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Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB, German Olympic Sports Confederation) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.
Seated in Frankfurt am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
Presidential Board
DOSB-President is Alfons Hörmann. Also members of the presidential board are:
Executive Board
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German TV files complaint over insults against female commentator
The Jakarta Post 30 Jun 2018
Neumann was among a handful of female sports journalists who made history this year by becoming the first women to commentate live on World Cup matches ... Support for Neumann -- who had previously taken the microphone for Euro 2016 and Champions League matches -- also came from the German Olympic and Sports Confederation....
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Female voices from WC spark sexist backlash
The News International 29 Jun 2018
Female sports journalists have made history with live commentaries on games broadcast from ... Some people are completely losing it online, it’s beyond the pale.” Support for Neumann — who had previously taken the microphone for Euro 2016 and Champions League matches — also came from the German Olympic and Sports Confederation....
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IOC calls on top athletes to help shape Rights Charter
The Times of India 31 May 2018
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday called on elite athletes to contribute to the creation of a charter aimed at protecting their rights in a rapidly changing sports environment ... The Olympic body has also recently been criticised by German athletes, led by Max Hartung, chair of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) Athletes' Commission, over what they said was a financial imbalance that needed to be corrected....
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Bach defends Olympics’ political neutrality
The Japan News 19 Mar 2018
How do you keep the autonomy of sport, not letting politics use the Olympic Games as propaganda, as some critics suggested prior to the Pyeongchang Games? Where do you draw a line? ... It is naive or unrealistic to believe sports and the Olympic Games could live in their own world outside society or outside politics ... Former president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation....
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Quiet Olympic diplomacy checked nuclear standoff
Deccan Herald 09 Feb 2018
With President Donald Trump threatening to respond to the North with "fire and fury," the possibility of war on the Korean Peninsula overshadowed Olympic preparations, frightening fans and athletes alike, and prompting some nations to consider skipping the games ... Olympic Sports Confederation, had lobbied for Munich to host the 2018 Winter Games....
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Olympic confusion as CAS lifts doping bans on 28 Russians
The News International 02 Feb 2018
“The CAS decision only emboldens cheaters, makes it harder for clean athletes to win, and provides yet another ill-gotten gain for the corrupt Russian doping system generally, and Putin specifically.”And the head of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DSOB) Alfons Hoermann described the CAS verdict as a “slap in the face of clean sports”....
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Court of Arbitration for Sport overturns Olympic life bans on 28 Russians athletes accused of doping
Yahoo Daily News 02 Feb 2018
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday overturned Olympic life bans on 28 Russians accused of doping, a decision hailed by Moscow but a major embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee just days away from the start of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang ... And the head of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DSOB) Alfons Hoermann described the CAS verdict as a "slap in the face of clean sports"....
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Gymnastics crisis shows why athletes need a union fighting their corner
The Guardian 13 Nov 2017
Will the last Olympic sport in Britain free from bullying, sexism or racism allegations – or, indeed, disgruntled athletes – please turn out the ... Indeed, only last month German athletes confirmed they were on the verge of setting up a new and independent organisation that would be entirely separate from the German Olympic Sports Confederation....
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Germany Reaffirms Participation In Pyeongchang 2018
Malaysian National News Agency 24 Oct 2017
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said its vice minister Roh Tae-kang met with Michael Vesper, chief executive of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday and earned the European nation's support for the first Winter Games in South Korea....
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German athletes’ representatives to break from German Olympic Sports Confederation.
Deutsche Welle 08 Oct 2017
German athletes are on the verge of setting a new and independent organization. It will be entirely separate from the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), the umbrella organisation of German sports ... ....
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Pyeongchang Games: IOC meeting to discuss North Korea threat
The Daily Journal 12 Aug 2017
LONDON — Escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program have caused security challenges posed to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to be assessed at an upcoming IOC meeting ... “We are five or six months away from the Olympics ... “We are observing the situation in the interests of both our athletes and fans,” the German Olympic Sports Confederation said ... More AP Olympics coverage....
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With PyeongChang Games close, IOC meeting to discuss North Korea threat
Toronto Sun 11 Aug 2017
LONDON — Escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program have caused security challenges posed to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to be assessed at an upcoming IOC meeting ... “We are five or six months away from the Olympics ... “We are observing the situation in the interests of both our athletes and fans,” the German Olympic Sports Confederation said....
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Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss apologizes for ‘liking’ Clinton/Hitler comparisons
Sporting News 14 May 2017
Greiss’ decision to hit the heart icon on certain Instagram posts did not sit well with some fans, German sports executives or the Islanders, although it appears Greiss will not ... “All athletes have an important role model in the public arena,” German Olympic Sports Confederation president Alfons Hörmann told German news agency SID (via Puck Duddy)....
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