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Basketballer Yelena Leuchanka at the athlete's protest in Belarus (Yelena Leuchanka)

Athletes unite to oppose 'dictator' Lukashenko

Despite the risks, athletes in Belarus have been speaking out against President Alexander Lukashenko. The sportspeople aim to use their profile to oust Lukashenko and separate sporting and political interests.  

Bundesliga

Transfer blog

Tottenham eyeing Wolfsburg's Weghorst 5h ago

Bundesliga TSG Hoffenheim gegen VFL Wolfsburg (Imago-Images/J. Huebner)

Tottenham are rumored to be interested in Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst, but the Bundesliga club have slapped a €35m price tag on him. Elsewhere, Mario Götze remains without a club after turning down a move to MLS.  

Bundesliga Bulletin

Bayern score eight, Haaland Dortmund's hero 20.09.2020

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The 2020-21 Bundesliga season started with a flurry of goals, plenty of joy for the away teams, a host of exceptional individual performances - and fans in stadiums. Read all the latest on the Bundesliga here.  

Matchday 1

Life after Werner and Havertz 20.09.2020

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While Chelsea teammates Kai Havertz and Timo Werner took on defending Premier League champions Liverpool, RB Leipzig and Leverkusen began life in the Bundesliga without their stars. The question is, did they miss them?  

Opinion

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Youngsters save BVB and the Bundesliga 19.09.2020

Borussia Dortmund's young starlets shone in an opening-day win over Gladbach. After Friday night, it wasn't just an important performance for BVB, but for the Bundesliga as a whole, writes DW's Matt Ford.  

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Dortmund with statement win on opening day 19.09.2020

In a thrilling game, Dortmund eventually pulled clear after a strong second half from their star striker Erling Haaland. Gladbach were in the game, but could not stop Jadon Sancho and Dortmund's number nine.  

New season, same Bayern Munich 18.09.2020

Fussball Bundesliga - Bayern Munich vs. Schalke 04 (Michael Dalder/Reuters)

The new Bundesliga season started as the old one finished. The result and the performance is once again a reminder that the only side that can stop Bayern Munich from winning another title is themselves.  

1. Bundesliga | VfB Stuttgart - SC Freiburg (Weber/Eibner-Pressefoto/picture-alliance )

Stuttgart learn lesson against Freiburg

VfB Stuttgart suffered an opening-day derby defeat on their return to the Bundesliga. They face the same challenges as other traditional German giants this season, a tightrope between tradition and modernity.  

Return of fans another gamble by DFL 16.09.2020

Cologne FC fans holding club scarves up in stadium (Imago Images/Chai v.d. Laage)

Tens of thousands of German football fans are set to return to Bundesliga stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic. DW's Felix Tamsut believes German clubs and authorities need to get their priorities straight.  

Bundesliga: German states give green light to nationwide return of spectators  

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Bundesliga fans return

Strict coronavirus measures require clubs to use only up to 20% of stadiums' capacities.  

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Sports Life - Are US sports really socialist compared to the capitalism of European football?

European football - a landscape where big clubs can fall into oblivion. Left to linger in the bottom divisions. It’s a dog eat dog world. Capitalism at its finest. But in US sports - they look after their own. No matter how poorly you perform, the strong prop up the weak- it sounds a lot like socialism. Let’s take a closer look - with Kick off! Reporter Janek Speight.  

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Imke Wübbenhorst - Trainerin Sportfreunde Lotte (imago images/N. Wedel)

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The real Mesut Özil story

The 2020 Summer Olympics: Tokyo in Limbo

The 2020 Summer Olympics: Tokyo in Limbo

Paris Saint-Germain Vorstellung neuer Spieler Neymar (Reuters/C. Hartmann)

Will COVID-19 change the football transfer market?

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DW Kick off on Facebook

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This is the place to come to find all of our Bundesliga and other football-related content on Facebook.  

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Ilkay Gündogan tests positive for COVID-19 8h ago

Champions League Manchester City - Tottenham Hotspur Ilkay Gündogan (Reuters/P. Noble)

Ilkay Gündogan has become the latest Manchester City player to test positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, a bulked-up Bryson DeChambeau has won his first US Open, scoring under par through all four rounds.  

Tour de France

Yellow fever in Slovenia: Pogacar's triumph 20.09.2020

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Aged just 21, Tadej Pogacar became the Tour de France's youngest winner since 1904 on Sunday after dramatically beating compatriot Primoz Roglic to the Yellow Jersey. This is the story of Slovenia's cycling triumph.  

Pogacar shocks Roglic on penultimate time-trial  

Ex-IAAF president found guilty of corruption 16.09.2020

IAAF President Lamine Diack attends a press conference after the IAAF Council and IOC Executive Board meeting at Intercontinental Beijing Beichen Hotel in Beijing city, China, 21 August 2015. (picture-alliance/dpa/W.Hong)

The former top man in world athletics will be sent to jail for his role in shielding Russian Olympic athletes suspected of doping. He was also guilty of taking bribes for Senegalese President Macky Sall's 2012 campaign.  

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Iran seeking to get judo ban overturned

Vahid Sarklak Judokämpfer Iran (Archiv Vahid Sarlak)

The CAS has heard Iran's appeal against its ban from international judo competition. The Iran Judo Federation has denied that a judoka was pressured to avoid facing an Israeli at the World Championships.  

Thiem beats Zverev in five-set thriller

Tennis player Dominic Thiem

Dominic Thiem's victory marks the first time in US Open history that a player came back from two sets down to win the title. The Austrian beat Germany's Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in 4 hours and 2 minutes.  

Metzelder ‘confesses’ over allegations 14.09.2020

Christoph Metzelder, ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler (picture-alliance/AP Photo/M. Meissner)

Former Germany player Christoph Metzelder has made a confession about the accusations of possession and distribution of exploitative images of children. This is indirectly stated in the decision of a Düsseldorf court.  

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Why the future of Formula One is electric

Are the days of Formula One numbered? Formula E says it is the race format of the future.  

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Sanctions demanded over wrestler's execution 13.09.2020

Navid Afkari wurde im Irak zum Tode verurteilt (farsnews)

The athletes' association urged the International Olympic Committee to "take a strong stand," after Navid Afkari was put to death over his participation in 2018 protests. Tehran insists he killed a security officer.  

Iran executes champion wrestler Navid Afkari  

Neymar accuses rival of racist 'monkey' slur 14.09.2020

It is a photograph of the top halves of Neymar and Alvaro Gonzalez. The two players are facing off. Neymar wears a dark blue top on the left and Gonzalez wears a white top with blue neck and arm bands.

PSG striker Neymar has said Marseille's Alvaro Gonzalez used a racist insult during a brawl between the two rival teams that saw five players sent off. The Spanish defender denied the accusations.  

First-class competition before a tiny crowd 14.09.2020

Leichtathletik: Istaf Berlin (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Kappeler)

The 2020 ISTAF was one of the first major sporting events since the COVID-19 outbreak to be held in front of spectators. What's it like to attend an athletics meet with just five percent of the seats occupied?  

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World Champion Athlete and Holocaust Survivor Shaul Ladany

Elite Israeli athlete Shaul Ladany has twice escaped death in Germany.  

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Israeli player joins Oswiecim

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Senegal's female pro surfer

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