Rafael van der Vaart returns to Hamburg
September 1st, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 1 (IANS) Dutch international and former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rafael van der Vaart headed back to Hamburger SV to sign a three-year deal, the club said at the ... Read more...
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Bayern Munich move up in German Cup
August 21st, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 21 (IANS) Bayern Munich have defeated second division side Regensburg 4-0, thanks to a brace by striker Mario Mandzukic, in the first round of German Cup (DFB ... Read more...
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Uchida extends stay at Schalke till 2015
August 17th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 17 (IANS) Japanese international Atsuto Uchida has extended his contract with Schalke 04 until 2015, the Bundesliga club announced on its official website Thursday."Atsuto Uchida is bubbling with ... Read more...
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Monchengladbach coach Lucien Favre extends contract
July 5th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 5 (IANS) Monchengladbach coach Lucien Favre has extended his contract with the Bundesliga football club until 2015."I was in talks with the board and the management for a ... 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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Champions League defeat a thing of past: Thomas Muller
June 8th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lviv (Ukraine), June 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ahead of his country's Euro 2012 campaign, Germany's attacking midfielder Thomas Muller said Friday he had banished the memory of the Champions League ... Read more...
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Japanese midfielder Kagawa to join Man United
June 5th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Borussia Dortmund's Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa is to join Manchester United pending the issue of a UK work permit, the English club said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Dortmund humble Bayern to win German Cup
May 13th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, May 13 (IANS) Bundesliga football champions Borussia Dortmund lifted the German Cup to seal a double following a 5-2 hammering of Bayern Munich at outsold Berlin Olympia stadium.German ... Read more...
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Dortmund clinch successive Bundesliga title
April 22nd, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 22 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund clinched their second successive Bundesliga title with a 2-0 win over Monchengladbach two rounds ahead of schedule.Dortmund staged a dominant performance Saturday against ... Read more...
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Raul rejects contract extension
April 20th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 20 (IANS) Veteran Spanish striker Raul Gonzalez Blanco has decided not to extend his contract with German football club Schalke04 and will leave the Bundesliga when his deal ... Read more...
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German record champion Bayern sets Dortmund under pressure
March 25th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 25 (IANS) Bayern Munich recorded their 12th home win owing to the 2-1 victory over Hannover and moved within two points of league leaders Borussia Dortmund while ... Read more...
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Dortmund record narrow victory in German Cup
March 21st, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 21 (IANS) German Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund beat second division team Greuther Fuehrth 1-0 thanks to midfielder Ilkay Guendogan's late goal.A first division front-runner, Dortmund dominated the match ... Read more...
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Berlin sack coach Michael Skibbe
February 13th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 13 (IANS) Michael Skibbe has been sacked as coach of Berlin for the team's disastrous show in Bundesliga football and German Cup.Skibbe and co-trainer Edwin Boekamp have been ... Read more...
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German side Hoffenheim sacks coach Stanislawski
February 10th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 10 (IANS) Bundesliga football team Hoffenheim and coach Holger Stanislawski have decided to go their separate ways after team's string of poor performances, announced the club on their ... Read more...
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Schweinsteiger to be out of action due to ligament tear
February 10th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 10 (IANS) German international and Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out of action for an indefinite period due to a torn ligament.Schweinsteiger suffered the injury ... Read more...
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Bayern, Monchengladbach, Fuerth in German Cup semis
February 9th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 9 (IANS) Bayern Munich had no problems overcoming a clumsy Stuttgart 2-0, Monchengladbach wrapped up a controversial win and second division Greuther Fuerth clinched a sensational 1-0 ... Read more...
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Dortmund reaches semifinals at German Cup
February 8th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 8 (IANS) Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund advanced to the German Cup semifinals after a confident 4-0 win over fourth division team Holstein Kiel.Holstein Kiel staged a confident ... Read more...
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Monchengladbach into German Cup quarters
December 22nd, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 22 (IANS) Monchengladbach knocked out defending champions Schalke from German Cup while Holstein Kiel crushed Mainz 2-0 to enter the quarterfinals.Schalke lost 1-3 in the hot-tempered pre-quarterfinal match ... Read more...
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Dynamo Dresden excluded from German Cup soccer
November 25th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Nov 25 (IANS) Second division team Dynamo Dresden will be excluded from the 2012/2013 German Cup due to fan riots in a match against Borussia Dortmund in October, the ... Read more...
