ice hockey

Hockey team brothel sponsor turns others off

A German ice hockey team which signed a shirt sponsorship deal with a local brothel and revelled in the attention the arrangement attracted, has lost another sponsor which left in disgust.

hockey

Punkrockers ride to ice hockey team's rescue

Cult punk band <i>Die Toten Hosen</i> are loyal fans of their local ice hockey team in Düsseldorf, so much so they have decided to come to the rescue of the financially strapped club.

sweden

German ice hockey hopes melt in face of red-hot Swedes

German ice hockey hopes melted on Wednesday night as the national team were thoroughly beaten 2:5 by giants Sweden, ending the Teutonic world championship campaign in the quarter final.

Russia

Germany opens ice hockey world championship by beating Russia

Germany opened the ice hockey world championships with a historic win over Russia on Friday on, running out 2-0 winners for their first win over their opponents which ended a 32-match winless streak.

Berlin

Berlin takes fifth national hockey title

Berlin’s ice hockey team the <i>Eisbären</i> won the German championship on Tuesday night for the fifth time, beating Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg with a deciding goal in the 57th minute.

Cologne

German ice hockey team stuns US

A sudden-death winner by Felix Schutz gave hosts Germany a shock 2-1 win over Vancouver Olympics runners-up the United States in the world championship's opening match on Friday.

Sport

Canada crushes Germany at ice hockey championship

Germany suffered its worst ice hockey loss in 22 years as it was thrashed 10-1 by defending champion Canada in the qualification round of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Saturday.