The move of national soccer goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen from FC Barcelona to FC Girona is perfect. Coach Hansi Flick confirmed this on Tuesday evening. “This morning Marc said that he was going to Girona,” said the 60-year-old before the premier class duel at Slavia Prague. Ter Stegen, who lost his regular place at the … Read more
Defeat instead of an anniversary victory, a detour instead of a shortcut to the round of 16: After a very weak performance and being outnumbered for more than an hour, Borussia Dortmund suffered a bitter defeat at Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League – and thus all but lost their chance of a direct entry … Read more
There’s a good chance that FC Bayern will have something to celebrate this Wednesday. A win against the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise would mean that the club would no longer be able to secure a place in the top eight of the huge Champions League table, even taking sophisticated arithmetic theories into account. What is already … Read more
FIf anyone in Germany still wants to fly to Melbourne for the Australian Open: Maybe it’s better not to. The event, squeezed between the Central Business District (CBD) and the Yarra River, is packed to capacity. Every day since it started nine days ago, images and videos have been sent around the tennis world showing … Read more
UAt 7:37 p.m. local time in Herning, all of a sudden everything was back in order for the German national handball team. After a fine performance, the Austrians had just beaten the Serbs with 26:25 goals – and were still eliminated from the tournament. But for national coach Alfred Gislason’s team, this result was the … Read more
Anyone who watches Eintracht Frankfurt games this season can be pretty sure that there will be goals. The last results are: 3:3, 2:3 and 3:3, a clear trend towards spectacle. But from Frankfurt’s perspective there is also a trend towards conceding a lot of goals. In addition to Heidenheim, Eintracht has the weakest defense in … Read more
DThen Sadio Mané ran off, he had obviously had enough. The scoreboard at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat showed just the 110th minute of regular time, which alone was a testament to the special moments of the previous minutes. There had been turmoil on the field and in the stands, where the Senegalese … Read more
Accompanied by chaotic scenes and the threat of a game being abandoned, Senegal’s national football team won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time. Four years after the triumph in Cameroon, the team led by attacker Sadio Mané won the final against hosts Morocco 1-0 (0-0, 0-0) after extra time. Pape Gueye scored … Read more
Luger Fräbel wins her first major title rennrods Merle Fräbel won her first major title. The 22-year-old became European champion on her home track in Oberhof. Fräbel prevailed ahead of the Austrian Lisa Schulte and the Swiss Natalie Maag. “To be European champion now is great. Now I can write something new on the autograph … Read more
Before the game, all eyes were on Jamal Musiala. The stadium director followed him for minutes as he warmed up until his much larger teammate Min-jae Kim pushed himself into the picture in front of the FC Bayern midfielder so resolutely that the director gave up and switched to another camera. The question was whether … Read more