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Götze's winning World Cup boot nets fortune

Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:14:00 +0100

Mario Götze's left boot, with which he scored the World Cup-winning goal, has raised €2 million (US$2.45m) for the German charity event "A Heart for Children", organisers revealed Saturday.

Merkel prepared to back Draghi for ECB job

Wed, 11 May 2011 13:25:00 +0200

Germany is ready to back Italy's central bank chief Mario Draghi to take over as European Central Bank president, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.

Merkel reportedly to back Draghi as ECB chief

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:06:00 +0200

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her crucial support behind Italy's Mario Draghi as the next head of the European Central Bank, the daily Bild reported on Friday.