Thomas Weikert

— 29 September 2022

Egypt and Germany, the Games in all their forms

Is this a back-to-school effect? In the space of a few days, two new countries have chosen to come out of the woodwork to announce, in their own way,... Read more »

— 23 November 2021

In Houston, Chinese and Americans resurrect diplomatic ping pong

The location may seem unlikely, but history will be made twice this week at the World Table Tennis Championships. In Houston, Texas. The first global table tennis event of... Read more »

— 2 November 2021

In the Olympic movement, voters no longer have a choice

The democratic exercise takes a strange turn in the Olympic movement. The host cities of the Games are chosen without any calendar or electoral process. And the presidential elections... Read more »