diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index a1713dc5ad..b485dbdf1c 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1250,12 +1250,13 @@ def urlopen(self, req):
         # urllib chokes on URLs with non-ASCII characters (see http://bugs.python.org/issue3991)
         # To work around aforementioned issue we will replace request's original URL with
         # percent-encoded one
-        url = req if isinstance(req, compat_str) else req.get_full_url()
+        req_is_string = isinstance(req, basestring)
+        url = req if req_is_string else req.get_full_url()
         url_escaped = escape_url(url)
 
         # Substitute URL if any change after escaping
         if url != url_escaped:
-            if isinstance(req, compat_str):
+            if req_is_string:
                 req = url_escaped
             else:
                 req = compat_urllib_request.Request(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 1f1fc0eb26..c3a4d3c9aa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@
 from .spiegeltv import SpiegeltvIE
 from .spike import SpikeIE
 from .sportdeutschland import SportDeutschlandIE
+from .sport5 import Sport5IE
 from .stanfordoc import StanfordOpenClassroomIE
 from .steam import SteamIE
 from .streamcloud import StreamcloudIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sport5.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sport5.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f680bfc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sport5.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
+
+
+class Sport5IE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www|vod)?\.sport5\.co\.il/.*\b(?:Vi|docID)=(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://vod.sport5.co.il/?Vc=147&Vi=176331&Page=1',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 's5-Y59xx1-GUh2',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'ולנסיה-קורדובה 0:3',
+                'description': 'אלקאסר, גאייה ופגולי סידרו לקבוצה של נונו ניצחון על קורדובה ואת המקום הראשון בליגה',
+                'duration': 228,
+                'categories': list,
+            },
+            'skip': 'Blocked outside of Israel',
+        }, {
+            'url': 'http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=3075&docID=176372&lang=HE',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 's5-SiXxx1-hKh2',
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'GOALS_CELTIC_270914.mp4',
+                'description': '',
+                'duration': 87,
+                'categories': list,
+            },
+            'skip': 'Blocked outside of Israel',
+        }
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        media_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, media_id)
+
+        video_id = self._html_search_regex('clipId=([\w-]+)', webpage, 'video id')
+
+        metadata = self._download_xml(
+            'http://sport5-metadata-rr-d.nsacdn.com/vod/vod/%s/HDS/metadata.xml' % video_id,
+            video_id)
+
+        error = metadata.find('./Error')
+        if error is not None:
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                '%s returned error: %s - %s' % (
+                    self.IE_NAME,
+                    error.find('./Name').text,
+                    error.find('./Description').text),
+                expected=True)
+
+        title = metadata.find('./Title').text
+        description = metadata.find('./Description').text
+        duration = int(metadata.find('./Duration').text)
+
+        posters_el = metadata.find('./PosterLinks')
+        thumbnails = [{
+            'url': thumbnail.text,
+            'width': int(thumbnail.get('width')),
+            'height': int(thumbnail.get('height')),
+        } for thumbnail in posters_el.findall('./PosterIMG')] if posters_el is not None else []
+
+        categories_el = metadata.find('./Categories')
+        categories = [
+            cat.get('name') for cat in categories_el.findall('./Category')
+        ] if categories_el is not None else []
+
+        formats = [{
+            'url': fmt.text,
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'vbr': int(fmt.get('bitrate')),
+            'width': int(fmt.get('width')),
+            'height': int(fmt.get('height')),
+        } for fmt in metadata.findall('./PlaybackLinks/FileURL')]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'categories': categories,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
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