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Wolfsburg appoint McClaren coach
May 11th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Wolfsburg (Germany), May 11 (DPA) Germany's VfL Wolfsburg Tuesday appointed former England manager Steve McLaren coach, the Bundesliga club confirmed.
McLaren, who has just led FC Twente to the club's first Dutch ... Read more...
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Robben doubtful for Champions League tie against Man-U
March 28th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Munich, March 28 (DPA) Dutch winger Arjen Robben is a doubtful starter for Bayern Munich first-leg Champions League quarter-final Tuesday against Manchester United after pulling a calf muscle Saturday.
Robben, who was ... Read more...
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Bayern make German Cup semi-finals as Cologne implode
February 11th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 11 (DPA) Bayern Munich suffered a minor scare in the quarter-finals of the German Cup football against second-division side Greuther Fuerth Wednesday before eventually cruising to a 6-2 ... Read more...
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Bremen coach Schaaf delighted to go through
February 10th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bremen (Germany), Feb 10 (DPA) Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf said he was delighted that his side qualified for the semi-finals of the German Cup after beating Hoffenheim 2-1.
Naldo opened the ... Read more...
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Munich, Bremen, Schalke move into German Cup quarters
October 29th, 2009 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Oct 29 (DPA) Miroslav Klose struck twice as visiting Bayern Munich crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 in the third round of the German Cup.
Wednesday's first three goals came early within a ... Read more...
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Stuttgart, Dortmund crash out of German Cup
October 28th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Oct 28 (DPA) Pressure continues to build on under-fire VfB Stuttgart coach Markus Babbel after his Bundesliga side suffered a shock 0-1 defeat to second-division Greuther Fuerth in the third ... Read more...
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Munich meet Frankfurt again, in German Cup
October 26th, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Oct 26 (DPA) Bayern Munich will hope for a less nerve-racking affair than on Saturday when they meet Eintracht Frankfurt again Wednesday in the third round of the German Cup.
Munich ... Read more...
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Bochum, Hertha seek Cup relief after Bundesliga slump
September 21st, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Barry Whelan
Hamburg, Sep 21 (DPA) VfL Bochum will be looking for some cup cheer when they take on Ruhr rivals Schalke 04 Tuesday after a poor start to the season ... Read more...
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Bochum part company with coach Koller
September 21st, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bochum (Germany), Sep 21 (DPA) VfL Bochum sacked coach Marcel Koller Sunday following a string of poor results that sees the club sit second from bottom of the German Bundesliga.
Koller had been ... Read more...
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Bremen get a home game at last in German cup
August 9th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Aug 9 (DPA) Holders Werder Bremen were drawn to play at home at last in the German cup, against second division St Pauli Hamburg in the second round.
Bremen have not ... Read more...
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German Cup: Rost stars in Hamburg’s win over Dusseldorf
August 4th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dusseldorf, Aug 4 (DPA) SV Hamburg flirted with disaster but Frank Rost then saved twice for a 4-1 victory on penalties over second division Fortuna Dusseldorf in the first round of ... Read more...
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Werder win German Cup
May 31st, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, May 31 (Xinhua) German football powerhouse Werder Bremen made up for a disappointing league and defeat in the UEFA Cup final by claiming the German Cup, beating Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 here.
Midfielder ... Read more...
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Ozil strikes to give Bremen UEFA cup
May 31st, 2009 - 9:10 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, May 31 (DPA) Werder Bremen made amends for a disappointing league season and defeat in the UEFA Cup final by clinching the German Cup with a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen ... Read more...
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Ajax Amsterdam after SV Hamburg coach Martin Jol
May 26th, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, May 26 (DPA) Ajax Amsterdam are out to hire coach Martin Jol but it remains open whether his current club SV Hamburg will let him go.
German and Dutch news reports said ... Read more...
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Diego signs with Juventus in move from Bremen
May 26th, 2009 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 26 (DPA) Brazilian playmaker Diego has signed a five-year contract with Italian Serie A giants Juventus in a move from German side Werder Bremen, both clubs confirmed Tuesday.
Juve said on ... Read more...
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Schaaf declines comment on reported talks with Wolfsburg
May 9th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bremen, May 9 (DPA) Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf refused to comment Saturday on a report he was being lined up to take over at Bundesliga leaders Wolfsburg.
"I have never commented ... Read more...
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