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Paralympic champion Scott aims to inspire in first virtual Angel City Games

  • Paralympics

Paralympic wheelchair basketball champion Matt Scott will put his Tokyo 2020 ambitions on hold to teach a generation of wheelchair athletes his best skills when he hosts a clinic as part of the first virtual Angel City Games.

Scott is currently in Berlin and will be situated in Germany for the event during the Games, having recently


Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico postponed until 2021

  • Baseball and Softball

The men's Under-23 Baseball World Cup has been pushed back until 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis. 

fourth-placed South Korea given a wild-card spot at the Under-23 World Cup.South Africa, New Zealand, Germany


Sergievskaya praises first edition of FIAS Online Sambo Cup

  • Sambo

Russian sambist Victoria Sergievskaya has reflected on her positive experience of participating in the first International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Online Sambo Cup, where she finished third.

Winning the bronze medal behind winner Julia-Maria Horn of Germany and Spain's Adrian Labrado, Sergievskaya

Following the results of all the fights, sambist from Germany Julie-Marie Horn and athlete from Spain


France's youngest Olympic medallist Vandernotte dies at 96

  • Rowing

Rower Noël Vandernotte, France's youngest ever Olympic medallist, has died at the age of 96 in the French southern region of Gard.

detailed his experience of competing at the Games - best known for being hosted by the fascist regime in Germany



Black Lives Matter movement brings ex-IOC President Brundage under new scrutiny

  • The Big Read

When the Olympic Games were last held in Tokyo, American multi-millionaire Avery Brundage was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

persecution of Jewish citizens and other minorities by the Nazi regime.In 1935, Brundage was sent to Germany

Garden in New York, he told a meeting of the pro-Nazi German American Bund: "We can learn much from Germany

officially take office until September 1 1952, but at the Session in Helsinki, he spoke about China and Germany



Olympic Order awarded to former East German leader Honecker up for auction

  • Collecting and Heritage News

The Olympic Order controversially awarded to East Germany’s former leader Erich Honecker 35 years ago is to be put up for auction next month.

leader he ordered his country's border guards to shoot to kill citizens trying to escape communist East Germany

world, many Western countries," Samaranch said.Samaranch claimed the IOC honoured Honecker because East Germany


International Biathlon Union sets up sustainability expert group

  • Biathlon

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has established a sustainability expert group in a bid to protect the sport and the world from the effects of climate change.

Aujouannet and Franck Choquard of France, Denis Bochatay and Diego Züger of Switzerland, Laura Dahlmeier of Germany



World Triathlon Series event in Montreal rescheduled for October

  • Triathlon

The World Triathlon Series event in Montreal in Canada has been rescheduled to October 3 and 4 following approval from the global governing body.

fill the 2020 calendar.The Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships, due to be held in Hamburg in Germany



Qualification for ice hockey contest at Beijing 2022 to start in December

  • Beijing 2022

Qualification for the women's ice hockey contest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is due to start in December.

 Czech Republic, Hungary and Norway make up Group C, with Germany, Denmark and Austria in Group

 Pribram in Czech Republic, Füssen in Germany and a yet-to-be determined city in Sweden are due



Philip Barker: Remembering football's first European Championship 60 years later

  • Inside the Blogs

60 years ago, a new football tournament for European nations was reaching its climax in France.

West Germany and Italy did not take part.

In fact England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales were also "absent friends".For East Germany, though

At the Olympics their sportsmen and women were obliged to take part in a "unified" team with West Germany