He has won a World Cup with Die Mannschaft and captained them at Euro 2016. On Friday Bastian Schweinsteiger announced his retirement from the national team.
Among the crowds thronging the Euro 2016 fanzone at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate are new faces cheering in beginners' German -- refugees who have discovered their hosts' unbounded passion for the beautiful game.
Germany coach Joachim Löw refused to commit himself to stay beyond the next World Cup campaign as he picked through the wreckage of the country's Euro 2016 exit.
Despite a mounting injury list, Germany coach Joachim Löw is relishing facing the Euro 2016 hosts in Thursday's semi-final under the motto - 'Bring on France'.
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Germany coach Joachim Löw appears to have found the right formula to get his attack firing at Euro 2016 after Julian Draxler's outstanding contribution in Sunday's 3-0 win over Slovakia.
In the macho world of international football, Germany have taken a more spiritual approach by employing a yoga teacher at Euro 2016, whose former pupils include Madonna and Sting.
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When national football star Mesut Özil posted a picture of himself in Mecca on Facebook it received 21,000 ‘likes’. But Germany’s far right party see it is an act of provocation.
Marco Reus endured more injury heartache with Germany on Tuesday - his 27th birthday - as he was cut from their final Euro 2016 squad, two years after missing the World Cup.
Berlin-based journalist Musa Okwonga argues that the row over national footballer Jerome Boateng shows the AfD is a racist party - not the defenders of European culture they claim to be.
Uncapped midfielders Joshua Kimmich and Julian Brandt were on Tuesday included in Germany's provisional 27-man squad for next month's European championships in France.
Late-night Euro 2016 screenings can go ahead after Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday agreed to loosen the country's tough anti-noise regulations.
Thomas Müller says the Germany squad remains unfazed by the threat of terrorism ahead of Saturday's high-profile friendly against England in Berlin in the wake of the Brussels attacks.
Germany coach Joachim Löw said on Tuesday his players would remain affected "for a long time" by November's Paris terror attacks, adding that it would impact their preparations for Euro 2016 in France.
Germany's planned friendly against the Netherlands must go ahead on Tuesday as a "clear symbol for freedom, democracy and solidarity with our French friends," national coach Joachim Löw said on Monday.
German security authorities will be closely watching both known Islamic fundamentalists and far-right extremists who might join an anti-Islamic backlash in the coming days, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Saturday afternoon.
The German national football team have been evacuated from their hotel in Paris after a bomb threat against the building, team manager Oliver Bierhoff confirmed on Friday.
Germany's World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst the ongoing crisis.
Jurgen Klinsmann's USA shocked Germany with a 2-1 victory in Wednesday's friendly as the Stars and Stripes followed up their win over the Netherlands by beating the world champions.
Mannschaft coach Joachim Löw is relishing a fresh start for Germany in 2015 after their 1-0 friendly win over Spain capped their World Cup-winning year in style following several below-par performances.
The German Promis (celebrities) were out for their biggest party of the year as the nation's equivalent to the Oscar awards were presented at the annual gala in Berlin on Thursday evening.
Argentina spoiled the party for world champions Germany by hammering the hosts 4-2 in an international friendly in Düsseldorf on Wednesday in a repeat of the World Cup final.
Bastian Schweinsteiger will replace fellow Bayern Munich player Philipp Lahm as captain of the German national football team, head trainer Joachim Löw said on Tuesday.
