Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the player, who twiced played for Germany in friendlies, was being issued with a Russian passport and all questions of citizenship were settled, Tass news agency reported. Mutko is also president of the Russian football...
By Sebastian Stiekel, dpa Frankfurt (dpa) - Eintracht Frankfurt Marco Russ is to undergo surgery next week after being diagnosed with a tumour following a failed doping test. Despite the diagnosis, Russ played Thursday evening against Nuremberg in the first leg of the...
By Barry Whelan, dpa Berlin (dpa) - FIFA's ethics committee Friday opened adjudicatory proceedings against former German football federation (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach and will consider a two-year football ban. The case relates to Niersbach's conduct relating...
By Barry Whelan, dpa Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich seek the league and cup double in coach Pep Guardiola's last game in charge when they meet runners-up Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's German Cup final in Berlin. Berlin (dpa) - Germany's top two clubs meet in a...
Dusseldorf (dpa) - Bayer Leverkusen have signed Austria international Julian Baumgartlinger from fellow Bundesliga club Mainz. The midfielder, who captained Mainz, has agreed a contract until the end of June 2020, Leverkusen said Thursday. Leverkusen are believed to...
Braunschweig, Germany (dpa) - The number of Volkswagen investors suing the carmaker for damages in relation to its emissions scandal has risen to 114, the German court responsible for such claims said on Wednesday. The court in the central German city of Wolfsburg...
Stuttgart, Germany (dpa) - Relegated Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart have appointed former Hertha Berlin coach Jos Luhukay and parted company with sports director Robin Dutt, the club said Tuesday. Dutt, 51, leaves the club "by mutual agreement" after the side's first...
Munich (dpa) - Bayern Munich's Germany international Mario Goetze would do well to follow coach Juergen Klopp to Liverpool, German football great Franz Beckenbauer said Saturday. Goetze has failed to establish a regular first-team place at Bayern, and Beckenbauer, the...
By Mark Meadows, dpa Berlin (dpa) - Former champions VfB Stuttgart were relegated from the Bundesliga on the last day of the season on Saturday after meekly losing 3-1 at VfL Wolfsburg. Werder Bremen face a two-leg relegation play-off against second tier Nuremberg on...