Germany says it will balance its budget faster than expected, slashing this year's estimated deficit to 1.5 percent from 2.5 percent and downplaying fears of a new recession.

David Beckham says he has no regrets about ending his career at the highest level by moving to LA Galaxy. He had made a surprise switch to Major League Soccer in America in 2007.

Former German star player Jürgen Klinsmann has been named the new head coach of the US men's national team. He will have the task of helping the US qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

German editorial writers on Monday agreed that the women's 2011 World Cup has raised the sport's profile significantly. But they wonder how long the buzz will last.

Less than a week after Munich’s Winter Olympics bid was defeated, Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said he wants the German capital to host the Summer Games.

Japan scored one of the biggest upsets in the history of women’s soccer Saturday, defeating the two-time defending champion Germany, 1-0, in overtime of the World Cup quarterfinals.

With France set to face defending champions and hosts Germany at the on Tuesday, members of the French squad have posed naked for pictures to draw attention to their sport.

David Haye's pre-fight bluffing backfired Saturday as bitter rival Wladimir Klitschko easily outpointed him in their disappointing heavyweight unification clash in rain-soaked Hamburg.

German newspapers hail tennis star Sabine Lisicki after she made it into the Wimbledon semifinals, wondering if the country at last has a new Steffi Graf.

As Germany plays host this summer to the FIFA Women's World Cup, people may - or may not - be surprised to find that several members of the German women's national team are openly gay.

By Andrew Bowen

The world heavyweight boxing match between Wladimir Klitschko, photo, and David Hayes on Sunday has been in the making for more than two years.

Germany secured all three points in their Women's World Cup opener against Canada on Sunday, coming away 2-1 victors in a match that at times lacked fine finishing.

Germany's Dirk Nowitzki is being described as one of the best basketball players of all time after leading the NBA's Dallas Mavericks to their first championship in franchise history.

With the Women's World Cup being played on their own turf at the end of this month, Playboy Germany decided to celebrate by doing a cover-shoot with five members of the U-20 national team.

The head of Germany's football federation called on Wednesday for FIFA to re-examine the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar over bribery allegations Photo: Qatar 2022 Bid Chairman H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani .

French soccer was plunged into turmoil on Saturday following the suspension of Francois Blaquart, the national federation’s technical director, over plans to enforce racial quotas at the youth level.

Bankruptcy-threatened Munich 1860 may have secured a reprieve with an Arabian businessman set to buy a majority share in the second-division German club worth 18.75m US dollars.

Defending champion Thomas Dold, 26, of Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday won the race to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building for the sixth year in a row. It took him 10 minutes and 10 seconds, beating his previous year’s record by 6 seconds. 

Chancellor Merkel's  office and the German football federation are trying to iron out a flap over her congratualting half naked players after their 3-0 win over Turkey.

New France coach Laurent Blanc Friday has punished the country's farcical World Cup squad by dropping each of the 23 players for a friendly against Norway next month.

The 2010 World Cup trophy was handed over to Spain captain Iker Casillas following his side‘s 1-0 victory Sunday over the Netherlands.

Germany finished third at the World Cup on Saturday after beating Uruguay 3-2 in the play-off in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Germany hopes to beat Uruguay for third place on Saturday after Spain's 1:0 victory over 'Die Mannschaft.' The Spaniards now must defeat Holland on Sunday to win the trophy. It would be their first.