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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended planned border controls during the European Football Championship, after the country's interior minister announced the measures earlier on Tuesday. "This is a proven set of instruments that we have in Europe and that we use here and that serves security. I think everyone understands that," Scholz said on Tuesday during a visit to Slovenia. "We will do everything necessary to keep citizens safe." Even before the terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week, assessing the security situation had been a "top priority" and many security precaut...
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced temporary checks at all German borders during the European Football Championship this summer. "We will carry out temporary border controls at all German borders during the tournament in order to prevent possible perpetrators of violence from entering the country," Faeser told told the Rheinische Post, a German regional newspaper, in comments published on Tuesday. This was necessary in order to provide the best possible protection for the major international event. The focus is on protection against extremists, hooligans and other perpetrators...
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced temporary checks at all German borders during the European Football Championship this summer. "We will carry out temporary border controls at all German borders during the tournament in order to prevent possible perpetrators of violence from entering the country," Faeser told told the Rheinische Post, a German regional newspaper, in comments published on Tuesday. This was necessary in order to provide the best possible protection for the major international event. The focus is on protection against extremists, hooligans and other perpetrators...
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Germany interim coach Horst Hrubesch has said he is satisfied with the Olympic group stage draw pitting his team against record winners United States, Australia and Zambia or Morocco at the Paris Games' women's tournament. Germany won gold in 2016, after three bronze at previous Games, but failed to qualify for the last Games 2021 in Tokyo before returning again for Paris. "I am very satisfied as far as the draw is concerned. It should be a group that is doable for us," Hrubesch said of the team's opponents in Group B after Wednesday night's draw. "With Australia you know what to expect, they ...
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Amsterdam (dpa) Former Netherlands footballer Quincy Promes, who has been convicted of smuggling cocaine in absentia by a Dutch court, is set to be extradited to his home country from Dubai, prosecutors have said. As several Dutch media reported on Wednesday, the 32-year-old Spartak Moscow forward was arrested in Dubai where his team were playing friendlies and holding a training camp. Promes, who was also found guilty of stabbing his cousin last year, has 50 Dutch caps. He was sentenced to six years in prison by a court in Amsterdam in mid-February over drug smuggling. The court considered it...
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Bayern Munich's honorary president Uli Hoeneß is set to appear as a witness in the trial of three former German Football Federation (DFB) officials accused of tax evasion linked to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, with Lothar Matthäus possibly next. Judge Eva-Maria Distler announced on Thursday on the second day of the trial at the regional court in Frankfurt that Hoeneß would take the stand on April 15 - the scheduled fourth day. The 72-year-old hinted on Sport1 TV in 2020 and in the podcast 11Leben in 2021 that he knew more than was in the public domain about a mysterious payment of millions o...
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Bayern Munich's honorary president Uli Hoeneß is set to appear as a witness in the trial of three former German Football Federation (DFB) officials accused of tax evasion linked to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Judge Eva-Maria Distler announced on Thursday on the second day of the trial at the regional court in Frankfurt that Hoeneß would take the stand on April 15. The 72-year-old hinted on Sport1 TV in 2020 and in the podcast 11Leben in 2021 that he knew more than was in the public domain about a mysterious payment of millions of euros relating to the 2006 World Cup. The DFB transferred €6....
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Around 650,000 foreign fans are expected to attend this year's Euro 2024 in Germany, newspapers in the Funke Media Group reported on Saturday, citing research by the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). This would result in additional tourism revenue worth €250 million ($271 million), the institute found. Oliver Holtemöller of the IWH said he anticipates a "small economic plus" for Germany. "However, a major economic push is not to be expected from this." "Depending on how the tournament goes, a brighter social mood inspired by sporting success would be a plus for the economy, which is...
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