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Mexico, USA, Canada: Soccer has evolved very differently in each of them. From Mexico, with its millennia-old tradition of ballgames, to the big unknown that is Canada, we introduce you to the three World Cup host nations and their soccer traditions.

Everything used to be so much simpler: you could be sure that the soccer players you would see on the pitch were real men. And these days? Though social debates have now found their way into sport, soccer is still battling with outdated gender role concepts. We take a look at the status quo.

The mental strategies elite athletes rely on can be just as powerful in everyday life. Prof. Markus Raab of the German Sport University Cologne explains how to build resilience and manage stress effectively.

Terror is outfitted with a monocle, a frog mask, or a laptop. German thrillers are a mirror of collective fears and dark impulses – delivering the perfect dose of suspense for every mood, from Fritz Lang's M to modern cyber-thrillers.

From vampire films to cannibalism to zombie horror, German cinema has covered every facet of the genre since the silent era and influenced horror filmmaking worldwide from an early stage. 

Migration cinema is a fluid narrative tradition that shifts in step with social realities.

A burned-out Berlin defense attorney in thrall to a gangster takes a mindfulness course and finds enlightenment. Not the path of virtue, but the way to dispatch the biggest problem in his life - the gangster. But then he has to assume control of the gangster’s criminal operation himself. 

Anyone looking for a timeout from the gender wars is barking up the wrong algorithm on Netflix. In "Dudes" (Alphamännchen), four men lose their old privileges and go searching for a role in the brave new world.

Germany is not exactly known for silly romantic dramedies but this Amazon Prime original series has global audiences swooning over two star-crossed lovers who attend an elite British school.