The tabloids usually have their eyes and ears everywhere and when they don’t they pretend and invent. Yet, BILD currently scream on their front page “Jaaaaaaaa! Michael Ballack spielt!” which translates to “Jaaaaaaaa! Michael Ballack is playing!”. So, here’s a short bit of good news, or is it?
Afterall we will field a half fit Torsten [...]

OK, just to give you a quick news update, as it’s already spreading through the comments:
Germany captain Michael Ballack is doubtful for Sunday’s Euro 2008 final against Spain because of an injury to his right calf, the German Football Association (DFB) said on its website (www.dfb.de) on Saturday.
Ballack missed training on Friday back at the [...]

We know that names like Klose, Löw, Frings and Ballack offer creative headline writers plenty to work with. We know that Schweinsteiger can be a bitch to pronounce for some non-German speakers. I know that every English article mentioning Schweinsteiger will tell you that his name translates to pig climber or pig mounter. But according [...]

“I have two hearts - a German one and a Polish one!” - Lukas Podolski
His Polish heart explains why he didn’t go nuts celebrating his goals. His German heart should be taken into consideration by all those who constantly and exclusively refer to Lukas as Polish / a Pole, and who would like to count [...]

Jens Lehmann will be one of the big unknown factors in Germany’s Euro campaign. Jogi Löw hasn’t given up on him though and has taken on the task of teaching Mad Jens some basics.

The German national team have arrived at their Euro base-camp in the small Swiss town of Ascona, where they’ll hopefully reside up until the very end of the tournament. Jogi Löw is already busy doing what he likes best: fine-tuning and optimising. Which gives us time to explore Germany’s temporary home and uncover some fun [...]

The training camp in Mallorca is over and it’s time for a last round up of all the news, which came out of Spain over the last few days.
Joachim Löw has received some negative press following his Euro squad “casting”, with the journalists questioning whether it was necessary to pick 26 instead of 23 players [...]

Michael Ballack probably had enough of the ridicule he received from his Chelsea team mates, or better anyone in England, for his white Ferrari, nicknamed “The Ambulance” after his long injury spell. I think there’s nothing wrong with living out your Miami Vice fanboy fantasies, but then again, I don’t have to cope with the [...]

The 26 man Germany squad are currently training in Mallorca. On Tuesday, May 27, they will have a preliminary match against Belarus in Kaiserslautern. This will give Jogi a chance to test his team and have a better idea of which players will be nominated to the final 23 man squad on May [...]

This feature is long over due. Marko Marin is a 19 year old youngster playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He debuted in the Bundesliga late in the 2006/2007 season. He came on as a substitute in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his cameo with an assist, which helped Gladbach to a last minute 1-1 [...]