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Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “basketball club based in rishon lezion in central israel”. Today it says “basketball club based in rishon lezion”.
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Maccabi Rishon LeZion ( Hebrew : מכבי ראשון לציון ) is a basketball club based in Rishon LeZion , Israel . The club plays in the Liga Leumit , the second tier of Israeli basketball. The greatest achievement of the club has been winning the 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League championship. The club is one of the most popular basketball clubs in Israel, and has played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League since 1989. Some notable players have included Miki Berkovich , Doron Jamchi , Guy Goodes , Motti Aroesti , Kevin Magee , Moran Roth , and Hen Lippin .

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basketball club based in rishon lezion in central israel

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basketball club based in rishon lezion

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