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Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz will have to wait for his comeback from a severe knee injury until next year because fielding him in the last Bundesliga game on Saturday before a long break would come too early, coach Xabi Alonso has said. “F…

Hoffenheim coach André Breitenreiter has said he will not really follow the World Cup in Qatar because he doesn’t think the tournament should be played there. “I don’t think I’ll watch the preliminary round at all. Maybe I’ll watch a game later, especi…

Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann has told his World Cup bound players to give their all in their final Bundesliga game at bottom club Schalke on Saturday because the right focus would also help them prevent injuries. Bayern enter the last game bef…

One of the world’s largest and most esteemed museums of contemporary artworks is elevating two-wheeled mobility to the level of art with an exhibition of 70 of the most stand-out bicycle designs from the past two centures. From the usual diamond frame …

Anyone headed for Mallorca’s buzzing city nightlife surrounded by mountain villages, olive groves and hiking trails first needs to make it through crowds of tourists jostling and waiting to find local transport from the airport into town. Spain’s beach…

A prominent jailed pro-democracy campaigner, who is on a total huger strike according to his family, is in “good health,” says the Egyptian government. Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a key figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising, began a partial hunger strike in April, bu…

Russian hackers are behind a massive cyber attack at Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said Friday. Data stolen from Medibank began appearing on the dark web on Wednesday after the company refused to pay …

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has continued to make profits in the third quarter of this year, the company announced on Thursday. The Hamburg-based company made a net profit of €5.1 billion ($5.2 billion), up from €2.8 billion in the al…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concern about the uncertainty around Iran’s nuclear programme. “The longer the current situation persists, the greater such uncertainty becomes,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday. The…

A jailed Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner, whose family says is on a total hunger strike, has been given “medical intervention,” his sister said on Thursday. Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a key figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising which toppled long-time ruler Hosny …