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Just in case you haven't heard, France play Germany in the quarter finals of the World Cup on Friday. Here, The Local France squares up against The Local Germany to argue over which team deserves to win, before a ball has even been kicked.
Germany and France will battle for a place in the semi-finals of the football World Cup in Brazil on Friday. The Local looks to Germans past and present to find out what they make of their neighbours across the Rhine.
An illness in the German camp has affected several players ahead of the team’s quarter-final against France at the football World Cup in Brazil on Friday night.
Forget Luis Suarez and his appetite for an Italian, one of the most shocking moments in World Cup history was when France played Germany in 1982 and German goalkeeper left French player Patrick Battiston in a coma. Watch what happened and read this interview with Battiston.
The dream ended for Jürgen Klinsmann and his United States team on Tuesday after losing 2:1 to Belgium in the last 16 of the football World Cup in Brazil.
German tensions were frayed after Monday night's nervous victory over Algeria in the World Cup last 16, as one reporter found out when he tried questioning defender Per Mertesacker.
Germany face Algeria in the first knock-out stage of the World Cup in Brazil on Monday night, but the countries’ relationship goes far beyond football. Here are eight things you may not know about their connections.
German "fan fever" is running high with their football team’s success in the World Cup, but some authorities are spoiling the fun. Fans have been told to keep quiet and one state has declared German flag face paint dangerous.
"It is at times like these that I question my identity. Am I an American? Am I becoming German?" American teacher and blogger Kathleen Ralf, who has lived in Frankfurt for five years, looks at how the World Cup has challenged her loyalties.
UPDATE: Germany's Thomas Müller scored his fourth World Cup goal to pull level with Lionel Messi and Neymar in a 1-0 win over United States on Thursday that gave his side top spot in Group G.
Jürgen Klinsmann said on Tuesday he expects emotions to run high when his US team meets his German homeland in what he called a once-in-a-lifetime World Cup clash.
German MPs will stop work to watch their team's World Cup clash against USA on Thursday night - to avoid any controversial bills being passed by a few stragglers in parliament.
Mario Götze and Miroslav Klose scored for Germany on Saturday but it wasn't enough to secure a win against Ghana in what was a nail-biting match full of surprises.
Germany may be forced to reshuffle their back-four for Saturday's World Cup clash against Ghana as Mats Hummels struggles to recover from a thigh injury.
Goal-scoring machine Gerd Müller was unkindly nicknamed 'short, fat Müller' during his career, now Germany's latest hot-shot star, Thomas Müller, has been dubbed 'El Flaco' - the Skinny One - by Argentina legend Maradona.
Three masked men robbed a jewellery store in a Berlin shopping arcade during the Germany-Portugal World Cup match on Monday evening. They escaped by putting a huge Germany flag over their getaway car.
UPDATE: More than 26 million Germans watched Thomas Müller claim the first hat-trick of Brazil 2014 in Monday's 4-0 rout of Portugal. But the rising star urged German football fans to keep their feet on the ground.
Thomas Müller scored a hat-trick as Germany thrashed Portugal 4-0 to leave Cristiano Ronaldo's dreams of dominating the World Cup in tatters on Monday.
German team manager Oliver Bierhoff said on Wednesday he had opened talks with people living near Germany's hotel in Brazil after locals protested against the tight security measures surrounding the football team's World Cup base.
Germany is getting ready for the football World Cup in Brazil with open-air venues in beer gardens, beach bars and arenas being set up across the country. The Local gives you the lowdown on some of the top places to watch the games in the biggest German cities.
