Stuttgart draw 2-2 with Steaua Bucharest
September 21st, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Stuttgart, Sep 21 (IANS) German side Stuttgart managed a 2-2 draw against Steaua Bucharest at Europa League with a late equaliser by Georg Niedermeier at the soldout Mercedes Benz Arena ... Read more...
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Heldt extends contract with German side Schalke
September 9th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 9 (IANS) Schalke director of sport and communication Horst Heldt has extended his running contract until 2016, the club said on its official homepage.Although the final signatures have ... Read more...
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Javi Martinez joins German side Bayern Munich
August 30th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 30 (IANS) Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez finally joined German giants Bayern Munich after weeks of speculations on a five-year deal, the club announced.Martinez, 24, terminated his ... Read more...
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Football friendlies: Argentina beat Germany, Brazil thrash Sweden
August 16th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Argentina beat 10-man hosts Germany 3-1 in an international soccer friendly at Frankfurt Arena Wednesday while Alexandre Pato scored a brace to help Brazil breeze ... Read more...
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German side Bremen signs Kevin de Bruyne on loan
August 7th, 2012 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 7 (IANS) Bundesliga side Werder Bremen has signed Belgian international midfielder Kevin de Bruyne on a season-long deal from Chelsea until 2013, the club said Tuesday.The 21-year-old Chelsea ... Read more...
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Reading completes Pogrebnyak signing
July 7th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has joined English Premier League side Reading after receiving a British work permit, the club said.Pogrebnyak, who spent the second ... 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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Pogrebnyak agrees contract with Reading
June 30th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has agreed a contract with Reading, the English Premier League club said Saturday.The Russian is likely to join the newly-promoted ... Read more...
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Monchengladbach sign defender Alvaro Dominguez
June 28th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 28 (IANS) German side Borussia Monchengladbach has signed Atletico Madrid defender Alvaro Dominguez until June 2017, the club said in an official statement.The 23-year-old central defender passed the ... Read more...
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Champions League win my greatest achievement: Didier Drogba
June 17th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who left the club at the end of the 2012 season, said here Sunday that the greatest achievement in ... 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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German side Stuttgart signs midfielder Tunay Torun
June 7th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 7 (IANS) Turkish international Tunay Torun joined German team Stuttgart in a deal that will keep the footballer in Germany till 2015, the club confirmed.The former Berlin midfielder ... Read more...
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Farfan extends contract with German side Schalke 04
April 29th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 29 (IANS) Schalke 04 extended Peruvian international striker Jefferson Farfan's contract until 2016, the German Bundesliga club announced during the match against Berlin at home.It seemed Farfan was ... Read more...
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German side Bayern sign defender Dante until 2016
April 27th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 27 (IANS) German record champions Bayern Munich have signed Borussia Monchengladbach defender Dante Bonfim Costa for four years, the club confirmed."Bayern Munich is one of the three ... Read more...
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Del Bosque: Raul could go to Euro 2012
April 14th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 14 (IANS) Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has not ruled out the prospect of taking former Real Madrid striker Raul Gonzalez to this summer's European Championships to ... Read more...
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Real Madrid crush Osasuna in Primera Liga
April 1st, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 1 (IANS) Real Madrid remained six points clear at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga following their 5-1 win away against Osasuna.The game Saturday had been touted ... Read more...
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Atletico Madrid beat Hannover at Europa quarters
March 30th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 30 (IANS) Spanish club Atletico Madrid scored an 89th minute goal to take a narrow 2-1 win over Hannover in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinal.Eduardo ... Read more...
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Athletic Bilbao shock Schalke away from home
March 30th, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 30 (IANS) German side Schalke suffered a 2-4 home loss against Spanish club Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of Europa League quarterfinals.Bilbao sealed an impressive win Thursday ... 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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More good news for Athletic as Llorente nears new deal
March 17th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 17 (IANS) Days after Athletic Club Bilbao knocked English champions Manchester United out of the Europa League, striker Fernando Llorente gave his club's supporters yet another reason to ... Read more...
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Germany beat Japan to win Algarve Cup
March 8th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Faro (Portugal), March 8 (IANS) Okoyino da Mbabi scored a hat-trick as Germany beat Japan 4-3 in the women's soccer Algarve Cup final.The German side opened scoring in the 20th ... 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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Newcastle seals deal with Cisse
January 18th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 18 (IANS) English Premier League club Newcastle United confirmed that they have completed the signing of Senegalese striker Papiss Demba Cisse from German side Freiburg.The striker penned a ... Read more...
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Ribery starts on the bench against India
January 10th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) French winger Frank Ribery was named on the bench for Bayern Munich's match against India at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Tuesday.Ribery who started ... Read more...
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Gomez opens the scoring against India
January 10th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Bayern Munich and Germany forward Mario Gomez opened the scoring for the visitors against India in Bhaichung Bhutia's farewell match at the Jawaharlal Nehru ... 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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German side Hertha Berlin suspends coach Markus Babbel
December 19th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 19 (IANS) Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin has suspended coach Markus Babbel with immediate effect, the club said in a statement.Club and coach struggled to find a contract extension, ... Read more...
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Arsenal to play AC Milan in Champions League knockout stage
December 17th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) The draw for the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League has pitted English giants Arsenal and Chelsea against seven-time champions AC Milan and Napoli.Arsenal who ... Read more...
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Drogba stars as Chelsea march into champions league last 16
December 7th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Didier Drogba's brace propelled Chelsea into the UEFA Champions League knockout stage as the Londoners beat Valencia 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.Drogba's third-minute opening goal gave ... Read more...
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Del Bosque warns of Italian threat in Euro 2012
December 3rd, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 3 (IANS) Spain coach Vicente del Bosque was wary of having Italy in the same group of the Euro 2012 football after the draw for the tournament was ... Read more...
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Schalke and Bilbao progress to the next round of Europa League
December 2nd, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 2 (IANS) Bundesliga club FC Schalke secured their berth in the intermediate round of the UEFA Europa League ahead of schedule with a 2-1 win over Romanian side ... Read more...
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Leverkusen shock Chelsea; Arsenal, Valencia win (Roundup)
November 24th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 24 (IANS) Leverkusen came from a goal down to shock Chelsea at home while Valencia and Arsenal registered impressive wins in Champions LeagueThe German team showed great ... Read more...
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India lose 1-2 to Germany in women’s U-21 hockey
November 11th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Germany defeated India 2-1 to set-up a title clash with New Zealand in the four-nation women's under-21 hockey tournament at the National Stadium here Friday.Laura ... Read more...
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Man-U, Becks top Forbes rich-list
April 22nd, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Beckham has been declared the highest-paid player owing to his recent endorsement deals with Pepsi and Electronic Arts, reports the Independent.His earnings in 2010 were estimated at 24 million pounds, ahead ... Read more...
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Man City set to sign Edin Dzeko for 34 million pounds
December 30th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 30 (ANI): To bolster their hopes of winning the Premier League, Manchester City is all set to sign Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko for an estimated 34 million pounds, according to ... Read more...
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