Sport in Germany team sport in Germany and when a study conducted by Repucom asked people which sport besides football they preferred a total of 33% voted "Handball" while Basketball came in second with 25% of the votes, Ice hockey got 24% and Volleyball got 11%. Especially the national team attracts a lot of attention and around 16 million TV viewers watched as Germany beat Poland in the 2007 world cup as well as 13 million during the 2016 European cup final. It is also the second most played team sport in Germany with approximately 750,000 active registered players around the country as
Antoine de Saporta Antoine de Saporta Antoine de Saporta (26 July 1855 – 14 April 1914) was a French aristocrat and non-fiction writer. Antoine de Saporta was born on July 26, 1855 in Aix-en-Provence. He was a member of the Provençal nobility. His father, Gaston de Saporta (1823-1895), was a renowned botanist. He grew up in the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, a listed hôtel particulier at 21 Rue Gaston de Saporta in Aix-en-Provence. He wrote several books, mostly about wine. He also wrote many articles for "La Nature", "La Revue scientifique" and "Revue des deux Mondes". He died on April 14, 1914 in