Thousands of Turkish football fans across Germany celebrated their team’s entry into the Euro 2008 quarterfinals after a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday evening.
Less than 24 hours after Germany’s Euro 2008 aspirations were brought crashing back to Earth, coach Joachim Löw faced some tough questioning from the disgruntled German media.
Shown a red card against Croatia, German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been banned for one match by UEFA and will miss Monday's clash with Austria in Vienna with a Euro 2008 quarterfinal place at stake.
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A German journalist covering the European football championship tried to delay his flight from the northern Italian city of Verona to Vienna by making a fake bomb threat, according to reports in the Italian media.
The atmosphere was peaceful in Klagenfurt on Thursday just hours before the Germany v Croatia Euro 2008 Group B match, as German supporters struggled to match the Croatians' numbers.
Thousands of whooping, flag-waving Turkish-Germans took to the streets on Wednesday night to celebrate Turkey’s 2:1 victory over Switzerland in the teams’s first Euro 2008 match.
Croatia needs to put together a much more convincing performance against Euro 2008 co-favourites Germany on Thursday if they are to reflect the confidence their coach Slaven Bilic has that they can win the title.
Polish parliamentarian Miroslaw Orzechowski has said he wants to revoke Lukas Podolski’s Polish citizenship after he led Germany to a 2-0 win against Poland on Sunday. But the footballer says he doesn't even have a Polish passport.
A few football fans could go thirsty after a beer transport truck from Munich lost some 350 cases of beer on the A8 Autobahn while traveling to Austria for a Euro 2008 delivery late on Monday evening.
German manager Oliver Bierhoff says the Euro 2008 side can emulate their Euro 1996-winning predecessors after finally breaking their 12-year winless streak in the competition.
<b>The German football team has booked its first Euro 2008 victory and Germany is once again awash in black, red, and gold. But the country isn’t merely attempting to regain the good vibes of the World Cup from two years ago, writes The Local’s Marc Young.</b>
Police narrowly avoided a massive brawl in the eastern city of Frankfurt an der Oder on Sunday night between Polish and German hooligans after they forced 300 Poles back over a border bridge.
<b>Joachim Löw, the coach of the German national football team, discusses the team’s first match on Sunday against Poland and looks forward to the rest of the Euro 2008 tournament.</b>
Germany’s Polish-born striker Lukas Podolski made clear where his allegiance lies after lifting Germany to a 2-0 win over Poland in the country’s first Euro 2008 match on Sunday.
The sleepy Austrian town of Klagenfurt was deafened by football chants and blaring music on Sunday as German and Polish fans in full supporter attire invaded the city centre ahead of their countries' first Euro 2008 match.
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German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble wants to do everything in the government’s power to keep hooligans from travelling to the European Championships starting this weekend.
A Polish newspaper trying to heat up the atmosphere before Germany's opening Euro 2008 match with Poland on Sunday has run a doctored picture demanding the heads of Michael Ballack and coach Joachim Löw.
The Dutch newspaper <i>Telegraaf</i> on Tuesday speculated German Chancellor Angela Merkel secretly supports the arch rivals of the German national football team just days ahead of the Euro 2008.
Germany head coach Joachim Loew on Wednesday dropped striker Patrick Helmes plus midfielders Jermaine Jones and teenager Marko Marin from his final Euro 2008 squad.
Second-half goals from striker Vitali Bulyga gave minnows Belarus a shock 2-2 draw on Tuesday against Germany - one of the favourites for next month's Euro 2008.
German captain Michael Ballack has shrugged off his disappointment at losing out to Manchester United in last Wednesday's Champions League by saying he couldn't wait for Euro 2008 to begin.
Up to 1,700 German police officers will head to the European football championship next month to help out their colleagues in host nations Switzerland and Austria, the German Interior Ministry announced on Monday.
