Berlin is setting its sights on hosting the Olympics once again in 2040, with a determined vision to sever any associations with the city's previous stint as the host in 1936. The 1936 Berlin Olympics, held under the Nazi regime, are infamous for being heavily propagandised by Adolf Hitler to promote his agenda of Aryan supremacy. This historical shadow has long marred Berlin's Olympic legacy.

James and Steph Curry’s brilliance hold off the reigning world champions’ surge and help notch the second straight win for the Americans, 92-88, as both gold-medal contenders arrive in London to ramp-up for Paris 2024.

On Sunday the 21st, the Copper Box Arena in London hosted a friendly match for Paris 2024 between the women's teams of Germany and Great Britain. After three quarters, the game was suspended following a medical incident in the crowd.

Italy defeated Germany 3-1 in the final match of the U-18 European Baseball Championship, while the Netherlands secured the bronze medal by beating Great Britain.

Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar captained Germany to a 2-0 win over Argentina in the gold medal match of the Beach Handball World Championship in Pingtan, China. Germany thus secured the direct qualification for the 2025 edition of The World Games (IWGA) in Chengdu, China.  The captain was named player of the month for June and best defender of the tournament.

Germany's Basketball World Champion team had a disappointing start to their Olympic preparation in Cologne with a score of 66:90 (28:48) against Olympic host France. 

Franz Wagner, German forward for the Orlando Magic, agreed to the largest contract in the history of the Florida franchise, a five-year extension worth at least 224 million dollars, as recently revealed by famous American reporter Adrian Wojnarowski.

She is one of the two weightlifters and the only female in the team of 36 refugees presented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Yekta Jamali, who seeks to inspire women worldwide with her ticket to the Games.

From 1 July 2024, around 86,000 German sports clubs can apply for the "Stars of Sport" 2025 award, which is jointly organised by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken. They can enter their initiatives in the areas of education and qualification, health and prevention, integration and inclusion, climate protection, digitalisation or democracy promotion. 

Euro 2024 is already underway and is being hailed as the most sustainable tournament yet. Stadiums are powered by renewable energy, with minimal floodlighting and water usage.

Team Germany for Paris 2024 has grown by 53 more athletes among the sports of judo, shooting, swimming and triathlon.

The National Anti-Doping Agency Germany (NADA) and Athletes Germany are intensifying their cooperation to protect clean athletes. Both organisations are committed to protecting athletes and the integrity of sport. Doping endangers the health of athletes, deceives competitors, the public and the organisers and destroys the values of sport.

The membership numbers in the German Swimming Association DSV have risen again. According to Deutscher Schwimmverband, the level before the corona pandemic has been reached again.

A German court has dismissed an assault case against Alexander Zverev after he reached an agreement with his ex-partner, Brenda Patea, in which the mother of his child said she was no longer interested in pursuing the allegations against the German tennis player.