aktuelle sportstudio broadcasting from Aachen
For the start of the FEI WEG on August 19th, 2006

When over 800 sportsmen and women, 500,000 visitors and 1,500 journalists from all over the world pour into Aachen, the aktuelle sportstudio can't possibly be missing: During the FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006, which is being held in Germany for the first time from August 20th - September 3rd, ZDF is going to be live on location with its cult programme. On Saturday, August 19th, the aktuelle sportstudio will be reporting live between 10. p.m. and 11.15 p.m. from the Deutsche Bank Stadium in Aachen on the kick-off of the World Championships. "We are delighted to have such a famous sports programme as our live guests. This is further proof that the World Equestrian Games are of enormous significance for both German and international sport," says Michael Mronz, member and spokesman of the WEG OC. Tickets for the programme are available at a price of five Euros from the telephone hotline of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV) on +49-(0)241-917-1111. The entire proceeds of the entrance tickets will be donated to therapeutic riding.

The FEI World Equestrian Games in seven disciplines - show-jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, endurance, vaulting and reining - is the second largest sporting event in Germany this decade. TV coverage will be broadcast worldwide in over 140 countries.

Tickets: +49(0)241- 917 - 11 11