The Local Germany

German football fans hopes dampened as coronavirus cases rise

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:28:29 +0200

Bundesliga clubs had their hopes dampened on Monday of a partial return of football fans in stadiums when the new league season kicks off in Germany on September 18th.

Berlin football fans knock over mock-up wall before match

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 18:05:13 +0100

A replica of the Berlin Wall separated the teams before Hertha Berlin's home Bundesliga tie against RB Leipzig at the city's Olympic Stadium, part of Saturday's celebrations making the 30th anniversary of the fall of the original wall.

Hundreds of fans celebrate 'Wuthering Heights' day in Berlin

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:42:22 +0200

Hundreds of red-clad fans of British singer Kate Bush on Saturday staged flash mobs in Berlin as they reenacted her classic hit "Wuthering Heights".

'We hate Mondays!' German league to ditch Monday matches after fan protests

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 11:40:17 +0100

The German Football League (DFL) on Wednesday confirmed that Monday night matches will be scrapped in the Bundesliga from the 2021/22 season.

Heatwave: Germany 'sold out' of cooling fans, beer bottle supplies run low

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:43:35 +0200

From burning wildfires to premature potatoes, the heatwave which has swept across Germany has had an influence on more than just the mercury gauge.

Mass brawl at Munich central station as rival football fans clash

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:50:17 +0100

German police broke up a mass brawl after around 60 supporters of Bayern Munich and rivals Paris Saint-Germain clashed at Munich's main railway station ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match.

England fans condemned for singing 'German bombers' song in Dortmund

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:14:01 +0100

A prominent English supporters group has hit out at the unsavoury chanting of some travelling fans during the national side's 1-0 loss away to Germany in their friendly international.

Star Wars fans feel Force Awaken in Germany

Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:57:40 +0100

Fans across Germany stayed up into the early hours on Wednesday night for the first midnight showings of the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga.

Dortmund draw most fans in global football

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:13:46 +0100

They might be used to coming second to Bayern Munich in the German league table, but new figures show Borussia Dortmund draw bigger crowds than any other football team in the world.

Attack on referee halts football match

Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:44:09 +0200

A game between VfL Osnabrück and RB Leipzig came to an abrupt end on Monday evening after a referee was hit with a cigarette lighter.

Banger-throwing fan hit with €30,000 fine

Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:59:24 +0200

Cologne's state court ordered a 41-year-old football fan to pay a €30,000 fine on Wednesday after he threw a banger into another section of the stands, hurting seven people.

Football club condemns fans' Nazi banners

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:04:39 +0100

Secomd-tier league football team Erzgebirge Aue has apologised to RB Leipzig and the team's founder, Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz, after Aue fans displayed a banner showing the Austrian entrepreneur in Nazi uniform.

Customs officials seize millions of fake football shirts

Sun, 24 May 2009 11:55:00 +0200

Is the shirt on your back the real thing? German customs investigators have seized almost 10 million counterfeit football shirts and scarves of major European clubs, news magazine Focus reported on Saturday.