Eventblog
5Jun, 2014
Paris, mon amour!
About a French war hero, my new favourite museum and where the Parisians love to picnic
One year without a tennis grand slam tournament on site really was enough. It is my 25th major as a sports journalist and it leads me to the biggest clay court event on this planet. Destination: Paris. Since my teenage years this is my favourite town. Café crème, pain au chocolat, baguette, the sound of the French language, the[…]
2Apr, 2014
From Russia with love
About gondola rides, interviews far after midnight or the Kasai-mania
Salt Lake City, Turin, Vancouver – and now Russia. The expectations for my fourth Olympic Winter Games have not been too high. Already months ahead of the Games there were a lot of negative issues in connection with this sport-event. The anti-gay-law, human rights abuse as well as dispossessions in Sochi did not make it easy to look forward to it. And of course there was[…]