Germany coach Hansi Flick is firmly against staging the World Cup every two years which is being considered by the

Aston Villa on Sunday sacked coach Dean Smith in the wake of a Friday's 1-0 defeat to Southampton, their fifth

The director of Human Rights Watch has called on the German football federation (DFB) and global governing body FIFA to

Bayern Munich struck their 100th Bundesliga goal of the calender year in beating Freiburg on Saturday and with six league

Late German footballer Gerd Mueller, the former Bayern Munich and West Germany striker, has been honoured as a "Legend of

First-half goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane earned Liverpool a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and a

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has praised former national team coach Joachim Loew as "an innovator and visionary." Steinmeier paid tribute to

German tennis player Andrea Petkovic has praised Billie Jean King as a pioneer towards gender equality in sport but says

Modern pentathlon plans to ditch horse riding after disturbing scenes at the Tokyo Olympics and replace it with cycling, reported

Former FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi said in an interview that he intends to return to FC Barcelona at some