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The kidney function of around 80,000 people in Germany is so severely restricted that they have to undergo dialysis several times a week. Those affected often suffer from additional health problems such as diabetes and heart disease - accordingly, sports activity is hardly possible for most… [read more]

Head injuries are a sensitive topic in sports. Whether football or boxing - the media reports about sports stars who suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or "boxer's syndrome" and who died earlier than their peers have increased rapidly in recent years. This is based on research… [read more]

It is impossible to imagine the annals of the Department of Sport and Health Sciences without her, and she has shaped sports science education for decades - as head of the sports philology department at the Bavarian Sports Academy with more than 30 semester hours per week in theory and practice, and… [read more]

"Explore - Enlighten - Perform" - this was the title of the 28th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), which took place from July 4 to 7, 2023, at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. In addition to more than 2,300 presentations by 100 invited speakers, a joint symposium of… [read more]

Official celebrations, such as the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games, in the Berlin Olympic Stadium covered by the night sky, are meticulously planned - as is the lighting of the "Flame of Hope" under the eyes of the watching world population. But these Games are something… [read more]