In early October 2024, I took a trip to Indonesia. The trip featured several staggered flights, optimized for cost and mileage return, so that my first night was right close to Belgrade Airport (BEG). I went for a budget-friendly option…
Food I Had Onboard XIX (October 2024)
While my 18th edition of the Food I Had Onboard just came with a limited number of trips rather widely spread over a longer period, all these trips in my 19th episode occurred within three weeks. There are a lot…
“Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting – Field Events (Dresden, 30th August 2024)
After I featured the “Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting track events in my first posting, it is time to have a look at the field events. The athletics meetings a bit of a focus on the running disciplines, but also showed…
Paris 2024 Olympics – My Tops and Flops
After I did a review by sports of the 2020/21 Toyko Summer Olympic Games, I have been at the 2024 Paris event twice. Thus, I felt to do a top and flop posting, including a review of some of the…
Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund 2024 (Indoor Athletics) – Track Events
After I gave you my report of the field and side events of the 2004 Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, the second part of my coverage is about the track events. Especially in indoor athletics meetings, where some of the…
#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2023 – Track Events
My first posting from the Manforter Stadion at the #TrueAthletes Classics 2023 in Leverkusen has been about the field events. Now, I take you on the track and show you what has been going on at the athletics meeting on 29th…
Saturn Oil Open 2023: R. Ramanathan (IND) / N. Zimonjic (SRB) – D. Brown (JAM) / T. Sandkaulen (GER) 4-6 7-6(4) x-1(9-11))
A 75k ATP Challenger right next to the city where I grew up? Troisdorf near Bonn and their tennis club TC Rot-Weiss Troisdorf, hosted a professional tournament for the second time at all in the last week of May 2023.…
ISTAF Indoor Duesseldorf (29th January 2023)
The ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf was truly an sports event I was looking forward to very much. First of all, I was glad to be back in athletics (after almost a decade – the last coverage has been with my…