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Straits Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Leverkusen weather hailstorm to thrash 10-man Grossaspach 4-0 in German Cup
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Soccer Football - DFB Cup - First Round - SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach v Bayer Leverkusen - WIRmachenDRUCK Arena, Aspach, Germany - August 15, 2025 Bayer Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo scores their fourth goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Heiko Becker GROSSASPACH, Germany - Bayer Leverkusen weathered a first-half hailstorm to beat 10-man fourth-tier side SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach 4-0 in the German Cup first round on Friday. The 2024 German Cup winners had to wait for 45 minutes when play was stopped early in the first half after heavy rain, wind and a brief hailstorm. But Leverkusen coach Erik ten Haag's competitive debut saw his team live up to their heavy favourites tag by easing past their opponents. Patrik Schick opened his account after 32 minutes. The hosts were then left with 10 men when Volklan Celiktas was sent off for a second booking in the 66th. Arthur made it 2-0 after 74 minutes before Christian Kofane added another in the 84th for the visitors and a penalty from Alejandro Grimaldo three minutes from time sealed the rout. REUTERS
Straits Times
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Bayern's Pavlovic suffers eye socket fracture
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich - PreZero Arena, Sinsheim, Germany - May 17, 2025 Bayern Munich's Aleksandar Pavlovic on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering an eye socket fracture in training, the German club said. The 21-year-old Germany international had undergone successful surgery, the club said in a statement on Saturday without providing a timeline on his return. Bayern are already without playmaker Jamal Musiala, who sustained a fibula fracture with a broken and dislocated ankle at the Club World Cup last month, while left back Alphonso Davies is out due to an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tear. Bayern play VfB Stuttgart in the German Super Cup final on August 16 before beginning their Bundesliga title defence against RB Leipzig at home six days later. REUTERS
The Star
22-07-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Promoted Leeds sign German midfielder Stach
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen - PreZero Arena, Hoffenheim, Germany - September 14, 2024 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's Anton Stach after the match REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo (Reuters) -Leeds United have signed Germany midfielder Anton Stach from TSG Hoffenheim on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday as they continue to strengthen the squad for their return to the top flight. British media reported that the transfer fee was around 17.4 million pounds ($23.5 million). The 26-year-old, who has two international caps, joined Hoffenheim in 2023, scoring four goals and registering six assists in 71 appearances. "My style of play, I would say I am an aggressive player. I am good in duels. I am good at anticipating passes from the opponents and it would be good for the Premier League," Stach said in a statement. Leeds start their Premier League campaign at home to Everton on August 18. ($1 = 0.7412 pounds) (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Goa, editing by Ed Osmond)
The Star
15-07-2025
- Business
- The Star
ECB supervisors focus on risks from tariffs to cyber attacks, central bank sources say
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the logo of the European Central Bank (ECB) outside its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker/File Photo FRANKFURT/MADRID (Reuters) -European Central Bank supervisors are focusing on issues ranging from tariffs to cyber attacks and a possible dollar shortage as they assess potential risks to the region's banking industry, five senior central bank officials told Reuters. The ECB is looking into these risks amidst a global trade war and conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine. Chief ECB supervisor Claudia Buch said on Tuesday the central bank would test banks' resilience to geopolitical risk next year, telling them to come up with scenarios that had the potential to wipe out large chunks of their capital. In addition to this, ECB supervisors have been incorporating these risks into their regular checks for months, the sources, who asked to remain anonymous as details of the ECB's supervisory work are confidential, said. Banks have been told to watch their exposure to other countries, both via operations abroad and through credit to exporters, supervisors have told Reuters. Cyber attacks are also seen as a risk, particularly in Baltic countries, which have previously been the targets of Russian hackers, the sources said. The ECB has also told banks to prepare for a global dollar drought, for example if the Federal Reserve withdraws its lifelines, as Reuters reported earlier this year Supervisors are not telling banks to cut their exposures and they are not making specific recommendations at this stage, but rather urging banks to tighten their controls and think about contingency plans. The checks are taking place as part of the ECB's annual Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process and banks' own estimate of their liquidity needs, known in regulatory jargon as the Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process. An ECB spokesperson declined to comment. (Reporting by Francesco Canepa and Jesus Aguado; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
The Star
15-07-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Germany's top court dismisses complaint against U.S. drone missions via Ramstein
German Constitutional Court second senate vice president Doris Koenig announces a verdict at Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on the 2012 U.S. drone strikes in Yemen, that were steered from the U.S. air base in Ramstein, in Karlsruhe, Germany, July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Heiko Becker BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin is not violating international law by allowing the United States to use a military base on German soil to conduct drone strikes, Germany's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday. The court ruling was in response to a constitutional complaint filed by Yemeni nationals whose relatives were killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2012. At issue is the question of whether Germany has a responsibility to ensure that using a relay station for sending satellite data to drones at Ramstein Air Base does not violate international law. The court ruled that while Germany does have a general duty to protect fundamental human rights, even those of foreigners abroad, the conditions triggering that duty were not met. Berlin's view that the U.S. interpretation of international law is fundamentally acceptable falls within the discretion granted it in foreign and security policy, said the court. The German government had argued that Germany's ability to take part in military alliances would be jeopardised if it had to ensure operations conducted by foreign militaries abroad adhered to Germany's understanding of international law simply because they had a base on German soil. The United States and Germany are allies in NATO and Washington has had a military base at Ramstein since 1948. (Reporting by Ursula Knapp, Writing by Miranda Murray, editing by Kirsti Knolle and Madeline Chambers)
