualified for the Olympics for the first time and trains in the US as some players worry about events at home.

Israel had qualified for one of six spots in the Olympic baseball field. With the Tokyo Games postponed, pursuit of Israel's first team-sport medal must wait.

When the Team Israel baseball team takes the field during the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, it will include players from South Florida.

For the first time in its Olympic history, the Israeli baseball team has won a game. A three-run home run from former Minnesota Twin Danny Valencia helped seal a 12-5 victory over Mexico on Sunday.

The Olympics squad is Israel’s first-ever in baseball and only the fourth in any team sport — winter or summer. Israel hasn’t had a team make the cut since soccer at the 1976 Games in Montreal.

Team Israel’s improbable run to the Tokyo Olympic Games is spurring hope that it will provide the overlooked sport of baseball in Israel its long-awaited boost ...

Israel’s unlikely Olympic baseball team dreams big for Japan After ‘unbelievable’ run that saw them qualify for one of just 6 spots, the players — mostly US Jews who are getting ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a baseball-crazed kid growing up in Miami, Danny Valencia dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. The thought of heading to the Olympics, for a foreign country no ...