Obituary – Hannelore Hoger: Training for icebergs
Always in a happy mood: Hannelore Hoger, here in Hamburg in 2022 at the Hanseatic city’s 30th film festival Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Axel Heimken Commissioners, some of them anyway,…
Ski jumping – Four Hills Tournament: mass spectacle and million-dollar business
Fly and celebrate: mass spectacle of the Four Hills Tournament Foto: imago/ActionPictures Oberstdorf is buzzing these days. The fact that almost all accommodation here in the shadow of the Nebelhorn…
Ski jumping – Four Hills Tournament: Sven Hannawald sees underpaid athletes
A tour favorite from Austria: Jan Hörl won the dress rehearsal in Engelberg. Photo: imago/Wolfgang Kofler First there were Pius Paschke’s series victories at the beginning of the season, but…
Ski jumping – Four Hills Tournament: Large field of favorites promises excitement
High flyer of the season so far: Pius Paschke seems to be putting a bit of strain on the role of co-favorite on the tour. Photo: image/Eibner Pius Paschke’s mother…
Bundesliga – 1. FC Union Berlin is starting the new year with big problems
Waiting for a sense of achievement: the footballers from Union Berlin Photo: imago/Contrast “We want to start the new year with a fresh head.” This is how Benedict Hollerbach formulated…
Thucydides – Unchanging human nature?
Thucydides: To this day, his thoughts, considerations and strategies influence political and military strategic debates. Foto: imago/CHROMORANGE I recently went back to Greece. My Greek host invited me to visit…
Podcast “Eastward” – When the goat’s head in the car stinks
Whether Georgian wine tasting or a houseboat in Masuria, Julia Finkernagel discovers the East. Photo: © MDR/HR/Christian Cyfus To Georgia and back in just 40 minutes or could it be…
Alpine skiing – Lindsey Vonn: The return of the speed queen
Lindsey Vonn made it into the World Cup points in the Super-G on Saturday despite increasingly difficult track conditions. Foto: picture alliance/KEYSTONE The award ceremony was long over, almost all…
Above water – learning to swim properly at the adult education center
The Pankow Adult Education Center offers technology courses in Berlin swimming pools. Photo: dpa/Karl-Josef Hildenbrand “Very good, Anne, next time just push off and the turn will be perfect!” I…
BFC Dynamo and Union Berlin – Dödel in Köpenick and a dark sky over the Sportforum
Bochum’s goalkeeper Patrick Drewes and the lighter, white as the dove of peace Photo: imago/Matthias Koch I like it when the wind blows at me while watching football and a…