Sports
The city's football team, Maccabi Kiryat Gat were promoted to the Israeli Premier League in 2001, but were relegated at the end of their first season at the top level. Since then, financial problems have led to the club being demoted to Liga Alef (the fourth tier), where they remain today.
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“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
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—Karen Logan (b. 1949)