Agathangelou loses to top seeds

Jersey’s Mariana Agathangelou was knocked out in the semi finals of the Bitburger Open in Germany.

ARD, ZDF launch bid to broadcast 2014-16 Games – report (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

ARD and ZDF have submitted a joint bid of around 90 million euros (76.4 million pounds) for the rights to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Games in Germany, magazine Der Spiegel said Monday.

British handballers star in Germany

Six British handball players, who ended up in Essen following a funding crisis in the GB national team, are making waves in the German league, says the BBC’s Stephen Chittenden.