As a fan it was hard to go back to watching the German national team get back to playing football. It brought a smile to my face, however, when the Ivory Coast came out of the dressing room reminding us all of the common noble spirit of football and human Click to continue reading...

The new Germany World Cup shirt has been released and is sure to be one of the biggest selling shirts of the 2010 World Cup. The German national team is one of the most consistent at major tournaments and always get to the latter stages of the competition. Germany were drawn ... Click to continue reading...

RIP: Robert Enke: 24 August 1977- 10 November 2009

A sight never seen in Germany as tens of thousands turn AWD Arena into a church to pay their last respects to Robert Enke and to support his wife, Teresa a brave figure in black, who knew best her husband's terrible depression and in the end could do little.

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Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie could miss three months or more of the English Premier League season after suffering torn ankle ligaments during the Netherlands 0-0 tie vs. Italy on Saturday.

Van Persie injured his right ankle after a hard challenge by Italy and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini just 15 minutes into the friendly.

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Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie could miss three months or more of the English Premier League season after suffering torn ankle ligaments during the Netherlands 0-0 tie vs. Italy on Saturday.

Van Persie injured his right ankle after a hard challenge by Italy and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini just 15 minutes into the friendly.

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We're sure you've heard the terrible news by now: Robert Enke, the German National Team goalkeeper and Hannover captain has committed suicide and died.

His wife Teresa spoke at a press conference today, saying that Robert had been suffering from depression for some time and hid it from the public for fear of how it would affect his family and career.

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We're sure you've heard the terrible news by now: Robert Enke, the German National Team goalkeeper and Hannover captain has committed suicide and died.

His wife Teresa spoke at a press conference today, saying that Robert had been suffering from depression for some time and hid it from the public for fear of how it would affect his family and career.

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Germany and the world footballing community are in shock this morning at the news that Hanover 96 captain and German national first choice goalkeeper Robert Enke apparently committed suicide yesterday by stepping in front of a speeding train.
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Every German football-fan mourn national team keeper Robert Enke, who committed suicide yesterday evening on a railroad near Hannover.

Hours after his suicide, fans put candles and team-scarfs as a sign of mourning at the place where Enke spend his last minutes of his life.

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In the spirit of the World Cup season, allow Ballackwurst and co' to present to you with the new German national team kits. It seems to set in well on the shoulders, don't you think? Lieblich! Bastian Schweinsteiger is all "meh" in this photo below, but they all secretly love the extra space on the left to show off the arm muscles, so do not fear!

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Hannover 96 and German national team goalkeeper Robert Enke has died of an apparent suicide after being hit by a train.

A recent member of the German national team, Enke had reportedly struggled to cope with the death of his two-year old daughter, who died from a heart ailment in 2006.

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Hannover 96 and German national team goalkeeper Robert Enke has died of an apparent suicide after being hit by a train.

A recent member of the German national team, Enke had reportedly struggled to cope with the death of his two-year old daughter, who died from a heart ailment in 2006.

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Sad news today. Robert Enke, Hannover and Germany's goalkeeper has been found dead in an underground train passage in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany. According to police, it appears the 32 year-old has committed suicide by train.

Enke hadn't been playing a lot due to a mysterious infection.

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Tragic news coming through this evening: German national team and Hannover 96 keeper Robert Enke has died through what most outfits are calling an apparent suicide by train. "The victim is apparently national team goalkeeper Robert Enke from Hannover 96," a media officer for the Niedersachsen police told Reuters. Click to continue reading...

Sad reports are surfacing over the past hour that German national team goalkeeper Robert Enke has committed suicide. We have not yet seen official confirmation and will continue to look for it, but Enke reportedly had thrown himself under a train.
So, while we spend our days discussing David N'Gog's Tom Daley-esque diving skills and find humor from all corners of this beautiful game, we sometimes need to put it all in perspective. Click to continue reading...

Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke died on Wednesday after being hit by a train. The 32-yer-old Enke had eight caps for the German National Team and played with Benfica and Barcelona. He was a teammate of United States internationals Steve Cherundolo and Sal Zizzo. He was in goal for Hannover's 2-2 draw with Hamburg on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Wenger keeps eye on German youngster who is having a great Bundesliga season.

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Arsenal are planning for life without Cesc Fabregas by lining up a £15 million swoop for Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil.

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20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. Depending on who you ask it was either because of David Hasselhof, an accident or a peaceful revolution of the East German people.

One football fan was particularly looking forward to this event, after cheering on the "wrong" football teams for over two decades.

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I realize that the last official football match to take place at Giants Stadium was almost two weeks ago between the Red Bulls and Toronto FC, but I still figured I'd throw my two cents in on what was once a football mecca in this country. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the Meadowlands is very mixed feelings.

