Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to edge closer to the Nations League quarter-finals on Friday as 10-man Netherlands rescued a 1-1 draw in Hungary. Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz laid on a backheel for Undav’s opener after 30 minutes in Zenica. The Stuttgart forward then made it two when he […]
Jurgen Klopp To Red Bull A 'Win-Win And Coup', Says Germany Coach Julian Nagelsmann
File image of Jurgen Klopp© AFP Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday congratulated former employers Red Bull for hiring Jurgen Klopp, saying the addition was an “outstanding coup.” Red Bull on Wednesday made the surprise announcement Klopp would take over as head of global football from January 2025. Nagelsmann spent two years as manager of […]
Antitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits
A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an “exploitative abuse” of Facebook’s monopoly position, finally concluded Thursday with […]
Microsoft to face higher competition scrutiny in Germany, including over its use of AI
Microsoft has joined an exclusive club of tech giants that are subject to a special abuse control regime in Germany. The country’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) confirmed on Monday that the software giant could face restrictions if the competition authority deems an intervention is necessary. The designation, which lasts for five years, is important, as […]
Why is Christian McCaffrey going to Germany? 49ers RB seeks new treatment for Achilles injury
The injury updates continue to get worse for 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey was initially ruled out for the preseason due to a calf injury, but the ailment was not originally expected to cost him any regular-season time. He was listed as “questionable” for San Francisco’s Week 1 matchup with the Jets, but […]