Mimi, Howard, Tsobari and many others associated with the 1972 Israeli team have been invited back to Munich this year in memory of the 40th anniversary of the darkest day in sports history. Mimi ...

By Karen BillingIt was 40 years ago this September at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games when an unthinkable tragedy invaded an event meant to symbolize friendship, peace and unity among nations.

FILE - On Sept. 5, 1972, a Palestinian commando group seizes the Israeli Olympic team quarters at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany. A member of the commando group is seen here as he appears ...

But before dawn on Sept. 5, 1972, eight members of Palestinian armed group Black September climbed over the unguarded fence of the Olympic village, burst into the building where the Israeli team ...

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Victims of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games were remembered by Germany and Israel on Wednesday with a memorial, following a long campaign b… ...

Israeli athletes have a history of being targeted at the Olympics dating back to the 1972 Munich Olympics. That year, eight terrorists associated with the group Black September — an affiliate of ...

President of the International Olympic Commission, Jacques Rogge paid tribute to the Israeli team members who were killed at the 1972 Munich Games at a ceremony at the Athletes Village in London ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The 1972 Munich Olympics were marked by historic achievements and unprecedented controversy but will be forever defined by devastating catastrophe. In hosting the 1972 Munich ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The 1972 Munich Olympics were marked by historic achievements and unprecedented controversy but will be forever defined by devastating catastrophe. In hosting the 1972 ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The 1972 Munich Olympics were marked by historic achievements and unprecedented controversy but will be forever defined by devastating catastrophe.