Germany
German Olympic body steps up search for 2024 Games bidder
The DOSB, the German Olympic Sports Confederation, has submitted questionnaires to Berlin and Hamburg as it steps up its efforts to identify a potential bidder for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.
Bayern stays top of Brand Finance rankings
German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich has retained the label as the ‘world’s most valuable football club brand’ in 2014, according to the Brand Finance consultancy.
Bayern renews call for goal-line technology in Bundesliga
Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich has again called for the introduction of goal-line technology (GLT) into the top division of German football after another high-profile incident during the club’s DFB-Pokal triumph on Saturday.
Bayern to set Bundesliga first with secondary ticketing service
Bayern Munich will become the first German Bundesliga football club to develop an in-house secondary ticketing platform.
New European rowing tournament outlined by German body
The German Rowing Association has outlined plans for the launch of a European Rowing Champions League competition.
London and Munich to battle for Euro 2020’s showpiece package
Uefa has announced that 19 members associations have put forward final bid dossiers for Euro 2020, with London and Munich set to compete for the showpiece package of the national team football tournament.
DFB-Pokal final to stay in Berlin
The final of the DFB-Pokal, German club football’s top cup competition, will remain at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium through 2020 under an extended agreement between the German Football Association (DFB) and the City of Berlin.
UFA Sports partners with Hamburg Towers and Wisla Krakow
German agency UFA Sports has signed long-term marketing partnerships with its local Bundesliga basketball team Hamburg Towers and Polish Ekstraklasa football club Wisla Krakow.
The Yellow Wall
Elisha Chauhan asked Borussia Dortmund whether safe standing - looking likely to be introduced in the English Premier League - make financial sense.
Bundesliga clubs reject goal-line technology
The German Football League (DFL) has announced that goal-line technology (GLT) will not be used in the Bundesliga or 2.Bundesliga “until further notice” following a meeting of all 36 professional clubs today (Monday).
German FA unveils DFB Academy plan
The German Football Association (DFB) has announced it will develop a new purpose-built academy and headquarters, in a move that is set to keep the organisation in the city of Frankfurt.
ETU hails return of European Aquathlon Championships
The European Triathlon Union (ETU) and the German Triathlon Union (DTU) have announced the return of the ETU European Aquathlon Championships to the 2014 race calendar following a two-year hiatus.
Hopfner in line to take Bayern presidency
The advisory board of Bayern Munich has proposed Karl Hopfner as the new president of the German Bundesliga top-tier football club.
Adidas chief Hainer to assume Hoeness’ role at Bayern
Bayern Munich has announced that Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer will succeed Uli Hoeness as chairman of its supervisory board after the latter’s decision to resign from the post earlier today (Friday).
Hoeness declines appeal, resigns from Bayern posts
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has announced he will not appeal against his three-and-a-half year prison sentence for tax evasion and will step down from his positions at the German Bundesliga football club, describing the episode as the “biggest mistake of my life”.
Bayern chief Hoeness sentenced to prison for tax evasion
Uli Hoeness, president of German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for tax evasion.
Berlin ‘has the facilities’ for 2024 Olympics
Berlin is interested in bidding for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, according to the German capital’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit.
Capricorn to take over Nuerburgring
Motorsport industry supplier Capricorn Group has acquired Germany's Nuerburgring racetrack for more than €100m ($137m).