https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With the 2025/26 Bundesliga season about to kick off, you might be wondering how you can take part in Germany's favourite pastime at home. Here are the key changes to how Bundesliga soccer games are being aired on TV. https://www.thelocal.de/20250818/german-football-how-to-watch-bundesliga-games-on-tv Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:36:59 +0200 german-football-how-to-watch-bundesliga-games-on-tv A final wave of tickets for the European Football Championship 2024 will be released Thursday. In previous phases, demand for tickets massively exceeded supply. Now fans have a final chance, if they're quick. https://www.thelocal.de/20240502/last-chance-how-football-fans-in-germany-can-get-euro-2024-tickets-today Thu, 02 May 2024 11:38:22 +0200 last-chance-how-football-fans-in-germany-can-get-euro-2024-tickets-today For years, the number of students in Britain learning foreign languages has been decreasing, with German classes seeing a particularly dramatic decline. But now the government in London is aiming to reverse this trend, partly due to the consequences of Brexit. https://www.thelocal.de/20230824/uk-seeks-to-spark-interest-in-german-language-as-learner-numbers-plummet Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:28:32 +0200 uk-seeks-to-spark-interest-in-german-language-as-learner-numbers-plummet Unvaccinated Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich is one of five players in Germany's national football squad having to quarantine after one tested positive for coronavirus, the German federation (DFB) said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20211109/five-german-national-footballers-in-quarantine-over-covid Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:02:35 +0100 five-german-national-footballers-in-quarantine-over-covid Many football-loving expats find themselves baffled by the variety and number of German football teams to choose from. We’re confident though that you’ll be able to align yourself with at least one of the five teams listed here. https://www.thelocal.de/20170816/how-to-pick-a-german-football-team-that-perfectly-suits-you Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:49:38 +0200 how-to-pick-a-german-football-team-that-perfectly-suits-you Germany's government announced on Tuesday it will allow England, Scotland and Wales to enter the country without quarantine to play at Euro 2020 despite a recent rise in cases linked to the Delta variant of Covid-19 in Britain. https://www.thelocal.de/20210608/british-football-teams-allowed-to-skip-germanys-quarantine-for-euro-2020 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:15:44 +0200 british-football-teams-allowed-to-skip-germanys-quarantine-for-euro-2020 Germany's World Cup-winning head coach Joachim Löw will step down after the European championships this July, the German FA confirmed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210309/germanys-head-football-coach-joachim-low-to-step-down-after-nearly-15-years Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:26:38 +0100 germanys-head-football-coach-joachim-low-to-step-down-after-nearly-15-years Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists the German giants are eager to stop Thursday's UEFA Super Cup showdown in Budapest turning into a super spreader event due to a high infection rate of the coronavirus there. https://www.thelocal.de/20200923/football-ischgl-bayern-eager-to-stop-next-coronavirus-hotbed-at-super-cup Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:45:37 +0200 football-ischgl-bayern-eager-to-stop-next-coronavirus-hotbed-at-super-cup Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said Monday he was getting a "stomach ache" over fears that this week's UEFA Super Cup final in Hungary could become the next coronavirus superspreader event. https://www.thelocal.de/20200921/bavarias-leader-has-stomach-ache-over-super-cup-virus-fears Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:30:10 +0200 bavarias-leader-has-stomach-ache-over-super-cup-virus-fears Bayern Munich, who face Lyon in a Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, have fired a coach from their youth academy amid a police investigation into allegations of racism. https://www.thelocal.de/20200818/bayern-munich-sack-youth-coach-at-centre-of-racism-row Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:16:49 +0200 bayern-munich-sack-youth-coach-at-centre-of-racism-row 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20200810/cold-water-poured-on-hopes-german-football-fans-can-return-next-season Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:28:29 +0200 cold-water-poured-on-hopes-german-football-fans-can-return-next-season Football clubs in Germany's top two divisions on Tuesday agreed to plans drawn up by the league which could allow the partial return of fans to stadiums from mid-September, despite the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200804/germanys-top-football-clubs-agree-plans-to-allow-fans-to-return-from-mid-september Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:33:41 +0200 germanys-top-football-clubs-agree-plans-to-allow-fans-to-return-from-mid-september When Christian Seifert, chief executive of the German Football League (DFL), hands the Bundesliga trophy to Bayern Munich on Saturday, his gamble to restart football in Germany despite the coronavirus pandemic will have paid off. https://www.thelocal.de/20200627/how-the-bundesliga-became-the-first-top-league-to-restart Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:47:13 +0200 how-the-bundesliga-became-the-first-top-league-to-restart The German Football League (DFL) has fined Union Berlin and two players over an impromptu party with fans in the club's stadium car park after their Bundesliga survival was confirmed in mid-week. https://www.thelocal.de/20200620/berlin-football-club-fined-for-partying-with-fans-in-car-park Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:27:43 +0200 berlin-football-club-fined-for-partying-with-fans-in-car-park Bayern Munich's Germany defender Jerome Boateng has called on more famous white sportspeople to add their voices to the chorus of outrage at the US police killing of George Floyd. https://www.thelocal.de/20200604/german-footballer-calls-on-white-sportspeople-to-add-voices-to-floyd-protests Thu, 04 Jun 2020 17:30:14 +0200 german-footballer-calls-on-white-sportspeople-to-add-voices-to-floyd-protests FIFA has called on leagues to use "common sense" when deciding whether to discipline footballers for displaying political messages after several players in the German Bundesliga called for justice for George Floyd during matches. https://www.thelocal.de/20200602/dfb-explains-decision-to-probe-bundesligas-us-protests Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:40:20 +0200 dfb-explains-decision-to-probe-bundesligas-us-protests The Bundesliga drew bumper global audiences for its restart at the weekend behind closed doors, but a top league official said the players will be reminded to maintain social distancing even during goal celebrations. https://www.thelocal.de/20200518/german-bundesliga-restart-draws-global-audiences-as-players-reminded-to-keep-distance Mon, 18 May 2020 18:55:32 +0200 german-bundesliga-restart-draws-global-audiences-as-players-reminded-to-keep-distance The Bundesliga returns on Saturday in empty stadiums, but German fans are being warned to stay away and authorities have warned matches could be halted if too many supporters gather outside the grounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20200512/dont-show-up-at-the-stadium-german-fans-warned-ahead-of-bundesliga-restart Tue, 12 May 2020 10:49:58 +0200 dont-show-up-at-the-stadium-german-fans-warned-ahead-of-bundesliga-restart Dynamo Dresden placed their entire squad into a 14-day quarantine on Saturday, just a week from the restart of the Bundesliga season, after the club reported two more cases of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.de/20200510/bundesliga-restart-blow-as-dresden-squad-placed-in-14-day-quarantine Sun, 10 May 2020 11:40:55 +0200 bundesliga-restart-blow-as-dresden-squad-placed-in-14-day-quarantine The government plans to allow Germany's Bundesliga to restart behind closed doors in May after weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.de/20200506/bundesliga-germany-plans-to-restart-football-league-with-ghost-games Wed, 06 May 2020 11:27:17 +0200 bundesliga-germany-plans-to-restart-football-league-with-ghost-games