Tag: Soccer World Cup
The absolute low point: Italy missed the World Cup again – Sport
Of Oliver Meiler, Rome If you had to pick an image, one of a thousand, that does some justice to the crazy dynamics of sport, and of course life, it…
Football: Italy missed out on World Cup participation again
The European champions lost 1-0 to North Macedonia – the finals in Qatar, like those in Russia four years ago, will be held without the Squadra Azzurra. Austria are also…
DFB team: The very, very talented Julians – Sport
Thomas Müller can physically feel the beginning of a football year in which a major country tournament is coming up. “It’s tingling a bit,” reported the Munich national player, whose…
World Cup qualification: Intercontinental tremors
Qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar is entering its final phase, with crucial games coming up around the world. An overview from New Zealand to Canada. source site
Bavaria: Hatred against Sweden like in the war – Bavaria
A look back reveals that the Germans in particular tended to start wars without much thought. Not even the Second World War was a lesson for the especially dame. Not…
World champion and European champion: Jürgen Grabowski is dead
Eintracht Frankfurt and German football mourn the loss of a 1974 world champion: Jürgen Grabowski died in a hospital in Wiesbaden on Thursday evening at the age of 77. This…
Football: Schalke 04 ends partnership with Gazprom – Sport
Second division soccer team Schalke 04 is ending its partnership with its controversial Russian main sponsor Gazprom. The joint decision of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board the club…
Football: Fifa imposes first sanctions on Russia
How the sports world is reacting to the war in Ukraine Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic want to boycott the World Cup qualifiers and are putting pressure on Fifa,…
Operation riverbed: new allegations against World Cup hosts Qatar
As DFB president and Fifa board member, Theo Zwanziger was one of the harshest critics of the World Cup in Qatar. Now there is a suspicion that the emirate commissioned…
Fifa: “How low can Infantino sink?” – Sport
The humanitarian catastrophe in Africa, climate change, the massive south-north migration across the separating Mediterranean Sea – these are probably the most pressing problems of our time. Now for the…