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The following articles have been tagged with "Olympics":

Doctor accused of helping top athletes dope

Sport: 31 Jan 12
A doctor considered well connected to several German Olympians is being investigated on suspicion of performing blood doping transfusions for nearly 30 elite athletes. READ »

Hopes shine for Olympic gold in London

Sport: 9 Jan 12
With the Summer Olympic Games just 200 days away, Germany’s top athletes are putting their all into training, hoping to strike gold in London. READ »

Official didn't apologise to maligned speedskater

Sport: 7 Jan 12
The vice president of the International Skating Union (ISU) has denied telling German speed skater Claudia Pechstein that he was sorry for her two-year suspension from competition that forced her to miss the 2010 Winter Olympics. READ »

Nowitzki, Neuner named top German athletes

Sport: 19 Dec 11
Basketball superstar Dirk Nowitzki and biathlon powerhouse Magdalena Neuner have been named Germany’s “Athletes of the Year,” the country’s top sporting honour. READ »

German women's volleyball team eye Olympics after beating USA

Sport: 10 Nov 11
Germany’s women volleyball team celebrated a sensational victory in Japan on Wednesday, beating the world cup favourites USA 3-0 and getting into a good position to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. READ »

Ai Weiwei 'corpse' causes arty uproar in small town

Society: 4 Nov 11
Prosecutors will file no charges in the case of art exhibition featuring a mock corpse of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, which caused a commotion in a small Rhineland-Palatinate town. READ »

Pope urges faith in Church at Berlin mass

National: 23 Sep 11
During a sometimes emotional mass at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium Thursday evening, Pope Benedict XVI called on Germans to stand together with the Catholic Church despite recent scandal and controversy. READ »

3D Hitler photo album goes on sale

Society: 17 Sep 11
A new album of images of Adolf Hitler captured in 3D, once used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime, went on sale in Germany on Friday. READ »

Oktoberfest – the traditions

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local's Oktoberfest guide delves into the leathery world of Bavarian tradition. READ »

Nowitzki hoping to lead Germany to glory at EuroBasket

Sport: 30 Aug 11
The pressure is on. Fans expect Dirk Nowitzki to propel Germany to victory at the FIBA European Basketball Championship starting this week, but the NBA star sees the tournament more as a chance for team development. READ »

Swedish queen's probe shows father was hero, not Nazi

National: 9 Aug 11
A probe launched by Sweden's German-born Queen Silvia into ties between her father and the Nazi regime concludes he may actually have been a hero who helped a Jewish businessman leave Germany. READ »

Swim champ Britta Steffen makes shock withdrawal

Sport: 28 Jul 11
Olympic title-holder Britta Steffen pulled out of the world championships in Shanghai on Thursday after struggling in the women's 100m freestyle heats, depriving the competition of one of its brightest stars. READ »

Nowitzki joins Germany for Euro championships

Sport: 23 Jul 11
Dirk Nowitzki, whose MVP heroics helped Dallas Mavericks win the NBA title, will play for Germany at the European championships, hoping to lead his country to the 2012 Olympics. READ »

Underdogs Japan ready to topple giants US

Sport: 17 Jul 11
Japan coach Norio Sasaki has said his side are ready to pull off another giant-killing in Sunday's women's World Cup final when they take on two-time winners the USA in Frankfurt. READ »

Berlin mayor wants to make Olympics bid

Sport: 13 Jul 11
Less than a week after Munich’s Winter Olympics bid was defeated, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said he wants the German capital to host the Summer Games. READ »

World Cup defeat costs Germany place at 2012 Olympics

Sport: 11 Jul 11
Germany's shock defeat to Japan in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup has also cost them a place at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as they miss out behind Sweden and France. READ »

Beckenbauer furious over Munich Olympics snub

Sport: 8 Jul 11
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has accused European members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of voting against Munich 2018 Winter Olympics bid in order to further their own interests. READ »

Munich bid for 2018 Winter Olympics fails

Sport: 6 Jul 11
Munich will not host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, with games officials announcing Wednesday that the South Korean city of Pyeongchang's bid had been successful. READ »

Merkel pressing Olympic bid with letter, Africa visit

Sport: 1 Jul 11
German chancellor Angela Merkel has written a personal letter urging International Olympic Committee (IOC) members to award the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. READ »

Women's football confronts gay taboos

Sport: 24 Jun 11
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. READ »

