The narrative of a virtuous West Germany emerging victorious from sport's Cold War was dented when T-Mobile and Keul's Freiburg colleagues were caught up in the Tour de France doping scandal in ...

"If you look closely, East and West Germany — despite numerous ongoing differences — turn out to be regions of a united country after 33 years of shared history," it was cited as saying.

Two days earlier, on November 9, the wall was breached by thousands of Germans after an East German official indicated that travel restrictions between East and West Germany were to be ended ...

‘Cold War warriors’ deserve medals to recognise ‘risk and rigour’ in East Germany, says Maj-Gen Calls to honour veterans who operated covertly in Germany between 1946 and 1990 ‘fighting ...

We met former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a fitting place for her: the museum in Berlin dedicated to the Wall, that great symbol of the Cold War division between East and West.

At the end of the Cold War, East Germany's systematic doping secrets spilled out. The truth on the other side of the Berlin Wall has taken longer to emerge.