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Last update - 01:33 21/09/2008 Sports Shorts Maccabi Tel Aviv notified power forward Marcus Fizer he was being released yesterday. Fizer signed a contract worth $900,000 a year two seasons ago, but in February suffered an injury to his knee. The Chicago Bulls' fourth pick in the 2000 draft, he played four seasons in the NBA, averaging 9.6 points and 4.6 rebounds before making the jump to Europe. "I expected and planned to return to Israel in the next few days," the 6'8" Louisiana native told Haaretz. "I liked being in Israel very much, and I respected the people, the fans and the club. It's a real shame it had to end like this." (Vered Cohen) Windsurfer Shahar Zubari, who picked up Israel's only medal at this summer's Beijing Olympics, may soon have another feat to add to his resume as he leads the inaugural Royal Yachting Association-U.K. Windsurfing Association championship at Weymouth and Portland. The race site is the same one to be used at the 2012 London Olympics. The Eilat native finished yesterday's leg in fourth place, but the comfortable lead he had already accumulated kept him placed first. Zubari now has 18 negative points, six ahead of Briton Nick Dempsey in second. (Oren Kessler) Advertisement Israel's Paralympic delegation returned from Beijing yesterday after a successful run at the Games landed them six medals in all - five silvers and a bronze. Their showing far surpasses Israel's Olympic achievements this year of a single bronze medal, but pales in comparison to the 13 the delegation earned at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. On their return, several athletes remarked on their dissatisfaction with the light media coverage of the competition, as well as insufficient funding. Triple silver medal winning swimmer Imbal Pizarro chose to remain several more days in China. (Rami Hipsh) Roy Halladay worked six innings to earn his 19th win, Scott Rolen homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Saturday to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. Toronto pulled within 7 1/2 games of Boston in the wild-card race. The Blue Jays have seven games remaining, and the Red Sox have eight. In other MLB action, the New York Yankees edged the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 on a bottom of the 9th Robinson Cano single, which brought Brett Gardner in for the run. (AP) Bookmark to del.icio.us   'Pilobolus in Israel' Now Israel's most beautiful sites can be visited in New York City. West Bank violence Palestinian woman dies after being shoved to the ground by IDF troops.

Read & React Olmert hands in his formal resignation to President Peres Responses: 78 Report: Palestinian woman dies after shoved to the ground by IDF troops Responses: 167 Hamas accuses Israel of back-pedaling in Shalit negotiations Responses: 113 Ex-IDF chief: Military confrontation with Iran is unavoidable Responses: 116 Yossi Sarid: Economic crisis forces us to rethink 'American dream' Responses: 88 More Headlines 01:38 Livni offers Barak 'full partnership' in new gov't 00:18 Netanyahu asks Shas to back bid for early general elections 00:08 Ex-IDF chief: Israel can't avoid a military confrontation with Iran 22:53 Iranian groups to stage rally in N.Y. titled 'Ahmadinejad, why do you execute children?' 23:39 Diplomats: Syria may have buried evidence of nuclear reactor 22:45 Report: Palestinian woman dies after shoved to the ground by IDF troops 12:49 Calcutta's dwindling Jewish community has one last guardian 23:21 Peres to miss General Assembly reception held by President Bush 08:20 ANALYSIS / Even Assad has a better opinion of Livni than Barak 22:09 Israeli tennis team through to Davis Cup World Group 19:39 Three school children injured after awning collapses 17:07 Now Israel's most beautiful sites can be visited in New York 18:51 Man traumatized by Gaza evacuation gets lenient sentence for stabbing wife 22:55 DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, in critical condition after plane crash 16:41 Haniyeh: Hamas is creating a new history Previous Editions Select Day 21 sep 19 sep 18 sep 17 sep 16 sep 15 sep 14 sep 12 sep 11 sep 10 sep 09 sep 08 sep

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