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Welcome Billy Graeff with us! We are looking forward to exchanging ideas and spending time with our visiting researcher from Brazil. As you read on, he briefly introduces himself and his work. "As part of my ongoing academic trajectory and international collaborations, I am delighted to join the…

Sports presenter Laura Wontorra provided an insight into the profession of sports presenting during a visit to the German Sport University Cologne. Under the title ‘Between Information and Entertainment: The Field of Sports Presentation and its Current Developments’, she took part in a joint event…

The Mental Health Theme Days offered a wide range of ideas, workshops and activities designed to promote stress management, wellbeing and mental resilience in everyday student and working life. Under the slogan #LevelUpYourMind, various live activities, workshops and online talks took place on 28…

International sports science comes to Cologne – members of the press invited to the opening on 7 October How can sports help address societal challenges? What role do science, politics, and sports organizations play in this? And how can scientific knowledge be more effectively applied in practice?…

The Head of the Institute of Biochemistry has been awarded the Larry D. Bowers Award by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for his outstanding contributions to anti-doping research. Prof. Dr Mario Thevis from the Institute of Biochemistry at the German Sport University Cologne has been awarded the…

The UNESCO Research Chair Sport for Development, Peace and the Environment in a Multidisciplinary and Global Perspective’ focuses on sport, physical activity and physical education initiatives and projects that are implemented to respond in particular to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

Berlin, Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr or Munich? In this interview, Prof. Dr Jürgen Mittag explains the criteria the DOSB uses to make its decision, how the three proposals differ from one another, and which one stands the best chance. Read the full article and interview:…

Full of motivation and curiosity, the students on the sixth intake of the postgraduate Master’s programme in Game Analysis have begun their studies. In mid-November, the first on-campus sessions took place at the German Sport University Cologne – featuring intensive lectures, fascinating insights as…

Almost six years after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, those affected are reporting long-term effects following a bout of COVID-19. Symptoms can persist for weeks or months, or new ones may develop: Long COVID. To improve diagnosis and treatment, the German Sport University Cologne and the…

The project “Sustainable (Large-Scale) Sporting Events – Sharing Knowledge. Securing Support” was awarded the Humboldtⁿ Sustainability Prize 2025 yesterday evening. The award ceremony took place as part of the Future Conference at the University of Duisburg-Essen. With this prize, the Humboldtⁿ…