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Schalke have confirmed their first relegation from the Bundesliga in 30 years. With an expensive squad and massive debts, where does the club go from here?
It didn't take long before the European Super League project was scrapped. Football financing expert Kieran Maguire tells DW why the idea was buried so fast.
In a massive shake-up in European soccer, twelve top clubs from Spain, Italy and England have announced the formation of a breakaway "Super League." The new midweek competition will be independent of European football's governing body, UEFA.
Some of the biggest football clubs in Europe hope to create a new league called the European Super League. It's a move that could attack traditional structures of European football,
Thailand's popular national sport, the martial art Muay Thai, remains male-dominated. Yet as more and more girls and women pursue careers in the ring, the traditions of the sport are being challenged.
In South Korea, esports are trumping soccer when it comes to public screenings. Fans often meet to watch League of Legends in bars. Especially during tournaments, many gamers prefer collective viewings to watching alone at home.
Florian Fischer continues to enjoy playing soccer even after he lost a leg to bone cancer as a teenager. For him, the amputation came as a relief after long years of suffering.
National coach Joachim Löw is going to step down after this year's European Championship in June and July. The 61-year-old famously lifted the World Cup in Brazil, but his team has struggled since.
The German women's national team have been enjoying spring-like weather during their mini-tournament this week. Having beaten Belgium 2-0, they are now gearing up to face the European champions, the Netherlands.
A soccer official is blazing a trail in the Palestinian territories. Hanine Abu Mariam is only one of two female referees officiating top level men's and women's matches there. Now, at the age of just 21, she's got her sights set on the international game.
Both Roman Bürki and Marwin Hitz have made momentous blunders in recent weeks. Does BVB need a new number one to save at the back when the team is too weak up front?
Myanmar is seeing the biggest pro-democracy demonstrations in more than a decade. Now the country's footballers are lending their voices to the protests that have brought hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets.
South and Central American players see red more often than any others around the world. But why? DW reporter Sebastian Saam asked experts from Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil and El Salvador to explain Latin America's red card phenomenon.
Nigerian soccer legend Onome Ebi has teamed up with the organization Common Goal to help educate and empower socially disadvantaged girls in her home country.
Some call it "football" and despise the word "soccer." Others calling it "soccer" hate it when people say "football," which to them is a completely different ball game. Why all the hate over a simple name? Why this war of words?
Once celebrated as the best soccer club of the entire continent, the Orlando Pirates in Johannesburg are only a shadow of their former glory. But a new coach has set the club back on the winning path.
Mauricio Pochettino returns to soccer as coach to French club Paris St-Germain following the firing of Thomas Tuchel. For the Argentinian former PSG player it’s the first coaching job since he was sacked by Tottenham in late 2019.
Zimbabwean soccer players are facing a bleak future, with the country's league still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Without their weekly wages, many had to switch trades to survive – like Emmanuel Mandiranga playing for Harare City FC.
For the first time in decades, Cameroon's PWD Bamenda qualified for the African Champions League. They eventually played against South Africa's top club Keizer Chiefs this weekend – after much back and forth.
Game-day tributes and commemorations for one of football's greatest-ever stars have taken place in stadiums around the world. Athletes paid their respects in a myriad of ways, albeit from stadiums without fans.
Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona has been buried in Buenos Aires. Plans for him to lie in state for three days ended after scuffles broke out among mourners. Tens of thousands turned out to pay their final respects to the legend.
Argentina has declared three days of mourning for the superstar footballer, who died at the age of 60.
In an exclusive interview, DW's Bruce Amani speaks with Kingsley Ehizibue, a Dutch-Nigerian footballer who currently plays for the German Bundesliga Club, FC Cologne. Ehizibue tells DW about his journey in the world of football and how he has overcome setbacks while dealing with racism.
Many kids dream of becoming football stars one day. Scout and coach John Soloman is helping turn their dreams into reality, searching for future talent in disadvantaged communities in Nigeria.
