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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ter Stegen dismisses reports saying Barcelona plan to sell him
Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen (R) in action during a training session of the German national soccer team, ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Nations League semi-final soccer match against Portugal. Daniel Karmann/dpa Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen dismissed reports that his Barcelona team have plans to sell him this summer. "Nobody has spoken to me. I know that I will be in Barcelona next year," he told reporters on Sunday at Germany's Nations League training camp in Herzogenaurach. Advertisement Ter Stegen has a contract with the Spanish club until 2028. This season, he played only nine games for the team due to a serious knee injury, but he doesn't believe his situation at the club has changed. "We've always had great goalkeepers in previous years too. There's competition in every position at Barcelona. I'm really looking forward to the new season, because we have a great team that's young, dynamic and hungry," he said. According to media reports, Bacerlona president Joan Laporta had given coach Hansi Flick permission to sell the goalkeeper. Ter Stegen said he has had no contact with Flick since the reports came out. Advertisement "We haven't talked and haven't been in touch in the past days. I don't see why either? There's no situation to be talked about," he said. Ter Stegen hasn't played for Germany since September, but coach Julian Nagelsmann said he will be in the starting line-up on Wednesday in the Nations League semi-finals against Portugal.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Midfielder Amiri leaves Germany camp due to adductor problems
Mainz's Nadiem Amiri celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and Bayer Leverkusen at Mewa Arena. Torsten Silz/dpa Midfielder Nadiem Amiri has left the Germany training camp due to adductor problems, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Saturday. The DFB initially didn't announce a replacement. The national team gathered at the training camp in Bavaria's Herzogenaurach to prepare for the Nations League Final Four on June 4-8. Advertisement Germany face Portugal in the semi-finals on Wednesday. The winner will face either 2020-21 champions France or title holders Spain in the final. Due to the preparations for the tournament, coach Julian Nagelsmann and DFB sporting director Rudi Völler have decided to skip the Champions League final in Munich between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan. "We received an invitation, but we said 'thank you' and won't be going," Nagelsmann said. "We will stay with the team and watch the final together, because we want to use the time with the group. Otherwise, we would be away for half a day," he explained. Advertisement Nagelsmann added that, in his position, one should remain neutral, but said that he will have his fingers crossed for national team player and Inter defender Yann Aurel Bisseck. "We have a player in the final, fingers crossed he makes a good game and come to us with a successful result. That would be better for him and for us," he said.
South China Morning Post
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Story of bitter Adidas vs Puma family fallout to be told in new TV series
The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers have announced. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind the Adidas empire founded by Adolf 'Adi' Dassler. It will delve into one of the most fascinating fraternal blow-ups in corporate history, which pitted Adi against his brother Rudolf ('Rudi'), who went on to create rival Puma. The two men jointly ran a family-owned footwear company before falling out during World War II, with their post-conflict animus splitting their town of Herzogenaurach to this day. Rudolf 'Rudi' Dassler (left) and Adolf 'Adi' Dassler. Photo: Handout/Getty Images Scriptwriter Mark Williams, behind the hit Netflix series Ozark, has been hired to lead the project and is currently going through Dassler family home videos and memorabilia to work on the story. 'Everybody knows the brands, but the story behind them is something we don't really fully know,' Williams said at the Cannes Film Festival, which is currently running in France.
Asharq Al-Awsat
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Adidas, Puma Family Feud to Be Turned into TV Series
The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind the Adidas empire founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler. It will delve into one of the most fascinating fraternal blow-ups in corporate history, which pitted Adi against his brother Rudolf ("Rudi") who went on to create rival Puma. The two men jointly ran a family-owned footwear company before falling out during World War II, with their post-conflict animus splitting their town of Herzogenaurach to this day. Scriptwriter Mark Williams, behind the hit Netflix series "Ozark", has been hired to lead the project and is currently going through Dassler family home videos and memorabilia to work on the story. "Everybody knows the brands, but the story behind them is something we don't really fully know," Williams told AFP at the Cannes film festival. One of the most sensitive areas -- particularly for the reputations of the multi-billion-dollar footwear companies today -- will be how the brothers are portrayed during the war period. Both became members of the Nazi party in the 1930s, as was customary for the business elite at the time. Rudi went to fight, however, and was arrested by Allied forces on his return to a defeated Germany. "Adi stayed home and tried to keep the company alive," Williams added. Their factory was seized as part of the war effort and converted into a munitions plant. The series promises to be a "Succession-type drama between the family" set over several generations, Williams explained, comparing it to the earlier hit HBO series. The head of No Fat Ego, Niels Juul, who has produced Martin Scorsese's most recent movies, said he was originally drawn to the story after learning about Adidas's collaboration with legendary black American runner Jesse Owens. Partly thanks to Adidas's innovative spiked shoes, Owens became one of the stars of the 1936 Berlin Olympics which Hitler had hoped would showcase white German supremacy. No Fat Ego intends to develop the series with full editorial independence before offering it to streaming platforms. "We want to have the creative control, and Mark has to have absolute silence and quiet to do what he does," Juul told AFP.
Arab News
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Adidas, Puma family feud to be turned into TV series
CANNES: The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind the Adidas empire founded by Adolf 'Adi' Dassler. It will delve into one of the most fascinating fraternal blow-ups in corporate history, which pitted Adi against his brother Rudolf ('Rudi') who went on to create rival Puma. The two men jointly ran a family-owned footwear company before falling out during World War II, with their post-conflict animus splitting their town of Herzogenaurach to this day. Scriptwriter Mark Williams, behind the hit Netflix series 'Ozark,' has been hired to lead the project and is currently going through Dassler family home videos and memorabilia to work on the story. 'Everybody knows the brands, but the story behind them is something we don't really fully know,' Williams told AFP at the Cannes film festival. One of the most sensitive areas — particularly for the reputations of the multi-billion-dollar footwear companies today — will be how the brothers are portrayed during the war period. Both became members of the Nazi party in the 1930s, as was customary for the business elite at the time. Rudi went to fight, however, and was arrested by Allied forces on his return to a defeated Germany. 'Adi stayed home and tried to keep the company alive,' Williams added. Their factory was seized as part of the war effort and converted into a munitions plant. The series promises to be a 'Succession-type drama between the family' set over several generations, Williams explained, comparing it to the earlier hit HBO series. The head of No Fat Ego, Niels Juul, who has produced Martin Scorsese's most recent movies, said he was originally drawn to the story after learning about Adidas's collaboration with legendary black American runner Jesse Owens. Partly thanks to Adidas's innovative spiked shoes, Owens became one of the stars of the 1936 Berlin Olympics which Hitler had hoped would showcase white German supremacy. No Fat Ego intends to develop the series with full editorial independence before offering it to streaming platforms. 'We want to have the creative control, and Mark has to have absolute silence and quiet to do what he does,' Juul told AFP.
