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Germany ride their luck to narrowly beat Chile

Germany's midfielder Mario Goetze (L) celebrates next to teammate midfielder Mesut Ozil after he scored during the International friendly football match Germany vs Chile in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on March 5, 2014. THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty Images)

Germany have beaten Chile 1-0 in Stuttgart, in a game that the home side can count themselves fortunate to win. The South Americans, who might have easily had a draw, or more, just couldn't put the ball away.

Bundesliga - Season 2013/14

Veh to leave Frankfurt at the end of the season

Armin Veh. Photo: dpa

Armin Veh will step down as head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt at the end of the season. The 53-year-old's final task will be to guide the club away from the relegation zone.

Frankfurt find strength for Bundesliga on Europa League travels

Goal avalanche as Hoffenheim thump Wolfsburg, while Frankfurt steal a late win

Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag TSG 1899 Hoffenheim VfL Wolfsburg

Six minutes of madness have propelled Hoffenheim to a 6-2 win over Wolfsburg, dealing a blow to their opponents' European ambitions in the process. Elsewhere, Frankfurt snatched a crucial late victory from Stuttgart.

Bremen claim Northern Derby as Bayern smash Schalke

Freiburg hold Hertha in goalless Berlin draw

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag FC Bayern München - FC Schalke 04

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Schalke's week from hell continues

    Having lost 6-1 to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, Schalke found no respite against Bayern Munich in Saturday's later game. A hat trick to Arjen Robben and goals for Mario Mandzukic and David Alaba helped Bayern to a 5-1 win, with Schalke's consolation coming through an own-goal from former their defender Rafinha.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag Borussia Dortmund gegen 1. FC Nürnberg

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Dortmund fly against Nuremberg

    Nuremberg goalkeer Raphael Schäfer may have sent opponent Henrikh Mkhitaryan sprawling, but it was the forward's Borussia Dortmund who had the last laugh. Winning 3-0, Dortmund also moved to second on the table on Saturday. Mkhitaryan and fellow attacker Robert Lewandowski were superb.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag SV Werder Bremen gegen Hamburger SV

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Bragging rights for Bremen

    Hamburg's Dennis Diekmeier and Werder Bremen's Ludovic Obraniak clash in the 100th Northern Derby on Saturday. Bremen took the match 1-0, moving them further away from the relegation zone, in which Hamburg is still entrenched.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag Eintracht Braunschweig gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Glum Gladbach held by Braunschweig

    Two goals from two goalkeeping errors saw Eintracht Braunschweig eke out a point at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The latter remains winless since the winter break, and has now slipped out of the European places.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1. FSV Mainz

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Languishing Leverkusen

    Mainz are on the move, jumping into the European spots. The team they defeated 1-0, Bayer Leverkusen, are going in the other direction, and slipped from second to third courtesy of the result.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag FC Augsburg gegen Hannover

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    No splitting Augsburg, Hannover

    Hannover's first-half lead against Augsburg lasted until the 55th minute, when Augsburg found their equalizer. The 1-1 draw on Saturday was perhaps a just result, and keeps both teams in midtable.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag Hertha BSC - SC Freiburg

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    No splitting Hertha, Freiburg

    Hertha and Freiburg played out a 0-0 draw in Friday's Bundesliga match. The point helps Freiburg's dreams of safety, but they still lie second from bottom on the table. Hertha, meanwhile, remain in sight of Europe.

  • Fußball Bundesliga TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs. VfL Wolfsburg

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Wolves: Howl did that happen?

    Wolfsburg simply had no answer for a rampant Hoffenheim on Sunday. Keen to bolster their European chances, Wolfsburg instead fell 6-2 to the hosts. Three goals in six first-half minutes told the story in a Bundesliga match that will long be remembered.

  • Fußball Bundesliga 23. Spieltag Eintracht Frankfurt VfB Stuttgart

    Bundesliga Round 23 in Pictures

    Stuttgart take late fall

    Stuttgart looked destined for three points as the 80th-minute mark of Sunday's match with Frankfurt approached. By full-time, however, they were on the end of a 2-1 defeat. The result does much for the winners' battle to avoid relegation, while it does plenty of harm to Stuttgart's.

