Cabinet approves draft sports funding law – Sport
The Sports Promotion Act has cleared another hurdle. The federal government approved the draft on Wednesday. This is a milestone for Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser: She recognizes “the importance of promoting top-class sport for us as a society”. The reactions from the sport, on the other hand, range from blame to sheer incomprehension. The […]
Sports clubs – Sport is booming in Germany – Sport
Organized sport in Germany has more than 28 million members, more than ever before. The statistics of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) show more than 28 million members for the first time since the inventory began in 1954. In total, the approximately 86,000 sports clubs in the country recorded 28,764,951 memberships as of the […]
Membership record: “Insane numbers” – The comeback of sports clubs in Germany
During the pandemic, Germany‘s sports clubs lost hundreds of thousands of members. But now there is a new membership record nationwide; there have never been so many Germans in sports clubs. Big problems remain. Germany’s sports clubs have exceeded the 28 million membership mark for the first time. This emerges from the latest survey by […]
War in Ukraine: “Sport cannot be exempted” – Sport
DOSB boss Thomas Weikert has called for an uncompromising reaction from the entire sport to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Russia has blatantly broken international law. That is why sanctions are necessary in all areas of society – and sport cannot be exempt from this,” said the President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation of […]
Fifa bows to pressure, locks out Russia
As a result of the war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia is now also isolated in terms of sport policy. Under pressure from the international public, European governments and various associations, the world football association Fifa decided on Monday evening to suspend Russia from its competitions until further notice. The European football union Uefa also […]
War in Ukraine: IOC recommends banning Russian athletes – Sport
Under mounting pressure, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken a tough stance against Russia, recommending that its member federations ban Russian athletes from international events. This also applies to athletes from Belarus, the IOC announced on Monday. Almost at the same time, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) joined the worldwide demands for these […]
Ukraine invasion: IOC demands exclusion of athletes from Russia and Belarus
Sport Ukraine-Invasion IOC demands exclusion of athletes from Russia and Belarus Status: 3:48 p.m | Reading time: 2 minutes The German IOC President Thomas Bach What: Getty Images/Maja Hitij Now the International Olympic Committee is reacting to Putin’s war in Ukraine. Athletes from Russia should no longer be allowed to take part in international competitions. […]
DOSB is looking for new talent (nd-aktuell.de)
The emotional Olympic highlight from a German perspective. Even Katharina Hennig (centre) could hardly believe that she had sprinted to team gold with her colleague Victoria Carl (left). Foto: imago images/ITAR-TASS »Our result is good. The team has achieved the goals.« Head of Mission Dirk Schimmelpfennig could hardly have answered the question about the record […]
Medal table Olympia 2022: Germany no longer in first place
Olympia Peking 2022 Olympic Winter Games medal table Status: 07:38 a.m | Reading time: 2 minutes These are the medal prospects for Germany In Beijing, suspected doping in figure skating causes a stir. WELT editor Melanie Haack explains where there could be medals for the German team. With 31 medals, Germany finished second in the […]
Medal table Olympia 2022: Germany loses first place again
Olympia Peking 2022 Olympic Winter Games medal table As of 10:41 a.m | Reading time: 2 minutes These are the medal prospects for Germany In Beijing, suspected doping in figure skating causes a stir. WELT editor Melanie Haack explains where there could be medals for the German team. With 31 medals, Germany finished second in […]