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Video referee decisions are often discussed in German football. Since the 2017/18 season, disputed scenes in the Bundesliga can now be reviewed and possibly even revised. The “Video Assistant Referee” (VAR) has also been used in the English Premier League since the 2019/20 season. However, in many… [read more]

According to current World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, 80 percent of children and young people do not get enough exercise. Moreover, more than five million deaths could be avoided each year if the global population exercised more often. As a result, the WHO has issued new activity… [read more]

Dear Prof. Laxy, what was the decisive factor in your decision to move from the Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich to the TUM? “Several factors were important: On the one hand, the TU Munich is my alma mater, I completed my bachelor’s degree… [read more]

The Deparment of Sports and Health Sciences considers diversity as a core task and promotes the conscious handling of the diversity dimensions in all action mistakes. For this reason, the "Diversity Prize" is awarded annually for diversity-related scientific theses. This is intended to… [read more]

In order to curb the rapid increase in new coronavirus infections, on 28 October 2020 the Federal Government and the federal states agreed on a second “Lockdown Light” which came into force on 2 November 2020. Due to the new measures, institutions and facilities associated with leisure activities… [read more]