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The Maya did not strive for individual glory. They achieved top sporting performances primarily to avert the wrath of the gods and the downfall of their culture.

Helmut Laaff transfers his communication rights with the Bundesliga club to the University Starting with SC Freiburg's next home match against VfL Bochum (on Saturday, 21 October 2023), the Universit

A German-French research project including University Freiburg researchers is studying the significance of arenas in the "long twentieth century" Stadiums and other sport arenas are not merely functi

The epidemiological baseline situation determines how much the corona infection increase as a result of a major event such as a European soccer championship The impact of the European Soccer (Footbal

At HU shows explanatory videos on sports didactic basics. In an interview, Dr. Ahmet Derecik reports on how this project came about and what the goal of the videos is.

Football clubs in former coal mining areas play an important role in terms of social cohesion between the now unemployed In large swathes of Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley region, coal mining is a thing of the past as is true in other European coalfields.

Göttingen University sports sociologist analyses false statements from professional cyclists How do top athletes talk about doping when they themselves are using performance-enhancing drugs?

The new Bundesliga season kicks off on 18 September. One subject that never fails to spark debate in German professional football is whether the so-called 50+1 rule should be abolished - something favoured by Uli Hoeneß and others.

For sports, the current corona epidemic is the biggest challenge of the last 100 years.

Research news How can success in soccer be measured? With the amount of positional data available in modern soccer, this question seems particularly interesting in the run-up to a World Cup.