Gerd Rubenbauer (born 20 May 1948 in Munich) is a retired German sports commentator.
Rubenbauer worked for many years in German television as journalist for sport programs (Bayerischer Rundfunk and ARD). On March 15, 2006, it became known that Rubenbauer had ended his career as a sports commentator for ARD as a result of a dispute with sports coordinator Heribert Faßbender. Rubenbauer had accused Faßbender of not informing him in good time about the planned reporter assignments for the 2006 World Cup. As a result, Reinhold Beckmann, Steffen Simon and Gerd Gottlob were named as World Cup commentators. [1]
Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008.
Béla Andreas Réthy is a German sports reporter of Hungarian ancestry.
Tino Berbig is a German former football goalkeeper and current coach and official. With VfL Osnabrück he completed in approximately 62 games in the 2. Bundesliga.
Christian Mendes Cavalcanti is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vorarlbergliga club FC Hörbranz. He has also worked as a player-coach. He holds Austrian citizenship.
Manfred Pranger is an Austrian former alpine skier.
Yves Zahnd is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played 77 games with FC Thun.
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000.
Reinhold Beckmann is a German journalist and television presenter.
Ernst Huberty was a Luxembourgish-German sports journalist and television presenter. Huberty was best known for hosting the sports magazine Sportschau on German public broadcaster ARD, earning him the nickname "Mister Sportschau". As a commentator, he was known for his calm and objective style.
FIFA, through several companies, sold the rights for the broadcast of 2002 FIFA World Cup to the following broadcasters.
Valerie Niehaus is a German actress.
Matthias Augustinus Wilhelm Georg Opdenhövel is a German television presenter.
Alexander Bommes is a German television host. He works as a host and sports journalist on German broadcasters NDR and ARD.
Julia Büchler is a German television presenter, radio reporter and journalist.
Marie-Luise Millowitsch is a German actress.
Viola Brand is a German cyclist specialising in artistic cycling. She has won national and European championships twice each, and the silver medal three times in the World Championships.
Willi wills wissen was a children's program focused on factual issues and everyday occurrences, produced by Megaherz Film und Fernsehen on behalf of the Bayerischer Rundfunk with the Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht. The program was first broadcast on KiKA from 2002 to 2010, and was regularly repeated on Das Erste and some regional channels of the ARD. The producers were Franz Xaver Gernstl and Fidelis Mager.
Federal elections in Germany will be held in 2025 to elect the members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for 28 September 2025, the elections are expected to be brought forward to 23 February due to the collapse of the governing coalition during the 2024 German government crisis. If it is brought forward, the 2025 election will be the fourth snap election in the history of post-war Germany after those in 1972, 1983 and 2005.
Kamaljit Singh is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Eintracht Nordhorn.