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 He has won a World Cup with Die Mannschaft and captained them at Euro 2016. On Friday Bastian Schweinsteiger announced his retirement from the national team. https://www.thelocal.de/20160729/captain-schweinsteiger-retires-from-international-football Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:18:38 +0200 captain-schweinsteiger-retires-from-international-football Captain Bastian Schweinsteiger will make his first start of Euro 2016 in Thursday's semi-final against France, coach Joachim Löw has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160707/schweinsteiger-fit-for-start-in-semi Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:28:46 +0200 schweinsteiger-fit-for-start-in-semi Germany's Mario Gomez has been ruled out of the rest of Euro 2016 through injury while Sami Khedira and captain Bastian Schweinsteiger are doubts for Thursday's semi-final against France, the DFB said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160704/loew-scrambles-for-players-ahead-of-french-semi Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:32:13 +0200 loew-scrambles-for-players-ahead-of-french-semi Germany football captain Bastain Schweinsteiger said on Sunday that the tragedy in Paris has left him 'speechless' and has called for unity after the latest wave of terrorist attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151115/schweinsteiger-calls-for-unity-after-paris-attacks Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:17:43 +0100 schweinsteiger-calls-for-unity-after-paris-attacks A Hong Kong firm is selling plastic Nazi soldiers with a striking resemblance to one of Germany's most famous footballers - World Cup-winning captain Bastian Schweinsteiger. Pure coincidence, the company insists, as they believe "all Germans look like that". https://www.thelocal.de/20151022/schweinsteiger Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:30:56 +0200 schweinsteiger World Cup-winner and Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger praised opponents VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday ahead of their Champions League clash with his new club Manchester United on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20150929/schweini-praises-wolfsburg-ahead-of-man-u-clash Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:27:51 +0200 schweini-praises-wolfsburg-ahead-of-man-u-clash Germany's World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst the ongoing crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150902/germany-football-stars-wish-refugees-warm-welcome Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:50:25 +0200 germany-football-stars-wish-refugees-warm-welcome Germany coach Joachim Löw is backing Bastian Schweinsteiger to brush off his shaky start at Manchester United when he captains his country in Friday's key Euro 2016 qualifier against Poland. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/lw-backs-schweinsteiger-after-shaky-united-start Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:23:20 +0200 lw-backs-schweinsteiger-after-shaky-united-start Manchester United fans may be delighting that they've secured a World Cup champion from one of their fiercest football rivals, but the German press view Bastian Schweinsteiger's transfer as good business on the part of Bayern Munich. https://www.thelocal.de/20150713/schweinsteiger-manchester-united-manu-bayern-munich Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:55:52 +0200 schweinsteiger-manchester-united-manu-bayern-munich Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger will join Manchester United next season, Bayern Munich's chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed in a press conference on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150711/schweinsteiger-to-join-manchester-united-bayern-confirm Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:55:23 +0200 schweinsteiger-to-join-manchester-united-bayern-confirm UPDATE: Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola said Thursday that Bastian Schweinsteiger holds his future in his own hands amidst reports linking the Germany captain to Manchester United. https://www.thelocal.de/20150702/schweini Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:25:11 +0200 schweini Neymar struck twice as Barcelona reached the Champions League final by beating Bayern Munich 5-3 on aggregate in their semi-final despite losing Tuesday's second-leg 3-2 at the Allianz Arena. https://www.thelocal.de/20150513/bayerns-champs-league-hopes-dashed Wed, 13 May 2015 10:03:56 +0200 bayerns-champs-league-hopes-dashed Bastian Schweinsteiger will replace fellow Bayern Munich player Philipp Lahm as captain of the German national football team, head trainer Joachim Löw said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140902/schweinsteiger-is-new-germany-captain-low Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:55:00 +0200 schweinsteiger-is-new-germany-captain-low Bayern Munich's tour of the USA has drawn to an inglorious close with a 2:1 defeat against a team of American Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Stars on Wednesday. The trip was supposed to see the Bavarian club break into the American market. https://www.thelocal.de/20140807/bayern-munich-us-tour-guardiola-porter-handshake-portland-mls Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:11:00 +0200 bayern-munich-us-tour-guardiola-porter-handshake-portland-mls UPDATE: Germany’s World Cup winning star Bastian Schweinsteiger has apologized after a video emerged of him on YouTube leading a chant insulting Borussia Dortmund supporters and players. https://www.thelocal.de/20140728/schweinsteiger-sorry-for-youtube-video-insulting-borussia-dortmund Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:14:00 +0200 schweinsteiger-sorry-for-youtube-video-insulting-borussia-dortmund Midfield general Bastian Schweinsteiger left Bayern Munich's final Bundesliga match of the season with a knee injury giving Germany fans another scare ahead of the World Cup. https://www.thelocal.de/20140517/schweinsteiger-injuries-worry-germany Sat, 17 May 2014 11:58:00 +0200 schweinsteiger-injuries-worry-germany Argentina midfielder Javier Pinola has apologised to Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger for spitting at him during a Bundesliga match. https://www.thelocal.de/20101117/31217 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:05:00 +0100 31217 Germany coach Joachim Löw said Tuesday football's top stars have not had enough time to recover from the World Cup and pointed to Bastian Schweinsteiger's ankle injury as an example of the problem. https://www.thelocal.de/20101005/30275 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:18:00 +0200 30275 Having already brought two German World Cup stars, Sami Khedira and Mesut Özil, to Real Madrid, coach Jose Mourinho has now reportedly set his sights on a third: Bastian Schweinsteiger. https://www.thelocal.de/20100907/29661 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:27:00 +0200 29661 A header eight minutes from time by Sami Khedira allowed Germany to snatch third place at the World Cup as the three-times champions secured a 3-2 win over Uruguay on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100710/28425 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:21:00 +0200 28425