So Livigno, at the end of this wonderful Olympic career, makes things a lot easier for Anna Gasser. In Beijing, at the Corona Games four years ago, she had “filled her entire suitcase” with food from home: spaghetti, chocolate, muesli, all of which Gasser took with her to China, into the unknown, in a bit … Read more
More than a third of the participants in the Winter Olympics were not tested for doping or were tested less frequently than recommended in preparation for the competition. This emerges from statistics presented on Thursday by the International Testing Authority (ITA), which is responsible for the anti-doping program. ITA General Director Benjamin Cohen said that … Read more
There are still three days until the top game of the Bundesliga on Sunday evening in Munich, league leaders FC Bayern will meet third-placed Hoffenheim. Andreas Schicker, managing director and sports director of TSG 1899, sits at the office in Zuzenhausen and smiles. He says he’s looking forward to “a wonderful game.” However, that is … Read more
Opening ceremony: On Friday evening (8 p.m., live blog on SZ.de) it will be official: The 2026 Olympic Games start in Milan’s San Siro. Ice hockey player Leon Draisaitl and ski jumper Katharina Schmid will carry the German flag together. Eishockey: After the German women’s ice hockey team lost to Sweden on Thursday, France will … Read more
SIce hockey has been part of the Winter Olympics since 1924, that is, for as long as the Winter Games have existed. Because the popularity of the sport has developed just as dynamically since the beginning of the century as the game itself, ice hockey was already part of the Olympic program in Antwerp in … Read more
When the SZ last sent two reporters from the sports department to the winter games four years ago, it was a journey into the unknown. The restrictions of the corona pandemic met the paranoia of the Chinese surveillance state. It was not clear whether the colleagues would arrive at the biathlon and ice rink or … Read more
VfB Stuttgart has mastered its next task in the DFB Cup. The defending champion won 3-0 (0-0) at second division club Holstein Kiel and moved into the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons under the direction of coach Sebastian Hoeneß. Bayer Leverkusen presented on Tuesday evening and booked their first semi-final ticket with … Read more
For the first time since 2006, both German ice hockey teams are taking part in the Olympic tournament. The NHL is taking a break for the Olympic Games, so the men will be competing with all the professionals from the North American elite league. Reigning Olympic champions are Finland (men) and You have (Women). Olympic … Read more
Bayer Leverkusen lived up to its role as favorite and reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup against FC St. Pauli for the third time in a row. Coach Kasper Hjulmand’s team won 3-0 (1-0) in the quarter-finals against combative Hamburg and can continue to dream of a title this season. In front of 30,210 … Read more
SKhamil Tarpishchev comes to the first coffee break of the IOC session on Tuesday morning in good spirits. The sports official from Moscow, who became famous in the 1990s because he was able to rake in millions of rubles thanks to the so-called “vodka fund,” is the last remaining member of a once impressive Russian … Read more