The FISU flag is waved by Mahmut Özdemir, Secretary of State in Germany’s Ministry of Interior and Community, and German FISU Executive Committee member Verena Burk, after it had been passed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Olympic rings can be seen at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Michael Kappeler/dpa Cologne will be the leading city in the Rhine ...

Officials from FISU's summer team visited the region over three days and were left purring with admiration after holding meetings and touring venues. It means Rhine-Ruhr is all but certain to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia officially launched the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games on ...

The German state of Bavaria has backed Munich's Olympic aspirations and North Rhine-Westphalia has agreed to support the Rhine-Ruhr region in a rival bid. Following a Bavarian government meeting on ...

Guo Qing of China celebrates after winning the taekwondo women's 53kg category final against Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana of Thailand at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Essen, ...

Could a single city host the World Cup? With travel distances in soccer coming under scrutiny for their environmental cost and impact on players’ health, the solution could be to go smaller. Qatar ...

North Rhine-Westphalia would count on its status as Germany's most populous state and would target a record 10 million spectators if the Rhine Ruhr region hosts a Summer Olympics. "North ...