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GDR football coach tackles Singapore team

Sport: 16 May 13
Singapore has named former East Germany coach Bernd Stange as head of the national team, replacing Serbian Radojko Avramovic, who led the city-state to three Southeast Asian championships. READ »

Bayern coach to bow out of Bundesliga

Sport: 11 May 13
Jupp Heynckes on Friday admitted that he is unlikely to coach in the Bundesliga again once he departs champions Bayern Munich at the end of the campaign. The 68-year-old will hand over the hotseat to Pep Guardiola in the summer. READ »

Breakfast TV parody to debut on ARD

National: 5 May 13
A new German breakfast television show will satirize the normal fare of chirpy early-morning hosts and the inconsequential chit chat. The creator hopes the programme will explore the world of TV between 6 and 9am. READ »

Top rivals warm up for Champions League clash

National: 5 May 13
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both rested their stars as the Champions League final dress rehearsal ended in a 1-1 draw, but Dortmund captain Sebastian Kehl has said he expects an explosive affair in Wembley. READ »

Merkel gave Obamas golf putts and wine

Politics: 26 Apr 13
What do you buy a multi-millionaire who also happens to be the leader of the free world? Angela Merkel gave him a set of golf putters - and presented his wife with six bottles of wine. READ »

Adidas loan haunts Bayern boss Hoeneß

National: 25 Apr 13
FC Bayern president Uli Hoeneß, who has admitted tax evasion, may have taken millions in a 'loan' from the CEO of Adidas as a sweetener for picking an outfitting deal over rival Nike, a newspaper suggested on Thursday. READ »

'Messi? I want to be Germany's Ronaldo'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Apr 13
Dubbed "The German Messi," Mario Götze is one of Germany's most promising football talents. He has shocked Dortmund fans by announcing he would play for rivals Bayern Munich, making him The Local's German of the Week. READ »

Borussia Dortmund hit four to stun Real Madrid

Sport: 25 Apr 13
Poland striker Robert Lewandowski netted four goals in Borussia Dortmund's crushing win over Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first-leg, hinting at the possibility of an all-German final at Wembley. READ »

'Hoeneß can't preach water and drink wine'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Apr 13
Uli Hoeneß is thought to have hidden millions of euros in Switzerland, safely out of sight of the German tax man. If guilty, the football legend will no longer be able to lead FC Bayern Munich, comments ZEIT ONLINE's Oliver Fritsch. READ »

Top German clubs worry about lopsided league

Sport: 23 Apr 13
With Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund facing Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, there are concerns the German league will suffer with the pair set to dominate the Bundesliga for years to come. READ »

Bayern's Hoeneß said to hide cash in Swiss bank

Sport: 21 Apr 13
The president of German football club Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, may have hidden more than €10 million ($13 million) from tax authorities, according to a Sunday media report. READ »

German teams gear up for Champions League

National: 21 Apr 13
Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said Bayern Munich's 6-1 Bundesliga rout of Hanover was the perfect preparation for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, first leg against Barcelona. READ »

Leverkusen confirm Schürrle Chelsea talks

Sport: 19 Apr 13
English football giants Chelsea are set to make Bayer Leverkusen striker André Schürrle their first signing for next season, with the two clubs currently carrying out negotiations in London, a spokesman for the German club said on Friday. READ »

Klopp's hair transplant sparks aesthetic debate

National: 13 Apr 13
Dortmund trainer Jürgen Klopp is better known for his football coaching abilities, but his admission on Friday that he underwent a hair transplant has sparked a wave of debate and analysis in Germany. READ »

All-German Champions League final in sight

Sport: 12 Apr 13
The prospect of an all-German European Champions League final next month remains alive after the European football governing body UEFA made the draw for this year's semi-finals, pitting Bayern against Barca and BVB against Real. READ »

Klopp admits Dortmund lucky to make semis

Sport: 10 Apr 13
Borussia Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp admitted they had ridden their luck – and the offside flag – as their dramatic 3-2 victory over Malaga put them in the Champions League's last four. READ »

Bundesliga may switch to summer and avoid mud

Sport: 9 Apr 13
The sight of muddy German footballers running around in the rain could be over, as organizers are seriously considering swapping the season so they play in the summer and break in the winter when it's cold and wet. READ »

