2007-10-11 16:46 Germany suspends Iranian-born player who refused to travel with national team to Israel
Ashkan Dejagah, the Iranian-born German soccer player who sparked an international controversy for his refusal to play in Israel, has been permanently suspended from the German Under-21 team, Theo Zwanziger, the president of the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Thursday. In his meeting with Israel Football Association chairman Avi Luzon, Zwanziger seemingly backtracked from a statement he made earlier in the week in which he supported the Dejagah's right to refuse to play, saying i …
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2007-08-07 07:45 Match postponed...for 113 years!
Germany's first ever football league championships has finally been decided 113 years after it first took place. Hanau 93 and Viktoria 1889 Berlin were to meet to decide the first German football championship in 1894. But Hanau could not afford the 300 mile trip to the final in the capital - and so the Berlin club was awarded the title by default. This month, 113 years later, the match was finally held and Berlin won 4-1 on aggregate over two legs. Head of the German FA, Theo Zwanziger, said: "I …
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