Ai Weiwei's release must be first step says Merkel

National: 23 Jun 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that China's release of dissident artist Ai Weiwei on bail must be just a first step, calling for the charges against him to be clearly explained. READ »

Team profiles: The favourites, contenders and the rest

Sport: 20 Jun 11
All 16 teams participating in the women's football World Cup have a shot at winning the golden trophy, but the dream is more realistic for some than others. The Local looks at the favourites including hosts Germany, the USA and Brazil. READ »

Weatherman Kachelmann acquitted of rape

Society: 31 May 11
After a 14-month legal drama in which lawyers were sacked, the impartiality of judges challenged and the accuser’s story changed, German TV weatherman Jörg Kachelmann was cleared Tuesday of charges of raping his former girlfriend. READ »

Landowners give way in dispute over Munich's Olympic bid

Sport: 18 May 11
Munich's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics would seem all set now that organisers have secured the last piece of property needed for the crucial downhill course. READ »

Swedish queen probes her father's Nazi past

Society: 16 May 11
Sweden's German-born Queen Silvia has begun an investigation into the nature of controversial ties between her father and the Nazi regime, the palace said Sunday. READ »

IOC boosts Munich bid to host 2018 Winter Olympics

Sport: 10 May 11
Germany’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics received a boost on Tuesday with news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rates it nearly as highly as the favourite, South Korea, it emerged on Tuesday. READ »

Garmisch votes on hosting 2018 Olympics

Sport: 8 May 11
A referendum was held on Sunday in the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on whether the Winter Olympics should be held there in 2018. READ »

Munich Olympic bid 'strong' says IOC delegation boss

Sport: 4 Mar 11
Candidate city Munich has presented a 'strong' bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation committee said Friday. READ »

Speed skater Pechstein set on Olympics despite doping ban

Sport: 8 Feb 11
German speed skater Claudia Pechstein has said she is determined to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, although technically she remains banned after serving a two-year suspension for doping. READ »

Bavaria hopes ski championships boost Olympic chances

Sport: 7 Feb 11
Organisers of the Alpine World Ski Championships are hoping to put on a top-class event to help boost Munich's chances of hosting the Winter Olympics in Bavaria in 2018. READ »

From Pong to Wii: Museum offers glimpse of gaming over the years

Lifestyle: 24 Jan 11
A new exhibition in Berlin offers video game fans a hands-on blast to the virtual past. But as Amrit Naresh discovers, visitors also have the chance to learn what their computer pastimes say about our society. READ »

German women take first ski-cross world cup victory

Sport: 9 Jan 11
Germany’s women skiers celebrated their first ever ski-cross world cup victory at the weekend, with Heidi Zacher taking first place and teammate Anna Wörner joining her on the podium in third. READ »

Ski champ's brother killed in fireworks accident

Society: 3 Jan 11
The brother of skiing champion Annemarie Gerg was killed on New Year’s Eve when a homemade firework exploded unexpectedly, according to a Monday media report. READ »

Farmers dig in against Munich Olympics

Sport: 14 Dec 10
Munich’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics faces fresh threats of derailment with 59 farmers categorically refusing to let their land be used for the games, media reported Tuesday. READ »

Merkel attacks 'obstructionist' Greens

Politics: 24 Nov 10
A fiery Angela Merkel went on the offensive during the parliamentary budget debate Wednesday. As her centre-right coalition’s poll numbers lag, the Chancellor took aim at the increasingly popular Greens. READ »

ICE train makes first Chunnel test trip

National: 13 Oct 10
A German high-speed ICE train entered the Channel tunnel between France and England for the first time Wednesday on a test run aimed at breaking French-built trains' monopoly on the route. READ »

Siemens to supply new Eurostar trains

Business & Money: 7 Oct 10
German firm Siemens has scored a victory over a French rival with European railway operator Eurostar announcing Thursday it had ordered 10 high-speed Siemens trains. READ »

Munich Olympic bid hit as Bogner resigns

Sport: 6 Sep 10
Munich's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games suffered a fresh blow on Monday as Willy Bogner, president of the bid's organising committee, stepped down for health reasons. READ »

Germany faces big expectations in Euro 2012 qualifier

Sport: 3 Sep 10
Germany faces Belgium on Friday with coach Joachim Löw expecting three points from his team's opening Euro 2012 qualifier as the Germans look to build on their momentum from the World Cup. READ »

