Sahar sets his sights on Spain

Ben Sahar’s agent has confirmed that Espanyol want to sign him. Ronen Katzav said: “There is interest from Espanyol but reports that Ben has agreed terms with the club are premature.”

Having finished 10th in La Liga, Espanyol are reportedly prepared to pay Chelsea £800,000. The Blues, who paid Hapoel Tel Aviv £500,000 for the striker three years ago, are hoping he will command at least double that fee but they are unlikely to stand in his way unless better offers are forthcoming.

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Sir Bobby will lead GB squad

maccabiah World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton will lead Team GB’s squad into the opening ceremony at the 18th Maccabiah Games next month.
The Manchester United legend, 71, will be Great Britain’s special guest and will travel to Israel with wife, Lady Norma and fellow United director Mike Edelson and his wife, Jacky.

He will attend a number of Maccabiah events. The visit will culminate with him leading the British delegation into the Ramat Gan Stadium in front of 40,000 people before taking his seat in the Presidential box alongside the Prime Minister and President of Israel.

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Rich City are good for soccer

There are a number of people who do not like parvenu Manchester City. They resent the sudden wealth, the vaulting ambition, the presumption in their attempt to join the Premier League elite. Me?

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Ten Pin Bowling: Striking gold

F.R.E.D won the Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling League. The team, comprising brothers Paul and Michael Loberman and cousin Jamie, finished on 359 points to take the 13-team competition.

StrikeSplitSpare, the father and son pairing of Teddy and Robbie Littner, were runners-up on 317.5 points with SLB’s Tony Sharpstone and Maurice Baum third with 307 points

For more details, go to www.maccabibowling.com.

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Ten Pin Bowling: Striking gold

F.R.E.D won the Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling League. The team, comprising brothers Paul and Michael Loberman and cousin Jamie, finished on 359 points to take the 13-team competition.

StrikeSplitSpare, the father and son pairing of Teddy and Robbie Littner, were runners-up on 317.5 points with SLB’s Tony Sharpstone and Maurice Baum third with 307 points

For more details, go to www.maccabibowling.com.

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Sir Bobby will lead GB squad

World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton will lead Team GB’s squad into the opening ceremony at the 18th Maccabiah Games next month.

The Manchester United legend, 71, will be Great Britain ’s special guest and will travel to Israel with wife, Lady Norma and fellow United director Mike Edelson and his wife, Jacky.

He will attend a number of Maccabiah events. The visit will culminate with him leading the British delegation into the Ramat Gan Stadium in front of 40,000 people before taking his seat in the Presidential box alongside the Prime Minister and President of Israel.

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Klinger in the A-team

Prolific batsman Michael Klinger has been selected to represent Australia A for the first time.

Klinger, 28, will play two four-day matches against Pakistan in July.

The selection comes shortly after the South Australian star won the 2009 State Player of the Year award after scoring more than 1,600 runs.

“My dream is to play Test cricket for Australia,” said Klinger. “But this is definitely a stepping stone to where I want to get to.”

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