After three days of competition Germany was yet to win a single medal at the Rio Olympics by Monday evening - a new low since reunification a quarter century ago.
Russia hasn't stopped its state-sponsored sports doping despite an international ban against its track and field athletes, German public television ARD reported Wednesday.
Leading Hamburg academics have blasted city authorities for misleading the public about the true costs of the Olympic Games they intend to host in 2024.
A majority of Germans are in favour of Hamburg's push to become the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games, a survey showed on Monday - although few think it has a realistic chance of success.
Long-distance runner Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel has broken so many world records she's stopped counting. And at the age of 85 she's not lowering her sights.
The honorary president of the German Athletics Federation (DLV) has suggested a reform of the selection process after Qatar was awarded the 2019 world athletics championships last month.
Germany has rested its hopes on the shoulders of Anna Hahner to take the women's title at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. But Hahner says she's just hoping for a personal best to follow up her win in Vienna. The twin is The Local's German of the Week.
German athletics officials said on Wednesday they would not nominate the country's long jump champion Markus Rehm for the European championships because of fears his prosthetic leg gives him an unfair advantage.
Paralympics gold medallist Markus Rehm triumphed over his non-disabled rivals on Saturday, winning the German long jump championship. But athletics officials are now reviewing whether his prosthetic leg gave him an unfair advantage.
Kenya's Wilson Kipsang will aim to break the world record at the Berlin marathon on Sunday. The 31-year-old is aiming to beat compatriot Patrick Makau's record of 2hrs 3mins 38 seconds set in 2011 on Berlin’s notoriously fast course.
German discus hero Robert Harting defended his title on Tuesday night to take his third world title in a row with a throw of more than 69 metres at the Athletics World Championships in Moscow.
German sports kit giant Adidas on Monday said that it had suspended its sponsorship with Tyson Gay, after the US sprinter tested positive for a banned substance.
Hammer world record-holder Betty Heidler warmed up for next month's world athletics championships in Moscow with her ninth German title in succession on Saturday.
Berlin's new BER airport may not be ready for planes, but a British runner flew around the runway on Saturday, winning one of the country's more unusual races - the Airport Run half marathon.
Hamburg Marathon organisers have said there are few security fears for Sunday's race, only plenty of solidarity for the victims of the Boston Marathon bomb blast.
As New Year resolutions lead many to join German sports or community clubs over the coming weeks, one official has warned that many need to do more to protect themselves from infiltration by neo-Nazis.
When German-born Eva Loeffler helped her father organise a sports tournament for wounded World War II soldiers in 1948, she had no idea the contest would grow into the Paralympic Games.
An elderly athletics official measuring a javelin competition died on Sunday afternoon after being speared in the face and neck at a DĂĽsseldorf contest.
While Olympic stars Usain Bolt, Chris Hoy and Jessica Ennis can probably choose between lucrative sponsorship and advertising deals, the Germans have come out of the Games without any stars likely to pick up such deals.
Robert Harting won the men's Olympic discus title on Tuesday with a throw of 68.27 metres to give Germany their first athletics gold medal of the London Games.
German heptathlete Lilli Schwarzkopf won a silver medal on Saturday – after being wrongly disqualified and then reinstated. “That is a British sense of humour I will never understand,” she said.
With the London Olympic games just days away, German sportswear giant Puma is pinning its hopes on sprint legend Usain Bolt to speed up sales and outpace its bigger competitors Adidas and Nike.