Dortmund's misfiring Götze rues Malaga draw

Sport: 4 Apr 13
Germany star Mario Götze on Thursday admitted being frustrated by his lack of finishing as Borussia Dortmund had to settle for a goalless draw at Malaga in the Champions League quarter-final, first leg. READ »

Keeper saves match with last-minute goal

Sport: 2 Apr 13
A German goalie saved the day for his club on Monday with a stunning header in the last few seconds of the match, prompting tears and hysterical celebrations by his teammates. READ »

Bayern to wrap up Bundesliga in lederhosen

Sport: 1 Apr 13
Bayern Munich stars including Mario Gomez and Thomas Müller could end up with sore thighs if all goes to plan - they've promised to play their last Bundesliga match in lederhosen if they win the title early. READ »

Performing fleas freeze to death before show

National: 31 Mar 13
A swarm of performing fleas due to appear in a show at a fair in the town of Mechernich in North Rhine-Westphalia have perished in freezing conditions. READ »

Bayern win tenth match in a row

Sport: 31 Mar 13
Bayern Munich must wait another week before wrapping up the Bundesliga title, but even though the champagne remained on ice, the team were fizzing on Saturday after they beat Hamburg 9-2. READ »

Germany soccer coach to sweet-talk Greeks

National: 28 Mar 13
Germany has enlisted the help of popular football coach Otto Rehhagel – who led Greece to victory at the Euro 2004 – in a charm offensive on Athens aimed at improving frayed ties between the two countries. READ »

Germany's first gay rugby team scrums down

Sport: 22 Mar 13
They may have suffered a heavy defeat on their debut, but the Berlin Bruisers trudged off the pitch buoyant and proud after Germany's only gay rugby team played their first competitive match on Saturday. READ »

Bremen - A city built on migration

Society: 22 Mar 13
Watching a train of shipping containers thunder endlessly by while sleet falls from grey skies could be just another wintry weekend in Bremen. But for Hannah Cleaver, the city holds hints of the North Sea and distant destinations. READ »

Police helicopters collide over Berlin

National: 21 Mar 13
Two police helicopters collided near Berlin's Olympic stadium on Thursday morning during riot training drills against football hooligans. Initial reports suggest one person has died and four are seriously injured. READ »

Germans 'can't eat any more chocolate'

Business & Money: 14 Mar 13
Germans eat nearly 32 kilos of chocolates and sweets each year - so much that sales have peaked, leaving the domestic industry searching for growth markets abroad, it admitted on Thursday. READ »

Galatasaray torpedo Schalke's CL dreams

Sport: 13 Mar 13
Schalke 04's Champions League ambitions ended in spectacular fashion on Tuesday as a last-minute goal from Turkey forward Umut Bulut sealed a 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray that put the Turkish side into the quarter-finals. READ »

Ballack confirms June goodbye game

Sport: 8 Mar 13
Ex-Germany captain Michael Ballack has confirmed he will hold a farewell game in Leipzig on June 5th, with a host of stars set to attend including Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jose Mourinho. READ »

This week's highlights: March 8 – 13

Lifestyle: 8 Mar 13
This Week's Highlights: Short plays in Berlin, new books in Cologne, and a festival for women in Hamburg. READ »

Stasi murder theory haunts footballer's death

National: 7 Mar 13
On the 30th anniversary of his death, the mysterious demise of East German football star Lutz Eigendorf still prompts the question – was he murdered by the former communist regime's secret police? READ »

Fans frustrated as top CL match airs on Sky

Sport: 5 Mar 13
German state broadcaster ZDF left football fans disappointed after failing to secure the rights to air the Champions League match between Dortmund and Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night, because it was on the wrong day. READ »

Bayern top dog after downing Dortmund

Sport: 28 Feb 13
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß has said the Bavarian giants have again proved they are Germany's top football team after beating rivals Borussia Dortmund 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup. READ »

Dortmund out to shatter Bayern's 'perfect' season

Sport: 27 Feb 13
Holders Borussia Dortmund are aiming to shatter Bayern Munich's "perfect season" when Germany's top two teams collide in Wednesday's crunch German Cup quarter-final in a repeat of last season's final. READ »

