CNN — The Irish women’s national basketball team refused to shake hands with the Israeli women’s national team ahead of the first game of the 2025 Women’s EuroBasket qualifier in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday. Basketball Ireland, the governing body of the sport for Ireland, said in a statement that it told FIBA Europe on Wednesday the team would not take part in pre-match formalities, including shaking hands with Israel prior to tipoff, as a “direct result of recent comments made by Israeli players and coaching staff — including inflammatory and wholly inaccurate accusations of antisemitism, published on official Israeli federation...