This paper provides an ex-post analysis of football matches’ contribution to the spread of COVID-19 during Germany …’s second infection wave in summer and autumn 2020. We find slightly positive effects from occurring professional football … find indication for a reduced effect from football matches in the presence of the ’lockdown light’ which Germany launched …

important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six … national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms …

. By studying the soccer matches that led to the elimination of France and Italy from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we show that …

important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full `A' international matches of six … national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms …