Nigerian striker Akpala joins Werder Bremen
August 24th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 24 (IANS) Bundesliga side Werder Bremen and Belgian football club Bruges have agreed on transfer of Nigerian striker Joseph Akpala to the German club on a four-year deal.Eight ... Read more...
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Kagawa’s girlfriend set to sizzle Manchester
July 14th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 14 (IANS) Manchester United's newest signing Japanese Shinji Kagawa is set to add a dash of glamour to Old Trafford, thanks to his girlfriend Ameri Ichinose.Ichinose, an ... Read more...
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Bayern Munich signs Wolfsburg striker Mandzukic
June 28th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 28 (IANS) German club Wolfsburg have agreed on a transfer for striker Mario Mandzukic to join Bayern Munich until 2016.The Croatian international will travel to Munich in ... Read more...
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Czech defender Selassie joins Werder
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Prague, June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Czech Republic defender Theodor Gebre Selassie has left Czech champions Slovan Liberec to join Werder Bremen, the German club announced Friday.The Czech-born right-back, whose father ... Read more...
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Monchengladbach sign Basel midfielder Xhaka
May 19th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, May 19 (IANS) German football side Borussia Monchengladbach has reinforced its squad with Swiss international Granit Xhaka until 2017.The 19-year-old Kosovo-born Granit Xhaka transferred from Basel to Monchengladbach following ... Read more...
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German club Cologne sack coach Solbakken
April 13th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 13 (IANS) Struggling German Bundesliga side Cologne sacked Norwegian coach Stale Solbakken following the club's 0-4 hammering in Mainz.The club appointed former coach Frank Schaefer for the final ... Read more...
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Atletico Madrid eliminates Hannover from Europa
April 6th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 6 (IANS) Atletico Madrid striker and Colombian international Falcao scored the winner to beat Hannover 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Europa League.Diego Simeone's side wrapped a second ... Read more...
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Three Spanish sides in Europa League action
March 28th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 28 (IANS) Three Spanish clubs are in Europa League football action Thursday as they aim to take a big step towards the semifinal of the competition.Atletico Madrid are ... Read more...
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German club Kaiserslautern fires coach Kurz
March 21st, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 21 (IANS) Bottom of the table, German Bundesliga team Kaiserslautern has sacked coach Marco Kurz, the club announced Wednesday.Kaiserslautern parted way with Kurz and his assistant Guenther Gorenzel ... Read more...
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Podolski turns down riches to sign with Arsenal
March 9th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) German striker Lukas Podolski turned down a 40 million pound bid by Russian club Anzi Makhachkala to sign with English Premier league side Arsenal.The Russian ... Read more...
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Podolski agrees to terms with Arsenal
February 29th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) German striker Lukas Podolski is on the brink of a move to English Premier League club Arsenal after the player agreed to terms for a ... Read more...
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Tevez back to playing for Man City
February 29th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Argentine striker Carlos Tevez played his first match for Manchester City after the fall-out with Italian manager Roberto Mancini. Tevez lasted 45 minutes in the ... Read more...
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Tevez apologises to Manchester City
February 22nd, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Argentine striker Carlos Tevez, who has been at loggerheads with Manchester City and manager Roberto Mancini for five-months, finally apologised for his behaviour.Tevez was exiled ... Read more...
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Russian gas giant may sponsor Bayern Munich
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:38 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian gas giant Gazprom may become a sponsor of German football team Bayern Munich, a giant in the Bundesliga.The Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said Gazprom ... Read more...
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Man United were interested in signing me last year: Raul
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 23(ANI): Spanish striker Raul has said that Manchester United was a possible destination after he left Real Madrid last year before he moved to German club Schalke."There were a ... Read more...
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Jon McGhee sues Reading Football Club over Gylfi Sigurdsson
March 10th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Mar 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A soccer fan in England managed to get compensation from the Reading Football Club after the team sold a player whose t-shirt he has just bought.James McGhee ... Read more...
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Real Madrid fans divided about Germany’s Khedira
July 31st, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 31 (DPA) Fans of Spanish giants Real Madrid are divided about the signing of German international Sami Khedira, to judge by an online poll published by sports daily Marca ... Read more...
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Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer, Raul, leaves club after 16 seasons
July 27th, 2010 - 2:25 am ICT by BNO News
MADRID, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) -- Raul Gonzalez, all-time leading scorer for the international power house football club "Real Madrid", on Monday parted ways from the club after 16 seasons and 17 major ... Read more...
