Volume 49 (2025), Edition 1

One of the first lasting official acts of the Reich Sports Leader, Hans von Tschammer und Osten, was the establishment of the Hilfsfonds für den Deutschen Sport in October 1933. This institution, which was renamed Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe...

The German Zionist and sports physician Emanuel Simon was one of the central figures for sport in British Mandate Palestine and Israel from the 1920s to the 1950s. In this article, we provide a sketch of his biography and discuss his significance in...

Winter of War 1942: The World Ski Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo and the Winter Sports Week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen – In February 1941, despite Italy’s critical military situation in the Balkans, official Alpine and Nordic World Ski...

In over 130 years of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) existence, it has had only ten presidents. It was led in unbroken succession by nine men until Kristy Coventry was elected as the first woman in 2025. ‘Founding father’ Pierre de...