Berthold Beitz, who died on 30 July at the age of 99, was honoured for saving hundreds of Jews in Poland during the Second World War and became one of post-war West Germany's leading industrialists.
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Gay Olympians competing at Sochi Winter Games face risk of prosecution under Russia’s crackdown
Thursday 01 August 2013
Minister confirms that athletes and fans who ‘flaunt’ their sexuality will be prosecuted
Deaflympics: Deaf athletes get set - but who is watching the 'Silent Games'?
Thursday 25 July 2013
Deaflympics begins in Bulgaria, but suffers from lack of funding and media attention
Olympics legacy: We’re on the right track. But there’s so much to do following London 2012
Friday 19 July 2013
London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was founded on a promise to engage more young people than ever in sporting activity.
James Lawton on Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay: The life-and-death fight against drugs has always been athletics' phoney war
Tuesday 16 July 2013
James Lawton looks at athletics' history with drug scandals in the wake of dark week that yet again tarnishes the sport
The Last Word: Mr Blatter, the party's over
Sunday 23 June 2013
Brazilians riot against football and Pele is ridiculed – the end is nigh for costly World Cups and Olympics
Wrestling, squash and baseball/softball shortlisted for inclusion in 2020 Olympic Games
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu miss out
Sergei Bubka bids for IOC post
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka – and still the world record holder – launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, world sport's most influential post.
Wrestling may be back in the rings
Sunday 24 February 2013
All is not lost for one of the oldest Olympic disciplines as rival politicians form an unlikely tag team
Wrestling president quits after omission of sport from Olympics
Saturday 16 February 2013
The president of the international wrestling federation has quit in the wake of the IOC's decision to remove the sport from the 2020 Olympics.
Under suspicion: Liverpool match against Debrecen 'targeted by fixers'
Tuesday 05 February 2013
Champions League game with Debrecen in 2009 alleged to be one of 700 which concern Euro investigation
Cycling: Brian Cookson rules out UCI post
Tuesday 22 January 2013
British Cycling's president, Brian Cookson, has insisted he is fully supportive of the under-pressure UCI president, Pat McQuaid. Cookson has been mentioned as a possible successor to unify the sport if McQuaid is forced to resign over the world governing body's handling of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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