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Hansen continues winning form at FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Schonach

  • Nordic Combined

Gyda Westvold Hansen of Norway continued her winning form from yesterday by claiming another gold at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup in Schonach.

Ida Marie Hagen, she recovered well to clock 14:42.5 to take the silver medal.Nathalie Armbruster of Germany


Friedrich wins again in Innsbruck to seal IBSF World Cup four-man Crystal Globe

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich captured the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup four-man crown for the fifth straight season with another victory in Innsbruck.

Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett took silver for the second successive day in 1:40.36.There were two Germany


Schedule announced for World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in San Diego

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World Lacrosse has announced the schedule for the World Men’s Championship, due to be held in San Diego, California, from June 21 to July 1.

Denmark, with Pool C featuring Israel, Philippines, Czech Republic, Sweden and Puerto Rico.In Pool D are Germany


Paris 2024 branding "revolution" gives another turn to a wheel first fixed by the Tokyo 1964 Olympics

  • The Big Read

After the latest flourish in its visual identity - this week’s revelation of sports pictograms and the generic Games venue branding - Paris 2024 is looking good.

But they were also very successfully, and quite literally, rebranding Germany."

many of which have become widely incorporated into worldwide society ©Munich 1972Aicher, born in Ulm, Germany

Society, one of the few non-Jewish youth resistance groups speaking out against the Nazis from inside Germany

world was struggling to come to terms with the Holocaust, these universal designs were a new way for Germany




Friedrich claims four-man bobsleigh lead at penultimate IBSF World Cup in Innsbruck

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Francesco Friedrich climbed into an overall four-man bobsleigh lead at the penultimate International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup event of the season, with fellow German Lisa Buckwitz winning the women's monobob in Innsbruck.

with a 54.79, but followed it with the quickest time on the second runs of 54.683.Lisa Buckwitz of Germany

champion finished in 1:49.45, but defended her overall lead with 1,487 points.Second-placed Laura Nolte of Germany


Britain and US drawn together in men's group stage at IWBF World Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

Men's defending champions Britain and Paralympic gold medallists the United States have been drawn in the same group for the delayed International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships in Dubai.

United Arab Emirates are set to play Australia, Italy and Brazil in Group A.Group B features Egypt, Germany



Poland proposes dissident Russians could compete at Paris 2024, with 35 nations expected to call for ban

  • Paris 2024

A group of 35 nations are expected to demand that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) bans Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris 2024 Olympics after an international summit, but Poland's Sports Minister suggested that a refugee team of dissidents could compete as a "compromise".

banned from the 2024 Olympic Games".A full list of participants has not been published, but France, Germany




Paris 2024 water polo pool renovation to affect French diving team training

  • Paris 2024

Renovation of the Maurice-Thorez swimming pool in the commune of Montreuil is affecting members of the French national diving team training in the capital, with the facility set to be used as a water polo training pool at next year's Olympic Games in Paris. 

internships than expected, particularly in Strasbourg, and with new sites such as Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany



World champions Argentina spearhead four nation World Cup 2030 bid

  • World Cup

The four South American nations bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup have invited a fifth to join them in celebrating the centenary of the tournament.

World Cup in 1930, but have not qualified for the final tournament since USA 1994 when they lost to Germany