Murder squad detectives in Brandenburg are investigating a series of attacks using barbed wire strung up across routes used by motocross riders which left one man fighting for his life and several others injured.
Unusual weather has created problems for Intersport, Germany’s biggest sports shop chain, taking the blame for a 4-percent-drop in profits over the first nine months of this year compared with last.
Bayer Leverkusen's Michael Ballack must wait to find out if he will face his former club Chelsea on Tuesday in the Champions League despite a commanding performance in the German league.
German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki received a hero's welcome upon his return home to WĂĽrzburg, Bavaria on Tuesday. Dirk got the cheers, but one super-fan earned a seat of honour for helping to galvanize thousands to attend the lavish event.
Gay players have long struggled for acceptance in the world of sports, and as Germany prepares for the Women's World Cup, their issues are again at the fore. Current and former players say progress has been made, but not enough.
Julia Görges stunned world number one Caroline Wozniacki to win the Stuttgart WTA clay court title on Sunday, becoming the first German champion there in 17 years.
Bayern Munich's hopes of retaining their Bundesliga title suffered a major setback on Saturday when a 2-0 defeat at rivals Schalke 04 left them 14 points behind leaders Dortmund.
Former East German sprinter Gesine Tettenborn has asked the German Athletics Federation to remove her name from Germany's 4x400m relay record after admitting to doping, according to a report.
The football match-fixing scandal grew to engulf tennis and basketball on Saturday, with <i>Der Spiegel</i> magazine reporting prosecutors had expanded their investigations to include the other sports.
The <i>WattolĂĽmpiade</i>, Schleswig-Holstein's annual charity sports festival, begins on Saturday in the mudflats at the mouth of the river Elbe on the North Sea coast.
Swiss extreme tightrope artist Freddy Nock will walk a cable car line up to the peak of the <i>Zugspitze</i>, Germany’s highest mountain, in an attempt to break a world record this Saturday.
Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus will face a manslaughter charge for a New Year’s Day ski accident that left a woman dead and Althaus with a severe brain injury, Austrian state prosecutors said on Monday.
Police may not question Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus in their investigation of the New Year’s Day ski accident that left a 41-year-old Slovakian woman dead and Althaus with a severe brain injury, according to daily <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> on Monday.
There is no evidence that Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus is guilty of manslaughter under “especially dangerous circumstances” in the New Year’s ski accident that killed a Slovakian woman, an Austrian state prosecutor said on Monday.
Three of the eight mountaineers killed this Sunday in an avalanche on Mont Blanc in the French Alps were from southern Germany, officials announced Tuesday – but the fourth German remains unidentified.
A leading sports scientist has warned against adopting Chinese training methods for young athletes, saying pressure to do so will rise after the Olympics where Germany is not performing well.
Michael Ballack, German national football team captain and Chelsea midfielder, is to marry his long-time partner and hold a wedding reception next week at a yacht club at Bavaria’s Lake Starnberg. But the club isn’t providing any details.
In the second dispatch of The Local's new column about life in Germany, <b>Portnoy</b> blames Team Telekom for spoiling his love for cycling's top event, the Tour de France.
Not everyone in Germany is experiencing football fever during the European Championships this summer – <b>David Hein</b> reports on baseball’s equivalent of the UEFA Cup.