'Munich is still just a village for many people'

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 13
Get The Local flavour of Germany with our series offering an insider's take on life in people's adopted hometowns. This week, Liang Li takes us to Munich. READ »

Ibrahimovic: 'If I go to Germany, it's to Bayern'

Sport: 19 Feb 13
Sweden's star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he can imagine moving to Germany's Bundesliga, and Bavarian giants Bayern Munich, in an interview with a German football magazine. READ »

Nuremberg pull Hannover to late draw

Sport: 18 Feb 13
Ivory Coast striker Didier Ya Konan hit his first Bundesliga goal since September as Hannover 96 were held to a 2-2 draw at Nuremberg on Sunday. READ »

Hooligan violence mars German football matches

Sport: 11 Feb 13
Rioting football hooligans have again dragged violence in Germany's Bundesliga back into the spotlight after three separate incidents in the country's top two leagues over the weekend. READ »

Germany and UK to recreate WWI footie truce

National: 10 Feb 13
German children may be part of Britain's plans to recreate the 1914 Christmas truce football matches between British and German troops as part of the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of World War I. READ »

Beckenbauer wants stinky boots for Brazil

Sport: 8 Feb 13
Football legend Franz Beckenbauer is appealing to German soccer players to donate their old boots as part of a project to help disadvantaged children in the slums of Brazil. READ »

Football joins Merkel, Hollande on EU budget

Politics: 7 Feb 13
It was not the usual setting for high-level diplomacy, but a France-Germany football match in Paris on Wednesday evening gave Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel the chance to meet privately on the eve of a key EU summit. READ »

Match-fixing scandal taints Bundesliga

Sport: 4 Feb 13
European police on Monday revealed they had smashed a global criminal network fixing hundreds of top-level football matches, including dozens of games in Germany. READ »

This Week's Highlights: January 31 – February 6

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 13
This Week's Highlights: Classic cars in Bremen, documentary films in Berlin, and a Super Bowl party in Munich. READ »

Merkel: Egypt must talk with opposition

Politics: 30 Jan 13
Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the visiting Egyptian president Wednesday to ensure dialogue remains an option as his country grapples with a political crisis that has sparked deadly unrest. READ »

Winning Bayern 'still need to up their game'

Sport: 28 Jan 13
Although Bayern Munich's 2-0 win at VfB Stuttgart opened an 11-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday, director of sport Matthias Sammer still wants the side to raise their game. READ »

American football touches down in Germany

Travel: 27 Jan 13
Any football fan knows the Germans have historically proven pretty adept at a kick-about. But not every game has two halves. READ »

Bundesliga clubs crack €2-billion barrier

Business & Money: 23 Jan 13
The 18 clubs which make up Germany's Bundesliga have recorded a turnover of €2 billion for the first time in the league's 50-year history, the German Football League (DFL) announced Wednesday. READ »

Football fans heat up stadium security debate

Sport: 23 Jan 13
After hooligans forced a Bundesliga game to be delayed by throwing flares at the weekend, Germany coach Joachim Löw is leading the call for tighter security measures in the country's football stadiums. READ »

Bayern score big with ex-Barca boss Guardiola

Sport: 16 Jan 13
Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich have won the battle to secure the most wanted coach in football after convincing former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola to lead the Bavarian side next season. READ »

Surfers want to make waves in Berlin

Sport: 16 Jan 13
Surfing in Berlin? Two entrepreneurs are hoping to build a huge wave pool in the heart of the German capital, allowing surfers to get tubed at the city's former Tempelhof Airport. READ »

Murdoch owns majority of German Sky

Business & Money: 14 Jan 13
Australian-American media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has secured a majority stake in Sky Deutschland, the paid-for television broadcaster which has the rights to the Bundesliga's top-flight German football matches. READ »

New sandy bird island rises off North Sea coast

National: 5 Jan 13
A brand new island of sand dunes has risen out of shallow waters off the German North Sea coast, creating a new sanctuary for breeding birds, say wildlife experts. READ »

Neo-Nazis infiltrate community sports clubs

Sport: 2 Jan 13
As New Year resolutions lead many to join German sports or community clubs over the coming weeks, one official has warned that many need to do more to protect themselves from infiltration by neo-Nazis. READ »

