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The Beijing Olympics ended with a colourful ceremony at the National Stadium on Sunday, August 24. For Indian sports, it was a new beginning, with the highest Olympics medals tally ever and signing of a new cooperation agreement with Germany. read full story
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Photo Gallery: Germany's medal winners In the final tally at the 16-day Beijing Olympics, the German squad put up a good performance, with 16 Gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze medals. Germany finished at 5th place after China, the US, Russia and Britain, one position higher than the 2004 Olympics.
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Munich launches bid for 2018 Winter Olympics Munich launched the bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, 46 years after the city also staged the Summer Games.
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Indian racer wins GP2 motor racing event in Germany India’s Karun Chandhok won the second of the GP2 sprint races at Germany’s high speed, technical Hockenheim circuit on 20th July 2008. The youngest ever Asian Formula Champion, Chandhok has been tipped as the next F1 driver From India by Formula One president Bernie Ecclestone.
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The world’s largest sports university Cologne is a sporting city: it has Bundesliga soccer, a sport museum, an Olympic training centre, trainer academies – and the world’s largest sport college: the German Sport University.
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Euro 2008: Heroes' welcome for Ballack's men in Berlin The German soccer team received a rousing welcome in Berlin by tens of thousands of fans on Monday, June 30 despite losing 1-0 to Spain in the final of Euro 2008.
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Football ‘Titan’ Oliver Kahn takes final bow in India The German Soccer legend Oliver Kahn received a glorious farewell on May 27 amid standing ovation from 120,000 fans in Kolkata. His team, Bayern Munich became the first major European club to play a match in India.
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Michael Schumacher to head Motor Sport Safety Development Fund Seven time German Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has been elected Chairman of the newly established Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, administered by International Automobile Federation or the FiA.
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Nepal's National soccer team gets a German coach With two international football tournaments lined up in a row, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has brought in German football coach Thomas Flath to train the Nepalese National football team.
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Star goalie King Kahn retires Legendary Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who retires this weekend after a distinguished career between the posts, was given a perfect send-off by Bayern by beating Hertha Berlin 4-1.
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German athlete announces boycott of Olympics opening party German judo athlete Yvonne Boenisch announced she will boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this summer to protest China's human rights record.
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