European Club Competitions

Europa League Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Porto

Frankfurt cede big lead, lose rollercoaster against Porto on away goals

Eintracht Frankfurt have lost on away goals in a 5-5 aggregate draw with FC Porto. Thursday's return leg in Germany ended 3-3, with Porto scoring the decisive goal late on to make the round of 16.

Real deal Madrid smash six past Schalke, break German curse

Gareth Bale (l) and Cristiano Ronaldo high-five after a goal.

Real Madrid have torn Schalke to pieces in their own back yard, with all three of their attackers scoring twice. The 6-1 first leg was surely doubly sweet given Real's woeful record on German soil.

Borussia Dortmund hammer Zenit St. Petersburg 4-2 in Champions League

Zenit St. Petersburg - Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund have hammered Zenit St. Petersburg 4-2 in their opening leg of the Champions League Round of 16. The Russians struggled to deal with BVB's dynamic attack, spearheaded by Robert Lewandowski.

German Cup

Kaiserslautern shock Leverkusen in German Cup, Wolfsburg and Bayern also progress

Kaiserslautern's Ruben Jenssen celebrates after scoring his side's winner against Leverkusen. Photo: Getty

Kaiserslautern have sent Bayer Leverkusen spiraling out of the DFB Pokal, denying them with a sensational extra-time goal. Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich have also progressed.

Dortmund narrowly edge past Frankfurt in heated German Cup affair

Coming up ... Levan Kobiashvili, Hertha Berlin

He's not a fan of the limelight and doesn't like giving interviews. So it's ironic that he's been playing in the Bundesliga for 16 years where he's required to talk to the press. He couldn't get past us, either. We cast an eye back on his career at Freiburg, Schalke and Berlin.
Hertha playing Mainz

US investor KKR takes stake in Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin

German Bundesliga soccer club Hertha Berlin has found an investor to help it get on top of its current financial problems. Managers confirmed US private equity company KKR was taking a stake in the club.
Bundesliga Logo

Bundesliga posts record turnover due to Champions League

The German Football League has said the Bundesliga's 18 first-division clubs have secured record profits and revenues during the past season. The all-German Champions League final was a major driver.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - JUNE 21: The official Bundesliga matchball 'Torfabrik' is seen during a press conference at the DFL headquarters on June 21, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)

In Focus Bundesliga season 2013/2014 Matchday reports

Who fared how on which day? Check out our archive of Bundesliga action.
paralympic skier

FIFA

Sochi Paralympic Games highlight Russian discrimination

As the Winter Paralympics begin in Sochi, Russian activists are hoping the Games will help combat widespread prejudice. They say people with disabilities have been marginalized in Russia for decades.
Oscar Pistorius

Witnesses claim to have heard Pistorius shoot Steenkamp

Witnesses have cast doubt on the statements of Oscar Pistorius in the second day of his trial. The double-amputee Olympic sprinter says he killed his girlfriend by accident on Valentine’s Day 2013.

  • Sochi 2014: A look back

    Grand opening

    With every Olympic Games, the host nation aims to top the previous one in every way, including the opening ceremony. Sochi was no exception. Ice hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak and former figure skater Irina Rodnina were given the honor of lighting the Olympic flame. Tretiak would be bitterly disappointed by the failure of current Russian hockey team.

  • Sochi 2014: A look back

    Luger Loch strikes gold

    Germany's Felix Loch defended the gold medal in the men's luge, which he had earned at the Vancouver Games in 2010. He later added gold in the inaugural team relay, as Germany swept all four luge events.

  • Olympia Winterspiele in Sotschi 2014 Alpin Abfahrt Maria Höfl-Riesch

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Bowing out with gold

    Alpine skier Maria Höfl-Riesch had already announced prior to Sochi that this would be her last Games. The 29-year-old German left the Black Sea resort with gold in the super combined and silver in the super-G. She just missed adding a bronze in the slalom.

  • Olympische Winterspiele 2014 Short Track 5000m

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Gold for a new home

    South Korean-born short-track speedskater Viktor Ahn capped his four-medal performance at Sochi by leading the Russian men to gold in the 5,000-meter relay. "I will never forget it," said Ahn, who, as Ahn Hyun-soo also won four golds in Turin in 2006 - for South Korea.

  • Olympia 2014 Sotschi 19.2.2014

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Out of the medals - again

    Going into the Games, it was clear that no less than gold would be good enough for Russia in ice hockey. But Pavel Datsyuk and the rest of the Russians crashed out to Finland in the quarter-finals. As a single country, Russia has never won gold. It's last such success came as part of the "unified" team that participated in the 1992 Albertville Games. Its last medal was bronze - 12 years ago.

