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Meet the Bloggers: Der Irische Berliner
With just 23 days left until the World Cup begins, we thought it was about time to fire up the Young Germany World Cup Blog. We’ve got writers who will be reporting on World Cup happenings from...
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Bags Packed, Fingers Crossed: On the Way to the World Cup?
My bags were packed, boots polished, jerseys neatly folded. One by one the national team managers announced their squads for the World Cup last week. One by one they reeled off the names, the stars,...
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Yogi Bear and Jogi Löw
Photo (cc) flickr user Leo Reynolds Poor Jogi. While Germany was still digesting the news that talismanic captain Michael Ballack wouldn’t be able to lead out his team, one of his potential...
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Lena Had a Little Lahm
What's in a name? Photo (cc) flickr user EssjayNZ Germany won, England came last and — most importantly — Ireland finished above England. Everybody happy! Was Eurovision a taste of things to come?...
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The Jabulani Ball: Kicking Controversy
The Adidas 'Jabulani' football, the official ball of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, being tested in a wind tunnel. © dpa Nobody’s happy. Not the coaches, not the players, not the officials in...
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Irish feeling patriotic for Germany ahead of der Klassiker
Germany’s Miroslav Klose celebrates his goal in the national team’s match against England in the second round of the 2010 World Cup. Germany went onto win 4:1. Photo: picture-alliance /...
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Tentacle of doom predicts Albiceleste defeat
Germany fans are hoping for another win in Saturday's game against Argentina. © ATP Yoshihiro KOIKE / dpa So-called experts are notorious for getting it wrong. As soon as they open their mouths, a...
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May the best team win
It turned out that Paul the Octopus was right. Photo (cc) flickr user craig Quimby So the Deutschland dream is over. Buried in a wave of tiki-taka. Yeah, Spain was much superior to Germany and totally...
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All hail San Iker and Pulpo Paul!
Germany Fan by Ines Eiban Just like four years ago, the biggest star of the World Cup has hung up his boots after it. Like Zinedine Zidane before him, Paul the psychic octopus has had enough and opted...
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