Men’s team coach Hansi Flick will be at Wembley when Germany face hosts England in the women’s Euro 2022 final on Sunday – with the nation’s men’s football community firmly behind the team. “The way they play football is just fun. You can tell they are…
Protesters breach Iraqi parliament for second time in a week
Loyalists to influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr broke into the parliament building in Baghdad on Saturday, the second time they have done so this week, and started a sit-in protest, an escalation of a months-long political impasse. A rival group …
Fenerbahce president will not apologize to Ukraine after Putin chants
Fenerbahce president Ali Koc says he will not apologize to Ukraine after fans of the Istanbul club chanted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name during Wednesday’s Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kiev. The Ukrainians won the tie to go throu…
Germany’s Bühl ruled out of Euro 2022 final
Germany winger Klara Bühl has been ruled out of Sunday’s Euro 2022 final against England because of coronavirus. She is yet to test negative and so will be not be in the squad. “She doesn’t have any symptoms. If she tests negative, she can come to the …
Orbán’s ‘mixed-race’ remarks prompt EU backlash
European Union officials have slammed recent remarks by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán widely viewed as racist, arguing on Saturday they have no place in the bloc. During a visit to Romania last weekend, Orbán said: “There is the world in which …
Leverkusen knocked out by third tier Elversberg in German Cup
Bayer Leverkusen suffered a shock 4-3 defeat at third tier Elversberg on Saturday to crash out of the German Cup first round. Leverkusen, third in the Bundesliga last term and Champions League entrants this season, looked badly off the pace in defence …
Tumour malignant: chemotherapy and months out for Dortmund’s Haller
Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller requires chemotherapy and will be sidelined for “several months” after a removed testicular tumour turned out to be malignant. Dortmund sportsdirector Sebastian Kehl said in a club statement Saturday that Hall…
No relief in sight for forest fire in German national park
Despite light rain, there is still no relief in sight for the forest fires in eastern Germany’s Saxon Switzerland National Park: “It’s too little,” district spokesman Thomas Kunz said on Saturday morning. On Friday evening, new fires had been discovere…
US Secretary of State speaks with Russia’s Lavrov about prisoners
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov about the possible release of two US citizens imprisoned by Moscow in the first conversation between the two since the war in Ukraine began. They had a “…
US Secretary of State speaks with Russia’s Lavrov about prisoners
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov about the possible release of two US citizens imprisoned by Moscow – the first conversation between the two since the war in Ukraine began. They had a “f…