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Opinion: the DFB can only lose

Mesut Özil’s departure from the national team casts a shadow over Germany’s bid to host the 2024 European championship. The DFB can only lose; either the bid to host the tournament or its honor.The DFB (German football association) has been caught with its pants down. For years it has proudly pointed to its integration work, …

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German soccer chief sees football as bridge-builder in Russia and Qatar

The president of the German football association (DFB) Reinhard Grindel says politicians must find a solution to the diplomatic crisis in Qatar. But he feels soccer can provide a social impulse there and in Russia too.Football can not replace political solutions, insisted DFB President Reinhard Grindel on Thursday when asked about the diplomatic crisis in …

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Brakes on for new DFB president

The German FA has put the brakes on the process of selecting a new president to replace Wolfsgang Niersbach, who stepped down earlier this month. This came amid a scandal linked to the awarding of the 2006 World Cup. The presidium of the DFB (German FA) failed in a meeting at its Frankfurt headquarters on …

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DFB to enhance security for Euro 2016 after Paris attacks

The DFB is planning a review of its security for next summer’s European championship in France. Meanwhile, more details have emerged of how the team spent Friday night in their dressing room in the Stade du France. One of the interim president’s of the DFB (German FA), Rainer Koch, was quoted in Monday’s edition of …

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