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Daniel Engelbrecht’s overzealousness almost cost him his life. In 2013, while playing a professional football match in Germany’s third division, he collapsed with a cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated. The cause was myocarditis – inflammation of …

Two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg will miss the upcoming Beijing Games over ongoing health problems, the Norwegian ski federation NSF said on Sunday. NSF medical director Oeystein Andersen said in a statement that…

Third in 2020, second in 2021, first in 2022? Not only his past good showings have made German ski-jumper Karl Geiger a top contender for the Four Hills title as he aims to end the nation’s winning drought at the prestigious event on the 20th anniversa…

Germany’s Alexandra Burghardt is set for her second Olympics within six months as the sprinter has reportedly been nominated into the nation’s bobsleigh team for the Beijing Winter Games. Burghardt, 27, reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the …

Germany’s ice hockey team has a big chance to medal again at the Beijing Winter Olympics because National Hockey League (NHL) players won’t be be present, according to the nation’s star player Leon Draisaitl. Edmonton Oilers forward Draisaitl told Der …

Japan is not sending a government delegation to the Winter Olympics in China next year, but does not want to refer to it as a diplomatic boycott. Seiko Hashimoto, president of the organizing committee for the Summer Olympics held in Japan this year, an…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Olympics by the United States and others. “It is an unacceptable and wrong decision,” the 69-year-old said on Thursday at his annual press conference in Mo…

Germany’s Franziska Preuss will have to wait to make her return to the biathlon World Cup from a foot injury sustained from a staircase stumble. The German ski federation said Thursday the 27-year-old Preuss would miss the January 6-9 home World Cup in…

Organizers of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing are facing “tremendous pressure and challenges” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, organizing committee vice president Han Zirong told reporters on Thursday. “The spread of mutant strains suc…

Sweden’s Sara Hector learned her lessons from the previous day to beat Mikaela Shiffrin and win an Alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel on Wednesday. Hector was second behind overall and discipline leader Shiffrin in Tuesday’s race at the…