Germany beat Israel in final Euro warm-up

Germany beat Israel in final Euro warm-up Leipzig: Germany worked hard for a 2-0 win over Israel in a Euro 2012 warm-up match on Thursday with Mario Gomez and Andre Schuerrle on target in their final test before next month's tournament. The three-time European champions, among the title favourites, dominated with a performance that was a marked improvement on their 5-3 defeat by Switzerland on Saturday. However, they wasted close to a dozen clear chances on a...
09:16 AM, Jun 01, 2012

Striker Cacau dropped from Germany Euro squad

Striker Cacau dropped from Germany Euro squad Frankfurt: Brazil-born striker Cacau was dropped from Germany's squad for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine on Monday. Cacau struggled in his Bundesliga club Stuttgart and was mostly coming off the bench during the season. He was in the Germany squad at the World Cup in South Africa two years ago. "It was my great goal to be able to play at the Europeans after being at the World...
02:49 PM, May 29, 2012

Germany stunned by Switzerland in Euro warm-up

Germany stunned by Switzerland in Euro warm-up Basel, Switzerland: Germany suffered for resting their Bayern Munich players as Switzerland forward Eren Derdiyok scored a hat-trick in a wild 5-3 victory over the European Championship contenders in a friendly on Saturday. Derdiyok exploited unusual disarray in the German defence to convert assists from the outstanding Tranquillo Barnetta in the 21st, 23rd and 49th minutes. Defender Stephan Lichtsteiner and midfielder Admir Mehmedi added goals in the 67th and 74th...
09:28 AM, May 27, 2012

Germany sets new solar power record

Germany sets new solar power record Berlin: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022....
07:18 AM, May 27, 2012

Indian boy solves 350-year-old Math problem

Indian boy solves 350-year-old Math problem London: A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported in London Saturday. Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton. Ray solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories which physicists have previously been able to calculate only by using powerful computers, Daily...
10:17 PM, May 26, 2012

'Bayern downfall could affect Germany in Euros'

'Bayern downfall could affect Germany in Euros' Munich: Bayern Munich's dramatic downfall in the Champions League final is unlikely to have a long-term influence on Germany's biggest club, although it could have a negative impact on Germany's hopes of winning the upcoming European Championship. Bayern's young squad was good enough to eliminate Real Madrid in the semi-finals and largely dominate Chelsea on Saturday before losing on penalties. Time will eventually heal those wounds. But more immediately, eight...
04:22 AM, May 21, 2012

'India to play on blue turfs before Olympics'

'India to play on blue turfs before Olympics' Mumbai: Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has said that the Indian hockey team are keen to play more on the blue turf to get adjusted to it ahead of the London Games, as they failed to adapt to the surface during the Olympic hockey test event in London recently. After losing all their matches against world champions Australia, Olympic champions Germany and hosts Great Britain during the Olympic test event, India...
06:04 PM, May 10, 2012

'Hitler used cocaine, had fart problem'

'Hitler used cocaine, had fart problem' Washington: Adolf Hitler was apparently a coke head who farted uncontrollably, ingested some 28 drugs at a time and received injections of bull testicle extracts to bolster his libido. It's a whole other side to the Nazi dictator, whose poor health condition was revealed in medical documents that are now up for auction online at Alexander Historical Auctions of Stamford. Bidding for the documents - which include ten X-rays of...
09:34 AM, May 08, 2012

Euro 2012: Draxler given surprise Germany callup

Euro 2012: Draxler given surprise Germany callup Berlin: Schalke 04's teenage midfielder Julian Draxler won a surprise callup on Monday to Germany's preliminary 27-man squad for Euro 2012 next month. The uncapped 19-year-old made his Bundesliga debut just over a year ago and has been in sparkling form this season, helping Schalke clinch a third-place finish. Coach Joachim Loew said the final squad would be announced later this month, adding there would be some changes. Germany's players...
07:20 PM, May 07, 2012

India lose bronze medal match 1-2 to Britain

India lose bronze medal match 1-2 to Britain London: Indian men's hockey team ended its London tour without a win as they lost the bronze medal match 1-2 to Great Britain in the four-nation test event ahead of the upcoming London Olympics, in London on Sunday. It was India, who scored the first goal through in the minute but the hosts rallied to beat the visitors. V Raghunath had put ahead in the first half through a brilliant...
10:39 PM, May 06, 2012

Neighbours should not harbour terror: Afghan Govt

Neighbours should not harbour terror: Afghan Govt Kabul: The Afghan Foreign Ministry on Monday blamed Pakistan after a series of daily Taliban attacks in Kabul's diplomatic area killed 9 civilians and 14 police officers. Nearly 32 militants were killed in the attack. An 18-hour gunbattle in the heart of Kabul's high security diplomatic zone ended on Monday morning and the militants demonstrated once again their ability to infiltrate into the heavily guarded diplomatic area with arms and...
09:44 PM, Apr 16, 2012

India, Germany for greater railway cooperation

India, Germany for greater railway cooperation New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Tuesday said it will shortly finalise a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its German counterpart on increasing their cooperation. "India and Germany have a strong cooperation in the field of railway transport," said Union Railways Minister Mukul Roy after meeting a high-level delegation led by German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer. The two railways had an MoU for...
02:21 AM, Apr 11, 2012

Switzerland says tax deal up to Germany now

Switzerland says tax deal up to Germany now Geneva: Officials in Switzerland have proposed changes to a tax accord with Germany in a race to get it approved in Berlin in the coming days so that it can come into force this year. A spokesman for the Swiss Federal Finance Department says accepting the proposals could allow the two sides to amend an existing treaty and end a long-running dispute over tax evasion. Roland Meier told the Associated...
08:49 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Deutsche Bank's Anshu Jain earns 10 mn euros

Deutsche Bank's Anshu Jain earns 10 mn euros Frankfurt: Deutsche Bank's co-chief executive designate Anshu Jain saw his total pay drop 18 per cent last year to almost 10 million euros, less than some of his peers and top earners in the car industry. Jain earned 9.77 million euros in 2011, when the lender missed its ambitious full-year profit targets, compared with 11.9 million a year earlier, Germany's flagship bank said in its annual report on Tuesday. Jain's...
10:44 PM, Mar 20, 2012

NGOs get Rs 10,000 cr annually from abroad: Report

NGOs get Rs 10,000 cr annually from abroad: Report New Delhi: At a time when some NGOs are under surveillance for allegedly routing foreign funds to fuel unrest in India, government records show that nearly 22,000 voluntary groups have received Rs 10,000 crore donations from abroad for social service during 2009-10. Of these NGOs, 3,218 belong to Tamil Nadu which together received Rs 1663.31 crore as contribution from abroad, mostly the US, the UK, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands....
10:34 AM, Mar 11, 2012
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