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Picture of winners with mayor Gerardo Conde Roa © Michael Höfig

The grand finale of the GOOOL!–Tour with Goethe-logo, Goethe football and Paul the Octopus at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

A football – the lead character of the GOOOL! tour - Das Tor nach Deutschland – has been traveling all around Spain with the aim of promoting Germany and the German language to Spanish students. It has used practically every mode of transport available and has traveled by plane, boat, train, bike and even surfboard.More ...
© Goethe-Institut

German as “Goal!”: Soccer Course for Young People Makes You Fit – and not just in Sports

Each year in summer, things really get going at the Leipzig Sports School, and pretty ambitiously, too: for three weeks, under the guidance of the Goethe-Institut, 50 young people from around the world study German intensively in the morning and chase soccer balls in the afternoon. And this is by no means an exclusively male domain. Astonishingly many girls turn up and prove that they are absolutely able to be winners.More ...
© Todo Alemán

Fan Reporter

Hello, my name is Doga Bilgin, and I am a student at ISR International School in Neuss, Germany. I was very excited when I received word that I would be able to report on my favorite team, Borussia Mönchengladbach, for Todo Alemán. I'll get to go behind the scenes to see exactly what keeps the football club working off the pitch.More ...

Hot Trend Sports at Urbanatix Casting – Young People Making Leaps and Bounds

My name is Michael, I’m 15, live in the Ruhr region, and I’m in motion most of the time, together with my brother Alex, who’s a little older than me. It was only a matter of time before we got the idea of calling ourselves the “Movebrothers.”More ...
© Max Meindl

Integration through Sport – Making Friends Made Easy

Sport clubs, whether soccer, tennis or boxing, prefer to advertise with the slogan “Integration through Sport.” But how exactly does this look in reality? For this reason, Max Meindl asked around at the Landau Boxing Club and watched a training session with Turks, Russians and Germans.More ...
Copyright: Constanze Fiebach

Fans Have Duties, Too

Going to an NBA basketball game in the USA is not just a matter of looking on and applauding when your team shoots a basket: there’s plenty more for fans to do.More ...
© Colourbox

Fans: Long Live Sport!

What is so fascinating about one’s favorite sport? What qualities should a true fan have? And: what things does a fan have to have? We asked young sport enthusiasts in Germany.More ...
© Viva con Agua

The Water Maker

In 2005, with “Viva con Agua de St. Pauli,” the former footbal pro Benjamin Adrion founded an open benefit network whose aim is improving drinking water quality around the world.More ...

Among Pirates

It was like goose bumps, years ago. My grandfather gave me a present of an album of soccer cards, and impatiently wanted me to tell him right away which soccer jesey I liked best. I hadn’t a clue about soccer. I thought Borussia Mönchengladbach’s jersey looked chic somehow, and to my grandfather’s horror, I pointed to what was evidently the wrong page in the album.More ...

The Hawks beat the Mavericks

Todo Alemán in the US-Basketball-Clash between the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks
A report by our Todo Alemán teen-reporters...More ...

Weblog: Rumbo Alemania

About studies, life and work in Germany

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The adventures of a soccer ball in Spain

Weblog: GOOOL! Das Tor nach Deutschland

A football traveled through Spain. Follow our travel blog …

Sports and German – Women's Soccer

Sport und Deutsch - © Goethe-Institut
Favourite sport activities, sports jargon, Women's Soccer World Cup