Union Berlin’s week went from bad to worse Sunday with a 1-0 loss at home to last-placed Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga. Armin Gigović scored before the break for the visitors, finishing off a counterattack started by team captain Timo Becker and involving Japan forward Shuto Machino.

Bayern Munich have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesilga to a massive 11 points on Friday, as they travel west to face seventh-placed Stuttgart. Bayern come into this match off the back of a convincing 4-0 thrashing Eintracht Frankfurt at the Allianz Arena last Sunday.

Eight points separate Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga standings ahead of Saturday's match and manager Xabi Alonso said his side were braced for a tough outing as they look to close the gap to leaders Bayern Munich.

German media is reporting that Bayern Munich has retracted its contract extension offer to midfielder Joshua Kimmich, whose deal expires at the end of the season. Kicker magazine on Thursday corroborated a report from the Bild tabloid saying Bayern decided at its supervisory board meeting on Monday to withdraw the offer it made to the player because of his hesitation in accepting it.

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Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their conservative rivals to form a new coalition government but declined to give details on how a ramping-up in defence spending would be financed.

Joe Baur is an American who has lived in Berlin for five years with no plans to move back to the US, but he misses Midwestern small talk.

In the smallest town in Germany, just one out of 228 eligible voters cast their ballot for Alternative for Germany even as the far-right, anti-immigrant party’s saw historic gains elsewhere in the country during Sunday’s national election.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday (March 1) a “new era of profanity” had begun, after a clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Washington the previous night.

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Freiburg are almost universally loved in the Bundesliga, and this season, Germany's favourite underdogs are primed to snatch a Champions League place.