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So what does it take to be nominated to play for the German national team? Well you have to be a German citizen of course and identify strongly with Germany for sure, but are there secrets to being consistently nominated or to get that crucial first nomination? Recently Aaron Hunt, Click to continue reading...

He's twenty-three, has a German father and an English mother, and his double on the weekend against Nurnberg to steal a 2-2 draw for Werder Bremen has all of a sudden put this man on the radar of Fabio Capello. Just one small problem, Aaron Hunt...
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A few years ago Toni Kroos was hailed as the next big thing in German football. He won the best player award at the 2007 U17 World Cup, joined Bayern Munich and was promised the #10 jersey. Far from claiming the shirt he instead commuted between Bayern's bench and the reserves. Meanwhile other next big things popped up, won youth tournaments, first team starting spots and call ups to the German national team.

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Just a quick note to say that FIFA's monthly women's wrap is up here, it includes the latest transfer goss from the WPS (Sky Blue FC seem to have done VERY well for themselves), Marta's stint back in her home country of Brazil which culimated in a 9-0 win in the championship final. Yep, 9-0. Short wrap on European leagues and the W-League gets a mention. Click to continue reading...

Check out this video by U.S. Soccer in advance of the USWNT vs. Germany match tomorrow!!! They do such good work with their video diaries, props guys. My favorite part of this video, though, is at the end when Pia Sundhage talks about playing against German National Team Coach, Silvia Neid, in 1995, and what that means for players' potential career ambitions of coaching at the highest levels today.

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Sir Alex looks for Edwin's replacement.

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Manchester United have been watching German goalkeeper Rene Adler.

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... it's gonna be the Yankees that the Phillies have to put in their place to take the World Series again.� Be there, starting Wednesday night ... as two ex-Cleveland aces go up against each other in their new(er) uniforms. That's CC vs. Cliff Lee.� Let's go, Phillies, you can do it!

And I love hearing that George Will has gone after Dick for his "dithering" comment noting that a little "dithering" by the Bushies might have been helpful before invading Iraq.

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All of days ago we were treated to a trailer of Fahrenheit 2010, the documentary which takes a look at the devious desires behind FIFA's insistence on a World Cup in South Africa. Not quite sure it'll have the clout to do any damage (read: bribes), but it shines more light on an already illuminated subject.

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With their place in the World Cup sealed, the German national team must now prepare for success by staying focused, training hard, and figuring out a way to not get shot in the terrifyingly dangerous host country.

Security firm BaySecur is in charge of that last order and according to representative Guenter Schnelle, it sounds like they're going to approach South Africa like a war zone:

"The possibility for the players of moving outside of the hotel boundaries should be kept to a minimum.

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FIFA has approved Jermaine Jones' application to switch from the German national team to the U.S. men's national team.

The announcement comes after months of speculation about the switch, but now the approval is a bit anti-climactic since the U.S. team has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup and Jones is currently sidelined after his latest surgery to repair a fractured leg.

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FIFA has approved Jermaine Jones' application to switch from the German national team to the U.S. men's national team.

The announcement comes after months of speculation about the switch, but now the approval is a bit anti-climactic since the U.S. team has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup and Jones is currently sidelined after his latest surgery to repair a fractured leg.

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The Beauty: When I saw this photo of Miss Sarah Brandner, I almost dropped my own beer. Look at that image.� When I saw it, I knew how James Joyce's character felt at the end of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.� I too had seen� a beauty that radiates nature's� perfection.

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In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the eighth episode of RNF's podcast.

After months of build-up, the German national team's trip to Moscow lived up to the hype. Punching their ticket to the World Cup, Germany downed the upstart Russians 1-0, leaving hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley to explain where things went wrong for Guss Hiddink's men.

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The final two matches in the group stage of UEFA World Cup Qualifying are coming up with several teams not yet qualified. Most of the favorites have qualified or will with one more victory. The current teams that have qualified for the World Cup finals next summer in South Africa are South Africa, Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea, Brazil, Ghana, England, Spain, Netherlands, and Uruguay.

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You can remove Mexico from the list of nations opposing the United States in the race to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Mexico has pulled out of the running, leaving the United States as the lone CONCACAF nation bidding for the 2018 and 2018 World Cups.

The Mexican Soccer Federation stated that, after a careful review, it was determined that the country did not have the financial capacity to host the games, citing the country's need to renovate existing stadiums.

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"Es müllert wieder!" This famous slogan is only known by older german football fans, especially for those in Western Germany. It´s a tribute to the best German striker ever named Gerd Müller. Müller played fifteen years for the Bavarian top-club FC Bayern Munich and is holding several scoring records.

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