One of the most important and symbolic parts of the Olympic Opening Ceremony looks set to change in Tokyo, and for that matter, the look of the Games might also need a late makeover if International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach gets his wish.

interwar years.Unfortunately, it did rather resemble another salute extensively used at the time in Germany

A decade and a half later, long jumper Heidi Schuller of West Germany took the oath at the 1972 Summer

India's Hockey Pro League matches away to Spain and Germany later this month have been postponed because

India had been due to play Spain on May 15 and 16 before travelling to Germany for games on May 22 and

412,000 new infections and a further 3,980 deaths yesterday.India had been due to play Britain, Spain and Germany

Discovery has extended its partnership with Dutch national broadcaster NOS for coverage of the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Susanne Aigner, Discovery’s general manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries

The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) and the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) have launched a campaign telling the stories of athletes journeys to participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

DBS President Friedhelm Julius Beucher added: "The athletes of Team Germany Paralympics are role models

Together with the partners of Team Germany and Team Germany Paralympics, we want to build a stage for

We are convinced that through the campaign we will gather a lot of sports fans in Germany behind the

The top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles draws Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty were among the winners as action continued at the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica complex.

Tsitsipas requiring less than an hour to beat France’s Benoit Paire 6-1 6-2 and fifth seed Alex Zverev of Germany

UEFA has confirmed squads for this year’s European Championship will be increased from 23 to 26 players in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

from the list after failing to give assurances of fan presence at matches.London in England, Munich in Germany

The International Cycling Union Para-cycling World Cup circuit is set to make its return after a lengthy coronavirus-enforced stoppage in Ostend in Belgium this week.

including triple world MH5 road race gold medallist Tim de Vries of The Netherlands.Hans-Peter Durst of Germany

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is searching for a new host city for this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals after cancelling its agreement with Budapest.

officials and event staff.Defending champions France, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he will explore a bid for the 2036 or 2040 Olympic and Paralympic Games should he be re-elected on Thursday (May 6).

transparency, while disappointing other contenders for 2032 including North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany

Defending champions Switzerland and the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) continued their unbeaten runs at the World Women's Curling Championship as organisers extended the suspension of broadcast coverage of the event due to positive COVID-19 cases.

Sweden by ousting Italy 9-6.There was also an historic win for tournament debutants Estonia, who beat Germany

chilly Silesian Stadium as the other titles were spread between South Africa, The Netherlands, Cuba, Germany

39.42.Brazil’s defence of their title came to grief as they were disqualified, as were Ghana, with Germany

a national record of 1:35.93 and Ecuador claiming bronze in 1:36.86.The men’s 4x200m title went to Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed there are four applications to host the 2027 Alpine World Ski Championships - with the competition expected to go to Crans Montana, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Narvik or Soldeu.

Crans Montana in Switzerland and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany both held events during the 2020-2021

Falun in Sweden is the only bidder for the 2027 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, while Oberstdorf in Germany

Points percentage is to be used to decide the final standings in this season's Hockey Pro League, the participating teams and the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have agreed.

Argentina, with 63.33, are a distant second.Belgium lead the way in the men's contest with 82.05, but Germany

Daniel Goodfellow and Jack Laugher secured Britain its second gold in as many days at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup in Japanese capital Tokyo.

and a place at Tokyo 2020 went to the British team of Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng who earned 302.88.Germany

Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, who won the 2018 Olympic pairs’ figure skating title for Germany,