At the Frankfurt benefit event Kick for Kids, celebrities of all types played soccer against Formula One racing drivers. The proceeds will benefit children in need. A video by RheinMain TV.

No human being has ever raced towards the Earth in free fall so fast and from so high up! The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner is being celebrated worldwide after his supersonic jump.
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BMX riders are the cool rebels who do their awesome bike tricks on the back streets, right? Not quite: BMX has now hit the big time and made it to the Olympic Games.
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Fifty ice-hockey fans, big and small, were given the opportunity to train with the Frankfurt Lions and their new sports director Erich Kühnhackl.

The high jump has been an Olympic discipline since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. In this clip, the predominant jumping technique, the Fosbury flop, is explained and demonstrated step-by-step. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Diving from a tower is officially called platform diving, and has a long Olympic tradition, having been an official Olympic sport since 1904.
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The swimming style known as Butterfly (or previously as Dolphin-style), is recognised as an official swimming style since 1953. This video explains how top athletes achieve excellence in the pool.
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Das Ding vor Ort

Colorful disks fly over the castle of Karlsruhe, hit a garbage can and are cheered on by a few guys… Welcome to disk golf Karlsruhe!

What are the favorite dishes of our soccer stars? For example, Bastian Schweinsteiger loves spaghetti bolognese and Per Mertesacker prefers tomato soup. The team's head chef shares all! Viel Spaß beim Zuschauen!
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The spectacular and dramatic course of events at the "Frankfurt Sparkasse Ironman European Championship" reveals exciting competition ending sometimes with surprising results.

Sports-News on RheinMainTV: The German basketball team Frankfurt Skyliners comes back with a win over Oldenburg after two recent defeats by Bonn and Ulm.

The party to celebrate Formula-One world champion Sebastian Vettel’s victory continues. His friend, the popular comedian of mixed Turkish and German descent, Bülent Ceylan, as well as the majority of the people of Heppenheim are at the party.

Youngest Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel returns to his hometown, Heppenheim, just days after his victory in Abu Dhabi. The people of Heppenheim are ecstatic.

Jenny from Yabla Germany interviews pro handballer Alena Jödicke, who talks about her career and reveals that handball is certainly not for the faint of heart.

The Frankfurt basketball team Deutsche Bank Skyliners look back on past seasons and talk about their chances for the first play-off round against the favourite Alba Berlin.