CNN-IBN's Sports Editor in conversation with Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar in Herzogenaurach, Germany. ...
08:03 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Berlin: Germany will field their smallest Olympic team since the country's reunification in 1990 at this month's London Games after nominating 391 athletes, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Monday. The Germans, long an Olympic powerhouse, will send a team of 217 men and 174 women, excluding 16 alternate athletes, to London for the July 27-August 12 Games. "Now the team is complete," said DOSB president Thomas Bach....
06:54 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Dubai: Iran's spy chief accused German and French intelligence agencies on Friday of involvement in assassinations of its nuclear scientists, sticking to a hard official line as sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic ambitions bite harder. The Islamic Republic has previously accused Israel, the United States and Britain of plotting the killings to set back its uranium enrichment programme, which Western powers suspect is being used to develop nuclear weapons...
05:04 AM, Jul 07, 2012
In an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN in Germany, Sachin Tendulkar said he has no plans of quitting the game. ...
09:40 AM, Jul 06, 2012
On opting out of the Lanka tour, Tendulkar said he is on an extended break and spending time with his family in Europe. ...
09:24 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Los Angeles: Supermodel Heidi Klum, who split from singer husband Seal after a seven-year marriage, says she may not tie the knot again. The 39-year-old German beauty said though she loved being married to Seal, she is not sure if she ever wants to marry again, reported People magazine. "I don't know if I'll get married again. Although I really enjoyed being married. I'm a dreamer. I loved our annual...
01:39 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Berlin: Police commandos stormed an apartment in southern Germany on Wednesday after a hostage standoff and found five bodies, including that of the gunman, a spokesman said. The team was sent in to the apartment after police smelled smoke from the top-floor apartment in Karlsruhe at around lunchtime following a standoff that began at 9 am, police spokesman Juergen Scheufer said. Inside they found the bodies of the suspect, as...
07:33 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Krakow, Poland: The idea of Italy reaching Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev would have been laughed at in the piazzas and pizzerias of Rome and Milan a month ago but now Cesare Prandelli's side are there against all the odds. Thursday's 2-1 semi-final win over Germany stunned not just Joachim Loew's side but the Italian nation itself. A 3-0 friendly defeat by Russia and yet another match-fixing affair which...
05:16 PM, Jun 29, 2012
It will be German strike force against Italian artistry in the second Euro semi-final, CNN-IBN reports from Poland. ...
07:07 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Bangalore: Marking 60 years of Indo-German diplomatic ties, the Indo-German urban mela is part of the celebrations titled Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities. The exhibition showcases the potential of Indo-German cooperation in various fields. The remarkable cooperation between Germany and India in the fields of politics, business, science, culture and education that has developed over the past decades will be intensified and new projects will be initiated. The celebration...
12:12 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Germany boss Joachim Loew has highlighted stopping Andrea Pirlo and winning the midfield battle as key to his side defeating Italy in their Euro 2012 semi-final clash on Thursday night. Die Mannschaft enter the last four as the only side to have won all four of their games so far but their coach remains concerned by the threat posed by the Azzurri and their midfield maestro. "Pirlo is an exceptional...
11:00 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon has issued a rallying cry ahead of Thursday's Euro 2012 semi-final showdown with Germany. On the eve of the country's biggest game since the 2006 World Cup final, the Juventus goalkeeper took to Facebook to remind both his team-mates and the nation that nothing is impossible for those who dare to dream. "There comes a time in life when there remains nothing to do other than...
10:29 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Gdansk (Poland): Germany will not be seeking revenge for a bitter 2006 World Cup semi-final defeat on home soil when they meet Italy again at the same stage of Euro 2012 in Warsaw on Thursday, coach Joachim Loew said. Loew, who was Juergen Klinsmann's assistant at the time, and 34-year-old forward Miroslav Klose, who played in their last-gasp 2-0 defeat against eventual world champions Italy in extra time, said there...
09:47 PM, Jun 27, 2012
After little over a fortnight of play in Poland and Ukraine, the semi-finalists have now been decided. First up sees Portugal handed the gruelling task of ending reigning champions Spains supremacy, while penalty kings Italy face perennial rivals Germany. Three of the four sides have won a European crown before, with the Portuguese the odd men out, though having been 90 minutes away from winning a championship in 2004. But...
11:22 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Germany's coach Joachim Low believes that the time has come for Germany to overcome their struggles of the past and defeat Italy in a major tournament. Die Mannschaft have failed to come out on top against the Azzurri in four previous World Cups and two European Championship meetings. They will go head-to-head once more in the Euro 2012 semi-final on Thursday, and the 52-year-old trainer believes that they will finally...
10:52 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Their teams might be fighting it out to snatch the top spot at the ongoing Euro 2012 tournament, but while the big final is yet to take place, we get you the five hottest players from Euro 2012. ...
01:11 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Warsaw, Poland: UEFA has fined the German Soccer Association $31,200 after fans displayed a neo-Nazi flag at a European Championship match. Germany has now been disciplined for fans' behavior at all three Euro 2012 group-stage matches, and paid fines totaling $50,000. UEFA says fans were guilty of "improper conduct" at the match against Denmark on June 17. Monitors from the Europe-wide FARE fans' group identified the neo-Nazi symbol after being...
12:01 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Cesare Prandelli has declared that Italy will take the game to Germany in Thursday's Euro 2012 semi-final showdown in Warsaw, even though he believes his side will be severely handicapped by having had two fewer days of rest ahead of the game. The Azzurri only booked their place in the last four on Sunday, defeating England on penalties after a 120-minute war of attrition. Die Mannschaft, meanwhile, cruised through courtesy...
10:35 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Gdansk: Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger might miss his team's European Championship semifinal on Thursday because of a lingering ankle injury. Schweinsteiger revealed in a newspaper interview on Sunday that his right ankle hasn't healed properly after a ligament tear in February and that it's creating problems in the tournament. Germany will play either Italy or England in the last four in Warsaw. "To be honest, the ankle is worrying me,"...
01:23 AM, Jun 25, 2012
CNN-IBN's football experts analyse Germany's 4-2 win over Greece that put them into the Euro 2012 semi-finals. ...
11:45 AM, Jun 23, 2012
