Billions needed: renovation backlog in Germany’s sports facilities – Sport
German sports facilities need to be renovated and modernized, but billions of euros have to be raised to achieve this. With a petition, the Association for Sports Facilities and Leisure Facilities would like to encourage politicians to take action. The skate park in the park where young people meet up with friends and try out […]
Football: Why the professionalization of the women’s Bundesliga is making slow progress – Sport
Things are actually going really well for the women’s Bundesliga right now. Several clubs have moved close together at the top of the table: VfL Wolfsburg is in first place with 22 points after nine match days, followed by Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen with 20 points each. Such a scenario has been […]
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 […]
Promote top-class sport more – a law for more success
The Olympic frenzy in this country also had a bad aftertaste when it came to the medal table. The long-standing discussion about the promotion of elite sports has been rekindled. A law for more sporting success is now to be introduced. On some days of the Paris Olympic Games, the cheering in the German team […]
German Sports Aid – Max Hartung becomes a board member – Sport
Former fencing world champion Max Hartung becomes a board member of the German Sports Aid Foundation. The 35-year-old will take over the newly created board position from February 15, 2025, including responsibility for communications. Together with Karin Orgeldinger and Karsten Petry, he will form the new management team. The contracts of the two on 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 […]
A stronghold that is slowly fading
Berlin has long been the stronghold for badminton. Clubs played in the upper leagues and the city hosted international tournaments, for example the German Junior, which was hosted in Berlin for the last time in 2024. However, the fact that these championships took place this year with a record 336 players from 29 nations cannot […]
Doping case Mario Vuskovic: Now the whole system is coming into focus – sport
Mario Vuskovic did not speak once during that day of the trial in February 2023. The second round of negotiations took place before the sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) in Frankfurt, which ruled on the positive test of the then 21-year-old defender from the Hamburg sports club. And Vuskovic, the defendant, looked […]
Judgment against the World Federation Fis: A slap in the face with uncertain consequences – Sport
For Johan Eliasch, that doesn’t seem to exist: legal slaps in the face, no matter how resounding. The 37th Civil Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court has just served the World Ski and Snowboard Association Fis and its president such a wad by granting an application for an interim injunction from the German Ski […]