German para-athlete Karl Quade has died at the age of 71, the National Paralympic Committee Germany (DSB) said in a statement ...

PARIS (AP) — German swimmer Leonie Beck became ill after competing in the women’s open water race at the Paris Olympics, despite assurances that the water in the Seine River was safe. Beck, who ...

The News-Press Athlete of the Week sponsored by Elevate Home Services winner for March 3-8 with 54% of the votes is Bishop Verot track athlete Jyden German. The sophomore came in first in the 100- and ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan following a climbing accident, and efforts are underway to retrieve her body, a local ...

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - An unnamed German athlete has returned an abnormal doping sample at the Sochi Winter Games and a second sample will be tested later on Friday to determine the presence of ...

When Andreas Krieger won the European shot put title in 1986 he was named Heidi. He says he needed a sex-change operation because of all the hormones he was fed while training. The pride he once had ...

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