The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) is fully booked with more exhibitors than ever before and opens on Wednesday...
Maria Riesch beat Lindsey Vonn in her home town downhill on Wednesday 10 March to keep the women's skiing World Cup...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday 10 March that the establishment of a "European Monetary...
The German International School in Cape Town (DSK) is one of four German overseas schools in South Africa. Around 730...
A new site has been launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). www.study-in.de is intended to help guide...
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...
Joachim Schirrmacher meets Oliver Kahn. For his social work and sporting achievements the three-time World’s Best Goalkeeper has been awarded the ispo cup. In an exclusive interview the MBA student talks about his future.
The finest, the best. The sporting icons. Who are Germany’s greatest living stars? Ten sportswomen and men who have made history
First he made software company SAP a world leader. Now he has managed to take his local football team, TSG Hoffenheim, into the Bundesliga. A portrait
The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) is supporting street football projects for young people in South Africa and other African countries
Horst R. Schmidt is FIFA’s advisor for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He will be organizing his tenth World Cup. Interview on the preparations for the World Cup and the expectations connected with it
Very few leading athletes can make a living from their sport. That’s why the German government provides support for top sporting talents above and beyond their training
Dr. Michael Vesper, Director General of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), talks about aspirations for the Olympic Games and the social significance of sport
Winning with sport: German experts have now been passing on their sporting know-how to people in other countries for five decades
Willi Lemke, the new German Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, talks about the role of sport in promoting development and peace
Berlin is looking forward to the IAAF World Championships in Athletics: one highlight will be the marathon, a sightseeing tour of the city centre
Doping has been combated worldwide since the end of the 1990s. In Germany this task is the responsibility of NADA
From bobsleighs to skates, specialists in Berlin develop tailor-made sports equipment for top German athletes
Sport with a handicap: it often starts as a form of self-help, then people start to enjoy it – and some get really ambitious. The best then go to the Paralympics
The Bundesliga, the national team, women’s soccer – football in Germany is currently a unique success story. Never before has there been as much enthusiasm for the game as there is today
Once the ball starts moving, nationality takes second place: cooperative projects all over Germany are proving just how much sport can contribute to integration
The German Sport University in Cologne is the world’s largest sport college. However, anyone who wants to study here needs to be more than just fit. Portrait of a rather different university
Every sportsman and woman dreams of reaching the very top, of becoming one of the world’s best athletes. Usually, however, this remains just a dream. Only very few succeed on the road to the top. We introduce five of them –...
Steffi Jones has been a key figure in women’s football in Germany for a long time. Now she has taken on a different task. She is to chair the Organizing Committee of the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany