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Merkel's coalition loses German state vote
Germany's center-left opposition won a wafer-thin victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition in a major state election Sunday, dealing a ...
Heathrow cancels 260 flights, blames snow
London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights — about 20 percent of its usual schedule — on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a ...
Nuremberg and Hamburg draw 1-1 in Bundesliga
Nuremberg came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at home against Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while Sascha Moelders scored two gifted goals ...
Fourcade helps France win biathlon World Cup relay
Martin Fourcade anchored France to a second consecutive relay victory in the biathlon World Cup on Sunday. France completed the 4x7.5-kilometer race ...
Hoffenheim's Salihovic to miss several weeks
Hoffenheim midfielder Sejad Salihovic will be out for several weeks after damaging cartilage in his right knee in the 0-0 draw with Borussia ...
Jan Ullrich: Don't expect a TV appearance from me
Former Tour de France winner and banned German rider Jan Ullrich says he has no plans for a televised doping confession like his former rival Lance ...
Frenzel wins 2nd Nordic combined event in 2 days
Eric Frenzel of Germany won his second Nordic combined World Cup event of the weekend on Sunday. Frenzel outsprinted Mikko Kokslien of Norway and ...
Felix Neureuther wins World Cup slalom
Felix Neureuther of Germany finally mastered Marcel Hirscher, his regular training partner, to win a high-class World Cup slalom on Sunday.
German women dominate, Austrians win luge doubles
Natalie Geisenberger won her fifth luge World Cup event of the season Sunday, leading a German sweep of the top four places. Geisenberger beat Anke ...
Germany's Arndt wins European 4-man bobsled title
German bobsledder Maximilian Arndt led his four-man team to victory Sunday in a World Cup race that also counted as the European bobsled championships
Growth slows, markets feeling good ahead of Davos
The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Alps for 2013's gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with ...
Bayern wins 2-0, Leverkusen beats Eintracht 3-1
Mario Mandzukic scored both goals in Bayern Munich's 2-0 win over bottom-place Greuther Fuerth as the Bundesliga season resumed on Saturday after its ...
Germany's Frenzel wins WCup Nordic combined event
Eric Frenzel of Germany won a Nordic combined World Cup event Saturday for his first victory of the season and fifth overall. Frenzel, who was sixth ...
Moeller leads 1-2 German luge World Cup finish
Two-time world champion David Moeller edged Olympic gold medalist Felix Loch in a 1-2 German finish at a men's luge World Cup event on Saturday.
Schalke beats Hannover 5-4 in Bundesliga
Schalke edged Hannover 5-4 after a wild second half that saw eight goals Friday, giving new coach Jens Keller a winning start in the Bundesliga.
Stranded German climbers walk to safety in Chile
Two German hikers and their Chilean guide are safe after being stranded high on an Andean mountain. Regional director Miguel Munoz of Chile's national ...
Germany balks at bailing out Cyprus
When it came to helping out Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Germany grudgingly went along with its European partners and backed hundreds of billions in ...
Sven-Goran Eriksson turns down 1860 Munich job
Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has turned down an offer to join the staff of German second-division club 1860 Munich. The club says Eriksson ...
Dutchman gets backing to be next Eurogroup chief
The outgoing chairman of the Eurogroup, the regular meetings of the 17 eurozone finance ministers, endorsed Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem ...
Police receive 90 tips on Berlin tunnel raid
German police say they have received dozens of tips after releasing images of the 45-meter (150-foot) tunnel dug by robbers into the safe deposit room ...
Germany's Kiriasis, Bertels win European bob title
German bobsledder Sandra Kiriasis won her first women's World Cup in almost two years on Friday, earning her the European title. Kiriasis and pusher ...
Hoeness: Heynckes would have liked one more year
Jupp Heynckes would have liked to stay another year as coach of Bayern Munich but cleared the way for Pep Guardiola to be hired for next season, club ...
Regional vote to offer clues to Merkel future
Chancellor Angela Merkel is riding high in polls as she seeks a third term at the head of Europe's biggest economy. But a major state election this ...
Germany arrests alleged smuggler of stimulant qat
German authorities say they've arrested a Somali man accused of organizing the transport across Europe of more than 7 tons of qat, a mildly addictive ...