Deselecting Rainer Koch: A vacuum that is good for the DFB – Sport
The Rainer Koch system in the German Football Association has been deselected. The longtime vice president, master of the amateurs and – above all – of the statutes of the DFB, has thrown himself out with his last move. Confident that he would wear down his internal association critics in the tried and tested way […]
Deselection of Rainer Koch at the Bundestag: Revolution at the DFB – Sport
Of Johannes Aumüller, Bonn Rainer Koch almost sounds desperate as he fights for his sporting future. The controversial multi-functionary from Bavaria wants to be re-elected vice-president of the association at the Bundestag of the German Football Association (DFB), but this time he has an opponent, the sports scientist Silke Sinning. And now he makes a […]
DFB Bundestag: And again a new beginning – sport
German football is facing the most unusual Bundestag in its history, on Friday in the Bonn Congress Center. The German Football Association has been in existence for 122 years, it has seen 43 ordinary meetings of delegates, and 13 regularly elected presidents have stood at its head. But for months everyone involved has been preparing […]
DFB and the 2006 World Cup: the missing report
To clear up the 2006 World Cup affair, the DFB commissioned a law firm for a lot of money. But in addition to the published report, she also delivered a second, secret report. Why this? And why does nobody at the DFB want to remember that? Of Johannes Aumüller and Thomas Kistner In August 2016, […]
Sports policy – Hamburg – FC St. Pauli training center: criticism from clubs continues – politics
Hamburg (dpa / lno) – The planned expansion of the training and performance center of the second division soccer club FC St. Pauli continues to evoke criticism from the clubs concerned. In a statement on Thursday, representatives of Hamburg Stealers, ETV Hamburg Knights, TSV Stellingen, SV West-Eimsbüttel and HFC Falke pointed out that the announced […]
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 […]
The problem is called Infantino – Sport
The latest pawn trick was particularly easy for Gianni Infantino, the Fifa President only had to copy it from his Olympic colleague Thomas Bach. Russia’s national football team should be severely sanctioned? Here you go: no anthem, no flag, also the name label of the Sbornaya must go – they should compete as “Russian Football […]
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 […]
Sport and Russia: A Commentary on the Ukraine War – Sport
The Price of Silence: How Sports Organizations Enable Putin’s Aggression The world watches in horror as Russia wages war on Ukraine, yet the echoes of past complicity from sports organizations reverberate. Figures like FIFA President Gianni Infantino and IOC President Thomas bach, who once lauded Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, now find themselves grappling […]
Reactions from international sport: Get out of Russia – Sport
The Fallout: Sports World Responds to the Ukraine crisis The global sporting community is grappling with the ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the International olympic Committee (IOC) initially remained silent, pressure mounted from various sports associations who began taking action independently. On Friday afternoon, the IOC finally issued a statement urging all […]