Borussia Dortmund’s general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke now insists star striker Robert Lewandowski will not be moving abroad this summer having already ruled out a move to domestic rivals Bayern Munich.

Europe’s police authority Europol have been promising to shock the football world for some time with their match-fixing investigations.

A German ice hockey team have sparked controversy after being sponsored by a local brothel.

There were still 54 minutes and stoppage time to play in the semi-final of the European Championship between Italy and Germany but the game’s defining images, it’s central theme, had already been captured for eternity.

On the two previous occasions Germany have lost in the final of a European Championship, they have come back four years later to win the tournament.

THE German authorities have admitted they are not sure of the source of one of the biggest outbreaks of deadly E coli contamination ever that has already claimed 16 lives and infected more than 1,000 people.

UEFA president Michel Platini has claimed goal-line technology will lead to “PlayStation football.”

After scoring four goals in a game for the third time at this World Cup, Germany are “within touching distance of the title”, according to the Welt newspaper.

Bayern Munich’s season appears in danger of imploding after coach Louis van Gaal was given a Christmas deadline to turn their fortunes around, while influential defender Philipp Lahm was forced to apologise after being fined for criticising the club in a newspaper interview.

STEVEN GERRARD claims he is not interested in battling with Cesc Fabregas and Frank Lampard to become the Premier League’s highest-scoring midfielder.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge believes there will always be a doping problem but claims great advances have been made to stamp out cheating in sport.

The German media have accused veteran defender Jorg Heinrich of "chickening out" of the World Cup.