  • Ole Einar Björndalen gewinnt über 10 Kilometer

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    An Ole but a goodie

    In Sochi, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen tied the best mark of eight Winter Olympic golds with his fellow Norwegian, retired cross-country skiing great Bjoern Daehlie. The 40-year-old Bjoerndalen became the oldest winner of a Winter Games event in the 10-kilometer sprint, and beat Daehlie's record of 12 career medals by winning the mixed relay with Norway.

  • Olympia Winterspiele in Sotschi 2014 Alpin Abfahrt Gisin und Maze BILDER DES TAGES

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    A boost for the gold market?

    Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze made history, becoming the first-ever joint winners of gold in the women's downhill. The two Alpine skiers covered the Rosa Khutor course in 1 minute, 41.57 seconds. Analysts recently predicted an increase in the price of gold...

  • Sotschi 2014 - Skispringen

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Fallen Freund

    There was no shortage of crashes in Sochi. Here, German ski jumper Severin Freund takes a tumble on the first jump on the normal hill. Freund would later prevail - along with Andreas Wellinger, Marinus Kraus and Andreas Wank, when they won gold for Germany in the team event.

  • Sotschi 2014 - Langlauf

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Not Germany's Games

    Germany's haul of eight gold, six silver and five bronze medals put it in sixth place in the medals standings - a far cry from Vancouver where it was placed second. Symptomatic was the fate of cross-country skier Tim Tscharnke, who threw away an all but certain medal in the team sprint when he fell while battling Finland's Sami Jauhojaervi in the closing stages.

  • Olympische Winterspiele Sotschi Biathlon Damen

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Gold for a troubled nation

    International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach described the gold medal performance by the Ukrainian women in the 4 x 6 kilometer biathlon relay as the most outstanding of the Games. Vita Semerenko, Juliya Dzhyma, Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko won Ukraine's only gold medal despite the turmoil that gripped their country.

  • Sotschi 2014 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Sachenbacher-Stehle's shock

    Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle appeared to be as shocked as the rest of the Germany Olympic team and its officials when it was announced that she had tested positive for a banned stimulant. Shortly after the result of her "B" sample was announced, former cross-country medalist was disqualified and sent home.

  • Olympische Winterspiele 2014 Bob Alexander Subkow

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Russia rounds out medal haul

    Despite Russia's disappointment on the ice hockey rink, the home nation did top the medal standings in Sochi with 13 gold, 11 silver, and nine bronze medals. Alexander Zubkov steered the Russian four-man bobsled to victory on the final day of competition.

  • Olympische Winterspiele Sotschi Eishockey Schweden gegen Kanada

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Repeat for the Canadians

    Canadian hockey fans had reason to celebrate as their men joined the women in winning another gold medal - defending the title they had won on home ice in Vancouver four years earlier. Captain Sidney Crosby's goal on this breakaway was Canada's second en route to a 3-0 win over Sweden.

  • Olympische Winterspiele 2014

    Sochi 2014: A look back

    Dosvidanya Sochi

    The Sochi Olympics ended with a more than two-hour long, glitzy closing ceremony, in which a mechanized larger-than-life bear "blew out" the Olympic flame. IOC President Thomas Bach declared the Games a great success. "Russia delivered all what it had promised," he said.

The Olympic illusion

Deutsche Welle Nachrichten Sport Joscha Weber

The most costly and warmest Olympic Winter Games have ended, with Russia, much to the delight of Vladimir Putin, topping the medal table. DW's Joscha Weber says there was also plenty to criticze in and around Sochi.

Gearing up for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil

In Focus FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014

A close-up of the FIFA World Cup 2014 ball, the 'Brazuca'.

National teams from 32 countries will compete for the World Cup in 13 stadiums across Brazil from June 12 to July 13.

FIFA: Stripping Qatar of 2022 World Cup 'counterproductive'

A protester advocating workers rights in Qatar

FIFA has appeared before the European Parliament to address human rights violations in Qatar. Ex-German Football Association boss Theo Zwanziger insisted that repeating the vote was "counterproductive."
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Kick off! now available on YouTube

To coincide with the return of the Bundesliga from its winter break we launch our YouTube channel.