Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - The number of medals won at the Olympics is less important than the manner of the way German athletes present themselves in Rio de Janeiro, German Olympic chief Alfons Hoermann tells dpa in an interview.The 423-strong German team has arrived in Rio seeking to match their medals haul of 44 achieved in London in 2012, but Hoermann, president of the German Olympic Sports weiter

Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Isabell Werth became the most successful rider in Olympic history when she won her sixth gold medal as part of the German dressage team Friday at the Rio Olympics.The 47-year-old equestrian downplayed the record though as "not weiter

Berlin (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) can‘t make a decision on whether Russian middle-distance runner Yuliya Stepanova can take part in the summer Olympic Games until it receives a request to do so from world athletics body weiter