From 1 July 2024, around 86,000 German sports clubs can apply for the "Stars of Sport" 2025 award, which is jointly organised by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken. They can enter their initiatives in the areas of education and qualification, health and prevention, integration and inclusion, climate protection, digitalisation or democracy promotion. 

Euro 2024 is already underway and is being hailed as the most sustainable tournament yet. Stadiums are powered by renewable energy, with minimal floodlighting and water usage.

Team Germany for Paris 2024 has grown by 53 more athletes among the sports of judo, shooting, swimming and triathlon.

The National Anti-Doping Agency Germany (NADA) and Athletes Germany are intensifying their cooperation to protect clean athletes. Both organisations are committed to protecting athletes and the integrity of sport. Doping endangers the health of athletes, deceives competitors, the public and the organisers and destroys the values of sport.

The membership numbers in the German Swimming Association DSV have risen again. According to Deutscher Schwimmverband, the level before the corona pandemic has been reached again.

A German court has dismissed an assault case against Alexander Zverev after he reached an agreement with his ex-partner, Brenda Patea, in which the mother of his child said she was no longer interested in pursuing the allegations against the German tennis player.

The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will lead the charge towards a more sustainable future in and through sports. A pre-game paper has since been produced outlining sustainability and objectives ahead of the tournament.

Welsh athletics ace Jeremiah Azu is eyeing a British record after breaking the 10-second barrier at the True Athletes Classic in Leverkusen, Germany, on Saturday.

The family of multiple Formula One world champion, German Michael Schumacher, has won a lawsuit against the publisher of a magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated interview with the legendary driver, who had a skiing accident in late 2013.

The World Jewish Congress and the German NGO WhatMatters have introduced pioneering initiatives aiming to harness the power of sports in the battle against antisemitism while also honouring the memory of the Holocaust on the occasion of Euro 2024 in Germany.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) marked the beginning of its new chapter, with the inauguration of its new headquarters in Bonn, Germany. The IPC embarked on a journey of further growth and innovation, symbolising its continued commitment to advancing the Paralympic Movement on a global scale.

Gracenote, Nielsen's content solutions business unit, has projected the top 10 nations in the medal table for Paris 2024 with the Games hosts expected to finish third behind the two Olympic superpowers.