•Germany’s forward Nick Woltemade, midfielder Nadiem Amiri and defender Joshua Kimmich, yesterday Germany went down to a shock 2-0 defeat in Slovakia in their opening World Cup qualifier yesterday, while Spain kicked off their bid to reach next year’s finals with a comfortable 3-0 victory in Bulgaria. Atletico Madrid’s David Hancko burst untr...
•Rubble of a damaged building in the northern Israeli town of Tamra, following an overnight missile attack from Iran German Chancellor Friedrich Merz today said that “the moment has come” for a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Speaking to parliament, Merz reiterated Germany’s support for Israel, which...
•Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Germany in Munich yesterday, sending Portugal through to the Nations League final and breaking his run of bad fortune against the Germans. Ronaldo’s 68th-minute tap in, a record-extending 137th international goal, sealed a first win over Germany after five losses, his...
•Rudiger and Musiala Germany coach, Julian Nagelsmann, today recalled goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, in a heavily changed squad for the upcoming Nations League semi-finals. Nagelsmann made 10 changes, including naming two debutants, in his 26-man squad for the June fixtures, reports AFP. Midfielder, Jamal Musiala, defenders Antonio Rudiger ...
•German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for debates on migration to be held with reason amid increased border controls under the country’s new government. “Immigration was never easy,” Steinmeier said in Berlin today at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Intercultural Week, a nati...
•Newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during a handover ceremony yesterday Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a nail-biting second parliamentary vote yesterday to become chancellor after he lost the first round in a stunning early setback. Merz, 69, scored an absolute majority of 325 to 289 in the second secret ...
•Turkey visa Germany has launched a new online platform to simplify the visa application process for Nigerians seeking to work, study or join family members in the country. Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock described the online visa application portal as a positive development that will help the country meet its demand for skilled w...
•Elon Musk A post from Elon Musk on his platform X that only the far-right AfD party can “save Germany” sparked accusations today that he was seeking to interfere in the country’s upcoming polls. The tech billionaire posted the message over a video commentary that criticised the leader of Germany’s CDU party Friedrich Merz, on […]...
•Victor Boniface Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has narrated how he survived a ghastly accident in Germany. It was earlier reported how the incident which involved a lorry saw the Nigerian international forward rushed to hospital. The 23-year-old had scored in Leverkusen’s 2-1 Bundesliga victory over Eintracht Frankfurt the previous day bu...
•Stefan Ortega Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has received his first call-up to the Germany squad after coach Julian Nagelsmann named him in the Nations League team today. The 32-year-old joins Stuttgart’s Alexander Nübel and Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann as one of three goalkeepers in the 23-man squad, reports AFP. Germany’s first-cho...