Löw hopes team will learn from 2012 mistakes

Sport: 31 Dec 12
The past year was a mixed one for Germany’s national football team coach Joachim Löw, as the man known as “Super Jogi” was wide praised in the first half of 2012 but blamed for many mishaps after that. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Society: 28 Dec 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Adidas turnover tops €14.5 bln in 2012

Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
German sportswear and equipment maker Adidas has achieved record sales of more than €14.5 billion in 2012 and sales will rise further next year, its chief executive said Thursday. READ »

The Local's top ten sports stories of 2012

Lifestyle: 27 Dec 12
It was a bumper year for European sports fans, with the London Olympics and the Euro 2012 football championship - but it wasn't always much fun for Germany's athletes. The Local looks back at the year's sporting highs and lows. READ »

The Local's top ten features of 2012

Lifestyle: 26 Dec 12
The Local's features in 2012 have been as varied and colourful as the year itself. Whether diving into a dumpster or following the plight of asylum seekers arriving in Germany, there has been something for everyone. READ »

Germany warns Britain not to 'blackmail' Europe

Politics: 24 Dec 12
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned Britain against "blackmailing" its EU partners in a bid to bring powers back home from Brussels. READ »

Breno, still in jail, gets Sao Paolo offer

Sport: 22 Dec 12
Breno, the Brazilian Bayern München defender who now lives in a Bavarian jail cell after being sentenced to three years and nine months for setting fire to his rented villa, has received an offer to play for his old team in Brazil. READ »

Sport tops Google list of popular 2012 searches

National: 13 Dec 12
Google's annual Zeitgeist ranking gives an insight into what made German internet users tick in 2012, with sport and celebrities topping the chart of the nation's most googled keywords. READ »

Dresden kicked out of German Cup after rioting

Sport: 11 Dec 12
Second division Dynamo Dresden have been banned from next season's German Cup as punishment after their fans rioted at Hannover 96 in October, a year on from similar trouble at Borussia Dortmund's ground. READ »

Football legend Müller hails 'giant' Messi

Sport: 10 Dec 12
German football legend Gerd Müller on Monday described Lionel Messi as a "giant" after the Argentine broke his calendar year goal-scoring record that had stood for 40 years. READ »

Referee: Dortmund red card was a mistake

Sport: 9 Dec 12
A referee has admitted he was wrong to give the red card and penalty which may have cost Borussia Dortmund the chance of successfully defending their Bundesliga title against Bayern Munich. READ »

Twitter bullies push deaf politician to resign

Politics: 3 Dec 12
A deaf German politician who was mocked on Twitter after speaking on television said on Monday that she was thinking about giving up her position because of the insults. Her deaf voice remained, she said, a taboo. READ »

Should trains become booze-free zones?

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Nov 12
Most Germans want alcohol consumption on trains restricted. Should a beer on the Bremen line, or wine on the way to Würzburg, be allowed? Or does the drunken aggression of a few justify a ban? What do you think? Have your say. READ »

Vettel takes Formula One crown in São Paulo

Sport: 26 Nov 12
Germany’s Sebastian Vettel became the youngest driver to become a three-time Formula One champion after a dicey race in Brazil. READ »

Klinsmann considering taking US citizenship

Sport: 25 Nov 12
USA head football coach Jürgen Klinsmann is considering taking American citizenship despite having played in West Germany's 1990 World Cup-winning team and later coaching the German national side, he has admitted. READ »

Hamburg suffer defeat, injury, fire, evacuation

Sport: 24 Nov 12
The weekend got off to a catastrophic start for the Hamburger SV football club, after fans started a stadium fire, Rafael van der Vaart was injured and the team's hotel was evacuated for a false alarm. HSV also lost the match to Düsseldorf. READ »

New fears, same desires: refugees then and now

Society: 22 Nov 12
A Berlin refugee camp built for exiles from East Germany has opened an exhibition on the lives of today's residents who fled other countries. The Local's Jessica Ware went to see what has changed - and how much is the same. READ »

Bayern Munich 'content with 1-1 Nuremberg draw'

Sport: 18 Nov 12
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has said his team could live with the 1-1 draw against 10-man Nuremberg, which took the Bavarians eight-points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table. READ »

Did 1977 'goal of century' beat Zlatan's?

