An investigation found that the police first implemented the ban and then retroactively tried to justify it, making false statements about it.

Some 2,000 Jewish athletes will participate in the 14th European Maccabi Games, which are being held for the first time in Berlin - in the stadium built by Hitler.

Maccabi players and coaches celebrated on the court while the more than 9,000 Maccabi fans who made the trip to Milan cheered on ecstatically in the stands.