won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Germany
heads the FIFA World Rankings. Trained
by Joachim Löw, the team is considered to
be tactically flexible, and stands for a modern interpretation of the game. The national team squad includes several players with
a migratory background, such as Jérôme
Boateng, Sami Khedira, and Mesut Özil.
Sporting recognition and success
in various disciplines
Alongside football, popular sports are
gymnastics, tennis, shooting, athletics,
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handball and riding. But other sporting
events are also highly successful, for example the J. P. Morgan Corporate Challenge
in Frankfurt am Main. Raced by over 70,000
participants from 2,780 companies, the
programme of the Federal Foreign Office. It
corporate charity run is regarded as the
is a firm part of its cultural relations and
biggest event of its kind in the world.
education activities abroad, and has already
supported more than 1,400 short and long-
German sport is a success story in many re-
term projects in various sports in over 100
spects. This is thanks in no small measure
countries. One example is the sport project
to the promotion of sport. This way, around
“Kicken statt kämpfen – Bolzen für Toler-
3,800 athletes from almost all Olympic
anz”, which involved 16 female and male
disciplines, traditional non-Olympic sports,
football coaches receiving training in kids’
as well as disabled and deaf sport are spon-
and youth football. The idea is for young-
sored. Supporting athletes who have dis-
sters suffering from the long-term effects of
abilities is likewise an important aspect.
violent conflict to address the idea of fair
And here too, having now won a total of
play through games.
1,492 medals (2014), athletes from Germany have been highly successful at in-
In this and many other ways, German sport
ternational competitions and the Paralym-
is striving to reach levels of excellence as a
pic Games.
means of crisis prevention, and understanding between peoples, and as an ambassador
“On the Move – Overcoming Borders” is the
for more fairness, tolerance, integration,
motto of the International Sports Promotion
peaceful competition, and performance.