Sport: 17 Nov 12
While the football world is still dizzy from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s amazing goal against England on Wednesday, a German player says his similar shot 35 years ago was better. We have videos of both. What do you think? Have your say. READ »

Church bans 9-year-old's football gravestone

National: 13 Nov 12
A German church has refused the parents of a nine-year-old boy who died of a brain tumour permission to put up a gravestone adorned with the logo of his favourite football team. READ »

Holland loom large as Germany shed stars

Sport: 12 Nov 12
Germany take on neighbours Holland in an international friendly on Wednesday with head coach Joachim Löw facing an injury and sickness headache after losing six of his stars over the weekend. READ »

'Bayern are unplayable,' says defeated coach

Sport: 11 Nov 12
Eintracht Frankfurt coach Armin Veh has insisted Bayern Munich are in a "league of their own" after the Bundesliga leaders' 2-0 win keeps them seven-points clear at the top of the league. READ »

Goalie's suicide 'helped to change attitudes'

Sport: 9 Nov 12
Saturday marks the third anniversary of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke's suicide after battling depression for years and his widow has launched a hotline for athletes suffering from similar problems. READ »

Bayern bash lowly Lille

Sport: 8 Nov 12
Holland star Arjen Robben has said Bayern Munich remain under pressure to prove themselves in the Champions League despite their 6-1 drubbing of Lille in Wednesday's group-stage clash. READ »

Court: okay to sweep neo-Nazi from public job

National: 7 Nov 12
A neo-Nazi chimney sweep heard on Wednesday that the state had the right to sack him because of his extreme political views, and association with a still-legal far-right political party. READ »

Ballack fires 'I'm too poor for fine' lawyer

National: 2 Nov 12
Former national football team captain Michael Ballack has fired his lawyer for an embarrassing plea that the soccer star should be let off a Spanish speeding fine - or at least pay a drastically reduced amount because he has no job. READ »

Dynamo Dresden face fines after fans riot

Sport: 1 Nov 12
Second division side Dynamo Dresden face tough sanctions from the German Football Federation (DFB) after their fans rioted during a Cup loss at Hanover 96, a year on from similar trouble at Dortmund. READ »

Ballack: I'm too poor to pay speeding fine

Sport: 1 Nov 12
Former German national team football captain Michael Ballack has pleaded poverty when faced with a sizeable fine for speeding in Spain. His lawyer said he could only pay €1,080 because he is unemployed. READ »

A rare breed - the male kindergarten teacher

Society: 25 Oct 12
As Germany expands daycare provision for the nation’s children, one thing that is missing from the picture, all too often, are male teachers. Kate Hairsine tracked down some of the country’s rare male child care professionals. READ »

Police call for action after Dortmund football riots

National: 23 Oct 12
The German Football League (DFL) was on Monday facing pressure from politicians and the police union to act in the wake of rioting between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 fans at the weekend. READ »

Police arrest 200 football fans after riots

Sport: 21 Oct 12
Dortmund police have said the level of violence between rival Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 fans on Saturday was the worst in years as nearly 200 arrests were made before the Ruhr derby. READ »

Bayern beat Düsseldorf, Schalke smash Dortmund

Sport: 21 Oct 12
Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga record on Saturday when they claimed their eighth straight victory since the start of the season with a 5-0 hammering of Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Schalke enjoyed a rare 2-1 win over Dortmund. READ »

Bundesliga derby oozes overseas allure

Sport: 20 Oct 12
Borussia Dortmund face neighbours Schalke 04 on Saturday in the Ruhr derby and the Bundesliga's growing overseas appeal means there will be plenty of interest around the world. READ »

'A victory grotesquely given away'

Sport: 17 Oct 12
The German media tore into the national football team after Tuesday's shock 4-4 draw against Sweden. The Local's media roundup has the choicest morsels of chiding. READ »

Germany wastes huge lead to draw Sweden 4-4

Sport: 17 Oct 12
Germany threw away a 4-0 lead over Sweden allowing four unanswered second-half goals in Tuesday's dramatic World Cup qualifier at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. It ended in a 4-4 draw, with the equaliser arriving in the 93rd minute. READ »

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