The fact Germany earned praise for their skilful attacking performances at the 2010 World Cup should … More »Bundesliga - German youth work, a success story for club and country
Germany's youth programme has made huge advances and is supplying the national and club teams with top … More »Football - German youth set-up has made quantum leap
Poland and Slovakia have backed a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. More »Winter Sports - Polish, Slovak leaders back joint 2022 Winter Olympics bid
Montenegro manager Branko Brnovic has launched an astonishing attack on England, branding them scared … More »Football - Brnovic disdainful of 'scared' England
Montenegro coach Branko Brnovic has taunted England by claiming they are a long ball team and are already … More »World Cup - Montenegro coach mocks 'long ball' England
Italy head into Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Malta buoyed by a stirring comeback in a 2-2 draw with … More »World Cup - Balotelli blast has Italy dreaming in Malta
Group C round-up: Germany eased past lowly Kazakhstan 3-0 without deploying any strikers to stay top … More »World Cup - Striker-less Germany ease past Kazakhstan to stay top
Germany coach Joachim Loew has no plans to get rid of his strikers but says attacking midfielders add … More »World Cup - Germany torn between nine and false nine
Whether it was Gerd Mueller, Rudi Voeller or Miroslav Klose, Germany have never had a shortage of gifted … More »Football - Germany break with tradition against Kazakhstan
Hungary will be forced to play one of their most important matches for years in front of an empty stadium … More »Football - Empty stadium awaits Hungary in crunch game
Germany will be training on artificial grass in the run-up to Friday's World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan … More »Football - Kazakh artificial pitch raises German alarm bells
Defenders Seamus Coleman and Marc Wilson have been included in Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland … More »Football - Coleman and Wilson in Ireland squad
Germany hailed the 2-1 friendly victory over France in Paris on Wednesday as a welcome return of a winning … More »Football - Germany rediscover winning mentality in rare France win
Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez is confident his time will come in the Bundesliga after a slow start … More »Bundesliga - Bayern's Gomez unfazed by substitute role
Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has warned goalkeeper Keiren Westwood he may have to leave … More »Football - Trapattoni: Westwood needs game time
Mario Gomez has been recalled to the Germany squad for next week's friendly against France. More »World Football - Gomez recalled by Germany, Kiessling left out
Mario Gomez has been recalled to the Germany squad for next week's friendly against France. More »Bundesliga - Gomez recalled by Germany, Kiessling left out
Mario Gomez has been recalled to the Germany squad for next week's friendly against France. More »World Cup - Gomez recalled by Germany, Kiessling left out
Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of signing Mario Balotelli to boost his chances of election. More »Serie A - Berlusconi accused of using Balotelli for votes
Fabio Capello has told the Football Association he will attend their 150th year celebration launch in … More »Football - Capello to attend FA event
By Brian Homewood More »Football - UPDATE 1-Soccer-Messi wins Player of the Year for fourth time
Argentina's Lionel Messi, still only 25, has won the World Player of the Year award for an unprecedented … More »Liga - Messi wins Ballon d'Or for fourth time
BERLIN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Goal-line technology has been given a lukewarm reception by the German football … More »Football - Soccer-German FA lukewarm over goal-line technology
Spain's glorious third successive triumph and Lionel Messi's brilliance were the golden hallmarks of … More »Football - 2012: Review of the Year
By Mike Collett More »Football - YEARENDER-Soccer-Glory for Spain and Messi but problems never far away