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Indian TT star Sharath Kamal moves to tougher German league
July 23rd, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) After winning back-to-back US and Egypt Open titles earlier this month, India's top table tennis star Sharath Kamal is moving to Germany from Spain in ... Read more...
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Klose joins elite German club with 50th international goal
June 27th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bloemfontein, June 27 (DPA) Miroslav Klose followed in the footsteps of the legendary Gerd Mueller Sunday when he scored his 50th international for Germany in his side's 4-1 defeat of England ... Read more...
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Ribery likely snub Premier League giants’ overtures to stay with Bayern Munich
May 21st, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21(ANI): Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery is likely to turn his back on the English Premier League and sign a four-year contract extension with the German club.Manchester United, ... Read more...
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Man U rated most valuable football club in world by Forbes
April 22nd, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 22 (ANI): Manchester United has been named as the most valuable football club in the world with a price tag of 1.2 billion pounds, according to the latest Forbes ... Read more...
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Flight ban over Europe leads to sporting chaos
April 21st, 2010 - 8:59 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 21 (DPA) The flight ban over large parts of Europe due to a volcano in Iceland spewing clouds of ash and dust has lead to chaos in the sporting ... Read more...
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Ferguson is a sore loser, says Bayern Munich President
April 9th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 9(ANI): Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness has hit back at Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and branded him as a sore loser for his comments following United's Champions ... Read more...
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One of the most beautiful defeats in Bayern Munich’s history: Beckenbauer
April 8th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 8(ANI): Former Bayern Munich legend Franz Beckenbauer has described Wednesday evening's defeat of the club against Manchester United as "one of the most beautiful defeats in Bayern Munich's history".Bayern ... Read more...
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Ferguson blames ‘typical German’ attitude of Bayern players for defeat
April 8th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 8 (ANI): Sir Alex Ferguson has blamed 'typical German' attitude of Bayern Munich players for the ouster of Manchester United from Champions League after a red card sunk the ... Read more...
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Spain favourites to win World Cup: Lothar Mathhaus
January 15th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) German soccer legend Lothar Mathhaus considers Spain as the favourites for the forthcoming World Cup to be held in South Africa in June.
"I saw them playing. They ... Read more...
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Barcelona, Inter seal knock-out place; Stuttgart off to flyer
December 10th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Dec 10 (DPA) Holders Barcelona, Inter Milan and Olympiakos made sure of progress to the last 16 of the Champions League while VfB Stuttgart got off to a flying start ... Read more...
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Chelsea eye French winger Ribery
November 23rd, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.23 (ANI): Chelsea will try to steal Franck Ribery from under the nose of Real Madrid in the January transfer window.A SunSport report has revealed that Chelsea will offer a ... Read more...
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South African players call on fans to blow Brazil away
June 24th, 2009 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 24 (DPA) South African players called on their fans to come to Thursday's Confederations Cup semi-final with their plastic trumpets (vuvuzelas) to blow their opponents away.
Bafana goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez told ... Read more...
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German footballers train on nudist beach to hone their skills!
July 6th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): Eccentric German football club VfL Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath found the perfect spot for his players to train a nudist beach.According to Bild.com, nude holidaymakers on the ... Read more...
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Lehmann transfer from Arsenal to Stuttgart completed
June 4th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Stuttgart, June 4 (DPA) German national football team goalkeeper Jens Lehmann completed his long-anticipated transfer from London side Arsenal to VfB Stuttgart, the German club has confirmed. The 38-year-old, who had lost ... Read more...
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St. Petersburg to clash with Rangers in UEFA Cup final (Roundup)
May 2nd, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
DPA
St. Petersburg, May 2 (DPA/Xinhua) Zenit St. Petersburg crushed favourites Bayern Munich 4-0 to reach the final of the UEFA Cup football on a 5-1 aggregate. In the final in Manchester May ... Read more...
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Parreira says Santana will coach South Africa
April 23rd, 2008 - 8:34 pm ICT by admin
(Football Snippets)
DPA
Rio de Janeiro, April 23 (DPA) Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has said that his compatriot Joel Santana will replace him at the helm of the South African national team. Football ... Read more...
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Clubs out to spoil all-England Champions League final
April 1st, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by admin
(Preview)
DPA
Hamburg, April 1 (DPA) English football fans are already excited about the prospect of an all-England Champions League final, but at least four clubs are hoping to prevent that from happening. England ... Read more...
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