The Latest Breaking News from West Germany

On 14 June 1985, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany, pre-reunification) and the Benelux countries – Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – signed an agreement in Schengen, a small town in Luxembourg, that would, eventually, see checks at their common borders abolished. The 40 years since have seen…

Discover the best German soccer players of all time in our top 10 ranking featuring legends like Franz Beckenbauer, Miroslav Klose, Gerd Müller, Lothar Matthäus, and Manuel Neuer.

A look at the players who scored in three or more editions of football's biggest tournament...

Carmen Schuster left the Transylvanian village of Cincsor for West Germany in search of a better life 40 years ago. But when she returned to Romania for work years later, she was overcome by an urge to stay – and to save the centuries-old Saxon community she once called home.

From the World Cup to the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, a look at some of the players sent off in major finals...

Carmen Schuster was a young woman when she left the Transylvanian village of Cincsor in Romania for West Germany in search of a better life 40 years ago.

From the inaugural tournament in 1960 to the present day, a look at the captains who led their nations to European Championship glory...

A look at the players who led their nations to World Cup glory in the men's game...

Current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza (now spreading across the Middle East), have placed Germany in a difficult position, forcing it to reconsider its role in the world. A uniquely German sense of guilt and shame for the Holocaust “inseparably” ties the Israel-Palestine conflict to “Germany’s unquestionable solidarity with Israel”,…