Farmer blockade stalls Munich's Olympic bid

National: 23 Jul 10
A clutch of Bavarian farmers may torpedo Germany's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, after a representative said Friday they were unlikely to make their land available for the event. READ »

Nowitzki pulls out of world basketball championships

Sport: 21 Jul 10
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has opted out of playing for Germany in next month's world championships in Turkey in order to focus on preparing with his club for the new NBA season. READ »

Prosecutors file rape charges against weatherman Kachelmann

Society: 19 May 10
Mannheim public prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had filed rape charges against Germany’s most famous weatherman Jörg Kachelmann following several weeks of holding him on remand. READ »

German ice hockey team stuns US

Sport: 8 May 10
A sudden-death winner by Felix Schutz gave hosts Germany a shock 2-1 win over Vancouver Olympics runners-up the United States in the world championship's opening match on Friday. READ »

Digging into the great dachshund decline

Society: 25 Mar 10
Is Germany’s emblematic dog breed, the dachshund, dying out? With breeding statistics showing steady decline, The Local's Kristen Allen gets ankle-deep in wiggling wiener dogs at a champion show to investigate. READ »

Weatherman Kachelmann arrested for alleged rape

National: 22 Mar 10
Prosecutors in Mannheim confirmed on Monday that Germany’s most famous weatherman Jörg Kachelmann was being held in custody under suspicion of raping his long-time girlfriend. READ »

Neureuther takes World Cup slalom victory to banish bad run of luck

Sport: 13 Mar 10
Felix Neureuther has chalked up the second slalom world cup victory of his career at his home of Garmisch-Patenkirchen on Saturday – the same spot where his father took the title 36 years ago. READ »

Westerwelle under fire for family business ties

Politics: 11 Mar 10
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday faced new allegations that he had helped promote the business interests of his friends and family during official trips abroad. READ »

Riesch takes second gold after sister crashes out

Sport: 27 Feb 10
Germany’s Maria Riesch took a second gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Canada on Friday night, winning the slalom to add to her combination gold. READ »

Victorious Viktoria puts Germany in top spot

Sport: 26 Feb 10
Germany consolidated its place on top of the Olympic Games medal table on Thursday thanks to a gold won by Viktoria Rebensburg in the women's giant slalom, her country's first in the event for 54 years. READ »

Germany gets silver and a scare in Vancouver

Sport: 25 Feb 10
German speed skater Stephanie Beckert has collected a silver medal while a crash in the women‘s bobsleigh capped a disappointing day for Germany at the Olympics in Vancouver. READ »

German women take gold in cross country relay

Sport: 23 Feb 10
Germany claimed the women's cross country team sprint title on Monday with a battling performance as favourites Sweden took the silver while Russia claimed bronze at the Winter Olympics. READ »

German bobsleighers set to reclaim gold

Sport: 20 Feb 10
While all the talk has been of a tough, dangerous track, German bobsleigh pairs reigning champions Andre Lange and his brakeman Kevin Kuske have been quietly getting into the groove. READ »

Hüfner and Neuner snatch double gold

Sport: 17 Feb 10
Gold medals snared overnight by luger Tatjana Hüfner and biathlete Magdalena Neuner have shot Germany to the top of the medal tally at the Winter Olympics in Canada. READ »

Germany takes skating bronze despite fall

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Germany has risen to second place in the medal tally at the Winter Olympics after figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy snared a bronze medal overnight despite an error-riddled performance. READ »

Germany takes gold and silver in men's luge

Sport: 15 Feb 10
Felix Loch won Winter Olympics gold in the men's singles luge on Sunday to lead a German 1-2 with compatriot David Möller finishing second and Italy's Armin Zöggeler third. READ »

Neuner takes silver in Olympics biathlon

Sport: 14 Feb 10
German biathlete Magdelene Neuner missed out on gold by a narrow margin at the winter Olympics in Canada on Saturday, instead taking silver to give Germany its first medal. READ »

German athletes go for gold at Winter Olympics in Vancouver

Sport: 12 Feb 10
A winter-sports powerhouse, Germany is hoping to dominate the Olympic Games starting in Vancouver on Friday. READ »

Olympic skeleton team accused of cheating

Sport: 11 Feb 10
The German skeleton team on Wednesday rejected cheating accusations from their Canadian rivals as a row erupted in the lead-up to the Winter Olympics. READ »

