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Israel's swimmers reached three finals and set two national records at the Paris EDF Open on Thursday, but failed to make the Olympic cut of a time equal to at least the 16th-place finisher at the World Championships in Melbourne earlier this year.

A year and a half ago, Udi Gal began to write reports at the end of each day of sailing, and sent summaries to a variety of recipients.

Meanwhile sailors Udi Gal and Gidi Kliger returned to Israel after taking a bronze at the World Championships and assuring their Olympic berth.

Peer downs Meusburger as team completes 4-1 win over Austria, for place among top eight nations.

Israel's Fed Cup team is just one win away from advancing to the World Group for the first time ever after Shahar Peer and Tzipi Obziler defeated their Austrian opponents yesterday in their best-of-five playoff tie in Linz.

Top Israeli player Sha'ar Peer and Tzipora Obziler beat opponents despite clay court disadvantage.

For years Israel's women's tennis leaned heavily on Anna Smashnova, but the veteran will be in the shadows tomorrow and Sunday, as Israel faces Austria in a Fed Cup World Group playoff in Linz.

The 71st Israeli Track & Field Championships will be held Tuesday and tomorrow at Hadar Yosef.

Peer advanced to the third round of Wimbledon for the first time in her career with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, in a match played on center court Tuesday.

Shahar Peer was handed a tough draw Friday for this week's Wimbledon Championships when she pulled Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn out of the hat.

Amelie Mauresmo overcame a brief loss of focus in the second set and fought back from a break down to overpower Israel's Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-4.

Israel's No. 1 cruised into the quarterfinals at the Eastbourne International with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Japan's Aiko Nakamura.

Michael Eilin can 'jump the hurdles with his eyes closed,' but there is one obstacle that the Israeli record-holder in the 110m hurdles finds difficult to overcome: the lack of Israeli competition.

A gold-medal winner at last year's European Championships, Averbukh had already expected to receive his annual grant from the Sports Authority, but so far the money has yet to arrive.

With Group A decided last night, the two semifinal spots from Group B are still up for grabs.

Under-21 squad gets down to business ahead of Sunday?s opener against the Netherlands.

Teams up with France's Nathalie Dechy for second Grand Slam

Shahar Peer's run at this year's French Open came to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals, when she lost to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3 in just 81 minutes.

Shahar Peer beat Slovakia's Katarina Srebotnik 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to set up a clash with last year's runner-up - Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.

The 15th seed again suffered from her serve, with the 55th ranked Kanepi breaking twice, but 42 points from unforced errors from the Estonian allowed Peer to ease through.

Israel's Tzipi Obziler has her match postponed a second time due to rain.

Shahar Peer suffered her fourth career defeat against Serena Williams, losing 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the Rome Masters yesterday.

Peer looking for first-ever win against Williams.