Brazil displaced Germany from the top of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released on Thursday. The world champions Germany dropped to second despite winning the Confederations Cup. Argentina is in third and Switzerland, with a 100 per cent record in World Cup qualifiers, are fourth. This is higher than they have been […]
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The Super Eagles have dropped to the 39th spot from 38th in the July FIFA World Rankings. The rankings table on FIFA’s website on Thursday indicated that Nigeria now has 715 points as against 730 it had in the June rankings. The ranking also saw the national team become sixth in Africa behind Egypt, Senegal, […]
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The young Germany side put in a composed performance to win their first Confederations Cup title after victory against Copa America winners Chile in Sunday’s final in St Petersburg. Lars Stindl hit the first-half winner following a mistake by Marcelo Diaz. With this victory, the Germans became the second team to win both the World […]
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World champions, Germany cruised into the final of the 2017 confederations cup by emphatically defeating Mexico 4-1 in the match played on Thursday at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Moscow. Germany will meet Chile in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Germany’s victory was inspired by a quick-fire start following a brace […]
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Chile and Germany have booked their tickets for the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in Russia. Chile will meet Portugal in the first semi-final on Wednesday after grinding a draw against Australia in the last Group B match at Otkrytiye Arena in Moscow Sunday evening. Germany had an easier ticket, beating hard-fighting Cameroon 3-1, with […]
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Alexis Sanchez did not just make the headline for stabbing home Chile’s sixth minute goal against Germany, he also made history as his country’s all-time top-scorer. The Arsenal most valuable player got his 38th international goal in Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Germany at the Confederations Cup in Russia. The Gunners’ star, voted man of the […]
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World champions Germany successfully started the FIFA Confederations Cup with a thrilling 3-2 win over Australia in Sochi on Monday (June 19). Lars Stindl opened scoring early for Germany after five minutes, with Tom Rogic equaling for Australia in the 40th minute, but then Julian Draxler gave the lead again to Germany just four minutes […]
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Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl has died at age 87. Having led Germany for 16 years, he is remembered for reuniting the country as well as for making a huge political and economic contribution to the integration of Europe. Helmut Kohl’s political party the Christian Democratic Union on Friday confirmed media reports that the former chancellor […]
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Germany’s foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the U.S. President’s actions have “weakened” the West and accusing the U.S. government of standing “against the interests of the European Union.” Just 24 hours after German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Europe could no longer completely rely on traditional allies such […]
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German international and former former Bayern Munich and Arsenal forward, Lukas Podolski ended on his international career by firing Germany to a 1-0 win over England on Wednesday. Podolski captained Germany on his 130th and final cap for his country. He scored the only goal of the game – his 49th for Germany – in […]
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