Novak Djokovic confirms split with Boris Becker

Djokovic had made a change to his coaching team towards the end of the 2016 season with Pepe Imaz joining him for the Paris Masters.

07 Dec 2016 10:11 AM

Volkswagen set to slash up to 30,000 jobs

Two-thirds of the job losses will be at VW plants in Germany, the others in North America and Brazil.

18 Nov 2016 2:03 PM

French PM says far-right leader Le Pen could be next President

Le Pen is widely tipped to reach the second round of the election on May 7, where she would face either a candidate of left or the right.

17 Nov 2016 5:02 PM

Germany probes Facebook on hate incitement

German prosecutors said on Monday that they had launched a probe after receiving a complaint that alleged that top Facebook bosses including founder Mark Zuckerberg were condoning hate speech, as pres

08 Nov 2016 6:26 AM

Thunderstorms cause blackout of GPS signals

01 Nov 2016 12:58 AM

Niklas Suele seals Hertha’s fate

Rising Germany star Niklas Suele sealed Hoffenheim’s 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin which put them third in the Bundesliga and set up a mouth-watering clash against leaders Bayern Munich next week.

31 Oct 2016 11:38 PM

Bid to save Ukraine in Berlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin was headed to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit on Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s role in Ukraine as well as Syria.

19 Oct 2016 1:08 AM

After criticism from wife, Nigerian President says she ‘belongs to my kitchen’

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday hit back at criticism from his wife about his leadership, saying she “belongs to my kitchen”.

16 Oct 2016 6:14 AM

German League: Bayern held by 10-man Frankfurt

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich are now winless in their last three games after being held to a 2-2 draw at ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday in the German league.

16 Oct 2016 12:26 AM

Germany’s cricket boom poised to hit silver screen

A boom of interest in cricket in Germany, fuelled by the influx of asylum seekers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a tale poised to hit the silver screen.

15 Oct 2016 2:32 AM

Nazi jargon revival causes fresh alarm in Germany

This file photo taken on December 15, 2014 shows supporters of the PEGIDA movement, ‘Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes’, which translates to ‘Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the Occident’, holding a banner reading ‘Liar press- shut up, the only thing that is true, the weather forecast’ during a rally in Dresden, Eastern Germany. Some long-banished German words and phrases associated with the Nazi past have been revived by far-right politicians railing against the migrant influx, sparking alarm and warnings about history repeating itself. (Photo: AFP)

14 Oct 2016 1:27 AM

Germany out to fix misfiring attack

Germany’s Mesut Ozil (left) and Jerome Boateng at a training session in Hamburg, ahead of their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic on Saturday. (Photo: AFP )

07 Oct 2016 6:40 AM

Assange pledges to leak more on US elections

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pledged on Tuesday to publish “significant” new material on the US election before the November 8 vote speaking on the 10th anniversary of the online leaking platform.

05 Oct 2016 6:52 AM

‘Rock-n-roll’ Rosetta ends its cosmic saga

A model of orbiter Rosetta hangs from the ceiling in a conference room at the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, on Friday. (Photo: AP)

01 Oct 2016 2:38 AM

Germany, Turkey ask Russia to ensure ceasefire in Syria

Russia has a “special responsibility to calm violence and give a political process a chance” in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

30 Sep 2016 3:32 AM

The Man with the Golden Gun in the line of fire

Germany’s former top spy Werner Mauss went on trial on Monday accused of hiding millions of euros from authorities.

27 Sep 2016 6:26 AM

Kenenisa Bekele wins, misses record

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele after crossing the finishing line in Berlin on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

26 Sep 2016 12:34 AM

Condom mandatory for sex with prostitute

German legislation designed to make life safer for sex workers, including making the use of a condom mandatory, and a stricter “no means no” law both passed their final hurdles Friday with approval fr

25 Sep 2016 7:25 AM

Bayern Munich targets struggling Hamburg

Gladbach wary of Ingolstadt threat at home

24 Sep 2016 6:21 AM

Perfect Bayern reclaim top spot in Germany

Leaders Bayern Munich are now the only team in Germany’s top flight still with a perfect 100 percent record following Wednesday’s 3-0 Bundesliga win at home to Hertha Berlin.

23 Sep 2016 6:51 AM