German Olympians look to dominate winter games

Sport: 28 Jan 10
Germany will be looking to stay top of the Winter Olympics medal table at Vancouver despite a morale-sapping doping scandal which claimed multiple gold-medal winner Claudia Pechstein. READ »

Speed skater Pechstein makes provisional Olympic squad

Sport: 22 Jan 10
The German Speed Skating Federation (DESG) on Friday included Claudia Pechstein in a provisional squad list for the German 2010 Winter Olympics team, despite her two-year suspension for doping. READ »

Alpine association threatens to scupper Munich Olympic bid

Sport: 19 Jan 10
The German Alpine Association (DAV) is threatening to boycott the joint bid by Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the 2018 Winter Olympics unless the concept becomes more environmentally friendly. READ »

Ailing ski jumper Schmitt slams scrawny weight allowances

Sport: 13 Jan 10
German champion ski jumper Martin Schmitt this week became the latest athlete in the sport to criticise dangerous minimum weight rules after he announced a break due to exhaustion stemming from nutritional deficiencies. READ »

Hölzl wins big as Olympics near

Sport: 28 Dec 09
Germany's Kathrin Hölzl won the giant slalom race in Lienz, Austria on Monday after American World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn suffered a nasty fall. READ »

Banned Pechstein gets permission to compete

Sport: 8 Dec 09
Germany’s five-time Olympic champion speed skater Claudia Pechstein will be allowed to compete at the World Cup events in Salt Lake City despite her doping ban, following a surprise decision from a Swiss court on Tuesday. READ »

1970s film on private Hitler rediscovered

National: 13 Nov 09
A documentary panned at Cannes in the 1970s for depicting Hitler’s personal life is now being shown in Germany for the first time. David Wroe speaks with the director about the film's vastly different reception nearly four decades later. READ »

Munich plumps for ‘modern’ 2018 Olympics

Sport: 16 Oct 09
German Olympic Committee (DOSB) chief Thomas Bach believes Munich, one of three official candidates for the 2018 winter Olympics, has everything it needs to deliver a "modern Games." READ »

Giving German hoop dreams a helping hand

Sport: 7 Oct 09
Germany’s professional basketball league might be popular, but it isn’t very German. David Hein looks at a new rule intended to nurture homegrown talent at the expense of American interlopers. READ »

Chinese artist gets emergency brain surgery in Munich

National: 16 Sep 09
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist, architect and activist behind Beijing's “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium had emergency brain surgery in Munich on Monday night for injuries sustained in a beating by the authorities. READ »

New film tells story of Olympic gender trick in Nazi Germany

Society: 3 Sep 09
A new film soon to hit screens in Germany tells the true story of a female Jewish high-jumper whom the Nazis excluded from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, picking instead a man in drag - who came fourth. READ »

Bolt blitzes to new 100m world record in Berlin

Sport: 16 Aug 09
Jamaican Usain Bolt added the world crown to his Olympic title as he scorched to victory in a world record 9.58 seconds in the men's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Sunday. READ »

Memory of Jesse Owens lives on in Berlin

Sport: 15 Aug 09
The US team at the World Athletics Championships, which starts Saturday in a stadium designed by Hitler's architect Albert Speer, has seized upon the legend of black American sprinter Jesse Owens, reports AFP's Luke Phillips. READ »

Berlin hosts epic sprint duel between Bolt and Gay

Sport: 14 Aug 09
The epic sprint duel between Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will headline a star-studded World Athletics Championships in Berlin this weekend. READ »

Pechstein blames lab for failed doping test

Sport: 6 Aug 09
German speedskating star Claudia Pechstein, whose bid to compete in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver has been hit by a two-year ban for blood doping, on Thursday blamed a lab error for her failed drugs test. READ »

Adidas profit plummets in second quarter

Business & Money: 5 Aug 09
Adidas posted Wednesday a massive drop in second-quarter profit that underscored weak consumer sentiment worldwide. But the sports equipment maker beat expectations and stood by its full-year outlook. READ »

German speed skater Pechstein banned for doping

Sport: 4 Jul 09
German speed skate star Claudia Pechstein on Friday hotly proclaimed her innocence after the International Skating Union handed her a two-year ban for blood doping which would force her to miss next year's Winter Games in Vancouver. READ »