Welcome to “Sascha Staat Unplugged”. Sascha is a German freelance sports journalist. He started working for a local radio station when he was 19 years old and has hosted radio shows in both Germany and Italy, talking mainly about handball, football, baseball, and ice hockey.
He’s specifically known for hosting “Kreis Ab”, a weekly German handball podcast, and has been awarded the Herbert-Zimmermann-Preis in 2015 for outstanding journalistic performances.
Here, Sascha will focus on handball and share his thought-provoking articles.
Lage der Nation – Teil 2 Gewinnt man das Auftaktspiel bei einem Turnier souverän, stellt sich den Protagonisten in der Regel die Frage: Wie ist das Ergebnis eigentlich einzuordnen? Oft schwankt man zwischen “Waren wir so gut?” und “War der Gegner so schlecht?”, wobei die Antworten nach der zweiten Partie der deutschen Mannschaft nun deutlich leichter zu finden sind. …
Erst seit einigen Wochen spielt die gebürtigen Dänin Silje Brøns Petersen für Deutschland. Am Donnerstag feierte sie ein erfolgreiches WM-Debüt. Im Interview spricht sie unter anderem über den Auftakt gegen Tschechien, die Stärke der DHB-Auswahl und was sie von Alina Grijseels unterscheidet. Lass uns zunächst über dein erstes WM Spiel sprechen, gerade weil es so erfolgreich war. Ihr seid alle …
Lage der Nation – Teil 1 Das nennt man wohl einen Auftakt nach Maß. Die deutschen Frauen schlagen im ersten Spiel der Weltmeisterschaft 2021 Tschechien mit zehn Toren Unterschied – ein Sieg der sich sehen lassen. Es ist ein Ergebnis, das im Vorfeld sofort alle unterschrieben hätten, aber auch ein Resultat, welches ein neues Selbstverständnis der Groener-Sieben aufzeigt. Wobei …
Welcome to “Sascha Staat Unplugged”. Sascha is a German freelance sports journalist. He started working for a local radio station when he was 19 years old and has hosted radio shows in both Germany and Italy, talking mainly about handball, football, baseball and ice hockey. He’s specifically known for hosting “Kreis Ab”, a weekly German handball podcast, and has been …
By Sascha Staat Just over two years ago, Maik Machulla took the helm at SG Flensburg-Handewitt. Sincce then, he added two league titles to his resumee. As in 2018, he also had to part ways with key players over the summer, but after winning the Super Cup against Kiel, last Wednesday and what appeared to be an easy win against …
By Sascha Staat Flensburg’s Magnus Rod will take on a bigger role in the upcoming season for the German champion, as veteran Holger Glandorf will be out for a while. At the moment the Norwegian is the only experienced left-handed back court player on the roster. After his team’s 2019 PIXUM Super Cup victory against eternal rival THW Kiel, he …
By Sascha Staat On the outset of the 10th edition of the VELUX Men’s EHF FINAL4, Bertus Servaas, the president of Vive Kielce, talks about the team’s prospects in Cologne, beating Paris and the departure of Croatian playmaker Luka Cindric to Barca Lassa. First of all, congratulations to winning the Polish championship and making it to the VELUX EHF Men’s …
By Sascha Staat INTERVIEW Xenia Smits is one of the players that stands out in the 2018/19 Champions League season and her nomination as one of five of “Best Defenders” in the league speaks for itself. Her club team benefited as well from her consistent form, as Metz qualified for the DELO Women’s EHF FINAL4 for the very first time …
By Sascha Staat INTERVIEW – Tomorrow, Rhein-Neckar Löwen will try to keep their last title-hope of the season alive, when they face HBC Nantes, in France, in the return leg of the VELUX EHF Champions League. A quarterfinal awaits, or not? After yesterday’s stunning loss to lowly VfL Gummersbach it appears as if all hope is lost. After the match, …
By Sascha Staat Who would have thought? Germany went “all in” and so far Uwe Gensheimer & Co. keep defying the odds. It looks like the jackpot is waiting for the team of Christian Prokop at World Cup’19. Well, let’s not exaggerate, Denmark still is the favorite to win it all, especially because of Mikkel Hansen, who seems to be …
