Cabinet approves new sports funding law as Leipzig agency transfer moves forward

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The German cabinet has passed the revised Sports Funding Act, marking a significant milestone that will be implemented starting April to replace outdated regulations from January and February of this year while simultaneously advancing plans for transferring key agencies like Sport Deutschland GmbH (SDG) headquarters back to Leipzig by 2016 or later.

Key Points

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The German Cabinet has passed a new Sports Funding Act, marking it as an important milestone in sports policy.
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An agency is being appointed to manage the implementation of this legislation and will be based in Leipzig.
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Despite passing at cabinet level, significant power struggles regarding control over funding remain unresolved according to critics.

Developments

[Mar 25] The Cabinet passed the new Sports Funding Act (Sportfoerderungsgesetz).

[Mar 24 or earlier, implied by 'agency to Leipzig'] An agency was announced as being transferred from Munich/other location to be based in Leipzig.

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