Germany

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone will not stand trial this year, following German prosecutors delaying legal proceeding for his bribery charges.

Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has resigned as head of Germany's national sports body.

The German Football Association (DFB) has backed Munich as a potential host city for UEFA Euro 2020 after discarding Berlin’s rival bid.

Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund has logged its highest profit to date, which reached just over €53.3 million for the 2012/13 season.

The German Football League (DFL) remains unconvinced by goal-line technology (GLT) despite the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season being affected by a controversial decision.

Reinhard Rauball has been re-elected president of the DFL (German Football League) for a further three years after a unanimous vote yesterday.

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Christian Seifert has maintained that the organisation will not act like a “megalomaniac” in a bid for further growth.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich’s president Uli Hoeness has been charged with tax evasion following the conclusion of months of investigations into the high-profile case.

FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger has called the decision to award Qatar its 2022 World Cup a "blatant mistake".

German Bundesliga (DFL) club VfB Stuttgart has revealed record losses of €9.7 million.

German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach has indicated that Germany may withdraw its bid to host the UEFA Euro 2020 finals in favour of holding the 2024 event.

The Bundesliga (DFL) and the CEO of German top-flight club Bayern Munich Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have backed proposals to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from summer to winter.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that he has been formally served with an indictment from a German judge investigating allegations of bribery, according to the Financial Times.

The International Motor Sport Federation (FIA) has named Berlin as its 10th stopover for its new Formula E Championship to start next year.

Online ticket marketplace viagogo will continue to sell matchday tickets for Schalke, despite the German football club terminating its contract with the website yesterday.

German Bundesliga club Schalke has announced the end of its partnership with ticket exchange website viagogo after only nine days, following alleged breach of contract.