Geriatric German gymnast Johanna Quaas, 86, wowed spectators with impressive floor and parallel bar performances during a break in the 2012 Cottbus Challenger Cup gymnastic competition.
Teenage athletes were subjected to doping under communist East Germany's vast programme of steroid abuse, a leading former sports official has admitted in his new book.
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has renewed his sponsorship contract with German sportswear giant Puma through until the end of 2013, making him the best paid person in athletics.
Germany scored double-gold Thursday night at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, taking first place in both the womenâs 100 metres sprint and the javelin throw.
Both coach Joachim Löw and his squad are to receive Germany's top honours after winning âthe hearts and mindsâ of fans by finishing third at the World Cup, it was revealed on Sunday.
Nearly 9,000 tenacious runners and triathletes overcame Europeâs transport chaos at the weekend to compete in the gruelling, 18-kilometre Fishermanâs Friend Strongman Run near the western German town of Weeze.
Usain Bolt repeated his Olympic sprint double at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Thursday evening, blitzing to a staggering new world record of 19.19 seconds in the 200m.
Jamaican Usain Bolt added the world crown to his Olympic title as he scorched to victory in a world record 9.58 seconds in the men's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Sunday.
America's Sanya Richards ran the fastest women's 400m of the season at Berlin's Golden League opener on Sunday to throw down the challenge to Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu.
<b>Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers has said he is delighted to hear the organiser of Berlin's IAAF Golden League meet is prepared to accommodate him for June's star-studded event.</b>
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie was delighted to put his recent calf injury behind him to break his own world record on Sunday at the Berlin marathon for the second consecutive year in the German capital.
