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IPC President Parsons attends UN sustainability workshop addressing refugee sport

  • Paralympics

The President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons joined the recent United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) workshop for the Sustainability Development Goals Global Festival of Action.

Guttmann was a doctor in Germany who fled to Britain with his family in 1939, just before the start of


Mike Rowbottom: Rikako Ikee returns after illness as supercharged Tokyo 2020 poster girl

  • Inside the Blogs

Ripples of appreciation and delight are spreading through the sporting world at the news of Rikako Ikee's qualification to swim at her home Olympics this summer, two years after she announced that she had leukaemia.

achievements, captaining them to victory in the World Cup final - a dramatic and extended 4-2 win over West Germany


Tokyo 2020 men's and women's handball draws announced

  • Handball

men's Group A seeing South American powerhouse Argentina, European champions Spain and world number one Germany

Basel in Switzerland, and conducted virtually due to COVID-19 protocols.Alongside Argentina, Spain and Germany

Norway are one of the best teams in the world, France are always in the top, Germany are a tough opponent



Germany record double success over Argentina in latest FIH Pro League matches

  • Hockey

Germany beat Argentina in the men’s and women’s competitions on the second day of a double-header of

In the men’s event, Germany secured a second win in as many days against their Argentinian counterparts

yesterday’s match winner Constantin Staib confirmed victory today in the 46th minute as he made it 3-0.Germany

two matches in Buenos Aires on April 10 and 11.In the women’s match that followed at the same venue Germany

were also triumphant winning 3-1.Charlotte Stapenhorst gave Germany the lead three minutes in from a

from a penalty corner courtesy of Pauline Heinz made it 2-0 before half-time.Just after the restart, Germany


Michael Pavitt: Testing, testing - April to offer insight on short and long-term staging of events

  • Inside the Blogs

April sees a batch of Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 test events take place, along with a host of Olympic qualifiers and a UK based rollout of pilot projects aimed at helping return sporting events back to normality. No pressure then.

an interesting position paper published by Athleten Deutschland, the independent athletes group from Germany

organisation suggesting that a "general discussion is now required as to whether athletes who represent Germany


Lamparter and Hansen the big winners at Nordic Combined Awards

  • Nordic Combined

World champions Johannes Lamparter and Gyda Westvold Hansen have been named as the men's and women's athletes of the year respectively at the Nordic Combined Awards 2021.

individual large hill/10 kilometres world title at this year's World Championships in Oberstdorf in Germany


Unbeaten Norway go top on day two of World Men's Curling Championship

  • Curling

Norway finished day two of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 4-0 record following wins against South Korea and China to go top of the standings in Calgary in Canada.

still to be beaten and sit in a strong position on 3-0 following 8-5 victories over Sixten Totzek's Germany

skipped by Joël Retornaz.Shuster's rink remain in contention for the play-offs after a 7-5 victory over Germany


Men’s Olympic champions Argentina beaten by Germany on return to Hockey Pro League

  • Hockey

Federation (FIH) Pro League circuit for the first time in just over a year, as they were defeated by Germany

goal of the game for Argentina from a penalty corner to make the score 1-1.Debutant Luis Gill helped Germany

three minutes later to level the contest at 2-2.With four minutes remaining, the winning goal came for Germany

his back to goal before squeezing a shot between his legs into the corner of the net to make it 3-2.Germany



North American races absent from tentative IBSF World Cup schedule

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has published a tentative calendar for the 2021-2022 World Cup season, with no North American races currently planned.

held from November 26 to 28 at the Austrian venue.Three consecutive events are expected to follow in Germany


Hosts Canada off to perfect start at World Men's Curling Championship

  • Curling

Hosts Canada were one of four teams to end day one of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 2-0 record, after victories over Scotland and Japan at WinSport Arena in Calgary.

the extra end to give the Swiss an important victory.Japan and Scotland won one and lost one, while Germany


IOC critical of DOSB for "incorrect statements" over 2032 Olympic bid process

  • Brisbane 2032

Future Host Commission chair Kristin Kloster Aasen has reportedly accused the German Olympic and Sports Confederation (DOSB) of making "incorrect public statements" after the organisation criticised the transparency of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic bid process.

South Korean city announced a joint bid with Pyongyang in North Korea yesterday.Officials in Budapest, Germany



Thibault resigns as Taekwondo Canada high-performance director

  • Taekwondo

Taekwondo Canada has announced the resignation of Guy Thibault as high-performance director - with less than four months to go until this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics is scheduled to start.

Games in Sochi.He has also been a high-performance advisor for the speed skating programmes in both Germany