Overview
- Neu-Ulm’s Pokal Final Four opened to a record 5,200 fans with Saarbrücken vs. Ochsenhausen and Fulda vs. Bad Homburg, featuring stars Fan Zhendong, Patrick Franziska and Dimitrij Ovtcharov.
- Fulda pursues a first cup title after four lost finals as Jonathan Groth returns from a wrist issue and Kao Cheng-Jui remains out, facing a Bad Homburg side that eliminated Düsseldorf in the quarters.
- Ren Nikaido won the Innsbruck stop of the Four Hills, yet Domen Prevc retained a commanding overall lead into Bischofshofen after drawing 21,125 to the Bergisel.
- At the Sigulda Luge World Cup, Felix Loch took victory with Max Langenhan third, while Julia Taubitz slipped from contention after a weak second-run start.
- Regional indoor football finals crowned PSV Lackhausen in Wesel (3:2 vs. Viktoria Wesel), RWS Lohberg in Dinslaken (title on goal difference after 1:1 vs. SuS 09), SV Scherpenberg in Moers (4:1, Nick Noah Redam top scorer with 13), and TuS Heidkrug in Wildeshausen (6:4, Igor Harkovski hat-trick, Tim Osterloh best keeper).