Forty years ago this week, six of the leading sides in the world headed to the Uruguayan capital Montevideo for an international football tournament that has been all but forgotten everywhere but the host nation.

World Youth Cup winning team.Even so, on New Year’s Day 1981, they only beat European champions West Germany

a brawl following a clash between Brazil’s Paulo Isidoro and Jose Daniel Valencia.Brazil then beat Germany

New York City’s historic Millrose Games has been cancelled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 The Tour starts in Karlsruhe in Germany on January 29, before moving onto Boston and then Liévin

The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has announced the nominations for its Great Star of Sport awards, set to take place in January next year.

the importance of anti-racism and remembering the fate of persecuted artists during the years of Nazi Germany

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has launched a new initiative to help clubs struggling to stay afloat because of the coronavirus pandemic to crowdfund support.

for #SupportYourSport.This latest fundraising effort follows a second lockdown being implemented in Germany

The German Olympic and Paralympic teams were the recipients of the Sparkasse Prize for Role Models in Sport.

 Sparkasse offers banking services across Germany.

But we have seen that the athletes from Team Germany have a lot of 'sportsmanship for society'.

National swimming coach Bernd Berkhahn was named Trainer of the Year by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) after judges were impressed with his "skills as a trainer and psychologist".

DOSB credits Berkhahn with transforming Elmshorn into "one of the leading locations" for swimming in Germany

Germany topped the open-water medals table at last year's World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in

The winners of the first Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships have been confirmed, after more than 1500 athletes from 98 countries competed for titles.

Barbara Brand of the US won the under-65 titles and Jeong Cheol Kim of Spain and Iris Hitzemann of Germany

Olympic luge medallists Tristan Walker and Justin Snith will race with charities on their sled when they compete on the World Cup circuit next year.

the season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, but hope to begin competing in 2021.In Königssee in Germany

Food delivery service SkipTheDishes will be hoping to help hosts Canada taste success at the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship after securing a new partnership.

the 10-team World Junior Championship has been disrupted by a bout of coronavirus cases with Sweden, Germany

The President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), René Fasel, has said he has almost made a full recovery after he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.

preparing for the IIHF Men's World Junior Championship have tested positive including athletes from Germany

Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud has claimed his fifth International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup leg in a row following a close battle with Germany's Markus Eisenbichler in Engelberg in Switzerland.

on to the bronze medal by 0.6 points with a total of 296.2, ahead of the consistent Anze Lanisek of Germany

seventh.Poland's Dawid Kubacki and Cene Prevc of Slovenia were eighth and 10th, either side of Sato.Oberstdorf in Germany

Vinzenz Geiger of Germany claimed a second successive win at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic

been forced to amend its schedule for the World Junior Championship in Canadian city Edmonton after Germany

Championship.Teams were due to take part in 10 exhibition games from today until Wednesday (December 23).But with Germany

on January 5.However, preparations have been disrupted by a bout of coronavirus cases with Sweden, Germany

Felix Loch's unbeaten streak in the International Luge Federation World Cup has ended, with fellow German Max Langenhan winning the sprint race today in Winterberg.

trio continue to dominate the overall standings.World champions Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany

despite leading through both intermediate gates.Yesterday's winners, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany

Germany's Francesco Friedrich was dominant once more in Innsbruck, winning his seventh International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup race of the season.

finishing 11th.The next bobsleigh leg of the IBSF World Cup is set for January 9 and 10 in Winterberg in Germany