Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te whutupaoro (whutupaoro) me te poitūkohu ngā hākinakina tino rongonui i Īharaira. Ko te Israeli Premier League te Premier Soccer League o te whenua, a ko "Ligat ha'Al" te riiki poitūkohu nui. Ko Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv me Beitar Jerusalem nga karapu hakinakina nui rawa atu. Ko Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, me Hapoel Tel Aviv i whakataetae i te UEFA Champions League, a ko Hapoel Tel Aviv i eke ki te Quarterfinal i te UEFA Cup. Kua wikitoria a Maccabi Tel Aviv BC i te Whakataetae Pakeha i te poitūkohu e ono nga wa. Ko te toa tēnehi o Iharaira a Shahar Pe'er i eke ki te 11 i runga i te rarangi WTA, he rekoata a motu. Kua riro a Beersheba hei pokapū taakaha a motu; hei hua o te manene o Soviet, koinei te kaainga o te tini o nga rangatira taakaha o tetahi taone nui o te ao. I whakahaerehia e te taone te Toa Toa Toa Toa o te Ao i te 2005. I riro i nga kapa taatai a Iharaira te mētara hiriwa i te 2008 Chess Olympiad me te mētara parahi i te 2010 Chess Olympiad
He aha? I wikitoria a Boris Gelfand o Iharaira i te Ipu o te Ao Chess 2009, a ka takaro mo te taitara Toa o te Ao i te World Chess Championship 2012.