Basketball: Irish players refuse to shake hands with Israeli team. An Israeli player had previously accused the team of anti-Semitism.
The usual exchange of pennants also did not take place; during the national anthem, the Irish players stood in front of the substitutes' bench instead of in the middle of the field. Because of the Israel-Gaza war, the game didn't take place in Israel, but in Riga, Latvia. Israel won clearly with 87:57. The Irish association described the allegations as “inflammatory” and “completely inaccurate”