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LEVERKUSEN, Germany, May 5 (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen slumped to a 2-1 home loss to Cologne on Friday to end their 14-game unbeaten run across all competitions and put their European spot in danger with three Bundesliga matches remaining. Cologne's Davie Selke struck twice in the first half -- either side of Amine Adli's equaliser -- to give them their third straight away win, their longest winning run away from home in 31 years. Selke stunned the hosts in the 14th minute, easily beating defender Jonathan Tah to head in and give Cologne the lead with their first chance of the game. The hosts were in full control of the game when Cologne struck again as Selke stabbed in his second goal of the evening in the 36th minute against the run of play. Bayern Munich, in top spot on 62 points, face Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Leaders Dortmund ready to open up gap with win over Bochum
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
With second-placed Bayern Munich, a point behind on 59, in action at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday, victory over Bochum would pile more pressure on Dortmund's embattled title rivals. Their last league title dates back to 2012. Dortmund coach Edin Terzic could be without defender Nico Schlotterbeck against Bochum while Raphael Guerreiro trained alone earlier this week. They are in 15th place on 27 points, just two points above the relegation playoff spot. Hertha are without a win in their last seven games and are anchored in last place on 22 points points.
Union squeeze past Gladbach 1-0 to hold on to third place
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BERLIN, April 23 (Reuters) - Union Berlin secured a 1-0 victory at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday courtesy of a sumptuous Sheraldo Becker volley to remain in third place and stay on course for a Champions League-qualifying spot with five matches remaining. Gladbach tried to bounce back but Marcus Thuram and Manu Kone could not beat goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow. Union stay third on 55 points with Borussia Dortmund leading the title race on 60. Bayern Munich dropped to second place with 59 following Saturday's 3-1 loss at Mainz 05. Freiburg moved up to fourth spot, two points behind Union, after their 4-0 demolition of Schalke 04 earlier on Sunday.
BRUSSELS, April 20 (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen eased into the Europa League semi-finals after crushing hosts Union Saint-Gilloise of Belgium 4-1 on Thursday for a 5-2 aggregate win that stretched their unbeaten run to 12 straight matches across all competitions. Xabi Alonso's team proved extremely efficient, needing just 66 seconds for Moussa Diaby to round keeper Anthony Moris and finish a quick move by the Germans to open the scoring. They added another goal on the break in the 38th with Mitchel Bakker volleying in at the far post before they were gifted a third on the hour courtesy of a big Moris blunder. Under pressure from Bakker, the keeper sent the ball straight into the path of Jeremie Frimpong who only had to kick it into the empty goal. Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Bill Anderson joined Bayer’s management board this week and starts as CEO in June. LEVERKUSEN, Germany— Bill Anderson , the American picked to head Bayer AG, treads softly as he begins a monthslong transition into his role as chief executive officer of the German owner of Monsanto, saying he will take his time before trying to fix the company’s most pressing problems. Mr. Anderson, a sprite, athletic 56-year-old hailing from the Gulf coast of Texas, this week joined the management board of Bayer, the 160-year-old chemical and pharmaceutical company known for inventing aspirin more than a century ago. He starts as CEO in June.
Bill Anderson joined Bayer’s management board this week and starts as CEO in June. LEVERKUSEN, Germany— Bill Anderson , the American picked to head Bayer AG, treads softly as he begins a monthslong transition into his role as chief executive officer of the German owner of Monsanto, saying he will take his time before trying to fix the company’s most pressing problems. Mr. Anderson, a sprite, athletic 56-year-old hailing from the Gulf coast of Texas, this week joined the management board of Bayer, the 160-year-old chemical and pharmaceutical company known for inventing aspirin more than a century ago. He starts as CEO in June.
REUTERS/Tom KaeckenhoffLEVERKUSEN, Germany, April 5 (Reuters) - Incoming Bayer (BAYGn.DE) chief executive Bill Anderson says he is keeping an open mind on whether to break up the company into smaller pieces, as some fidgety investors want. "That's why I said I am going to have an open mind," he said. On the stock market Bayer, once the most valuable company on Germany's DAX blue-chip index, is now worth only about the same as it paid for Monsanto. At Bayer, he said he did not have his own desk and made use of the company's meeting rooms as needed. Professing a love of American football, hiking and snowboarding, he was also effusive about Bayer as a company and its heritage of medicines such as Aspirin.
Strikes at German regional airports ground majority of flights
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BERLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The majority of flights at Germany's Duesseldorf and Cologne Bonn regional airports were grounded by a 24-hour strike by the Verdi trade union on Monday, the airports said. Of Monday's usual 136 daily passenger flights scheduled for Cologne Bonn airport, only two were set to operate as scheduled. The union brought air traffic to a standstill earlier this month with one-day strikes at seven major airports, including the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, affecting nearly 300,000 passengers. Cities across the western state of North Rhine Westphalia, including Cologne, Leverkusen and Bonn, were also affected by public service worker strikes on Monday. Verdi and the German Civil Service Association are demanding 10.5% more pay for state employees, or at least 500 euros ($527.75) more a month.
LEVERKUSEN, Germany, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund cruised past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on Sunday for their third win in three league matches since the Bundesliga resumed after the winter break, climbing to within three points of the top spot. Goals from Karim Adeyemi and a second half own goal from Edmond Tapsoba gave Dortmund a comfortable victory and snapped Leverkusen's five-game winning run in the Bundesliga, dropping them to ninth place. "Today it was not only an important win but also a deserved one and this is something we liked. "This win won't mean much if we don't keep at it and keep delivering the same performances," Terzic said. Germany international Adeyemi rifled in his first Bundesliga goal after a good passing move from Dortmund in the 33rd minute with Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby having earlier forced a superb save from Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel.
As captain of the South Korean soccer team and a forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, Son Heung-min knows a thing or two about becoming a pro athlete. In an interview with CNBC, Son shared his top tips on going pro and handling the pressures that come with it. Son left South Korea at age 16 to join the German soccer club Hamburger SV, with whom he made his first appearance in a top European soccer league in 2010. Son also addressed some of the biggest lessons he has learned from his career so far. "I think the lessons are, just don't try to chase your happiness," he told CNBC.
For Iranians, this World Cup is about more than football
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +13 min
In the buildup to the World Cup in Qatar, there were calls for Iran to be thrown out of the tournament. Protesting at the World Cup, on the biggest stage of all for football, carries potentially huge risks for the current players in the national team. Nonetheless, players will be free to protest at the World Cup so long as they do not break FIFA rules, their manager Queiroz has said. Iran’s football authorities vowed that “people who have not followed professional and sports ethics … will be dealt with according to the regulations,” a statement published by Iran’s Football Federation after the beach soccer game said. “While this is happening, I cannot see people being overly excited [about the World Cup] when they’re out on the street fighting for freedom,” Mossavat says.
CNN —Iran’s record international goalscorer Ali Daei said on Monday that he refused an invitation to attend the World Cup in Qatar next week to stand in solidarity with Iranian protesters. “I rejected the official invitation of FIFA and Qatar Football Federation to attend the World Cup with my wife and daughters,” he wrote on Instagram. The 53-year-old Iranian football legend scored 109 goals for Iran between 1993 and 2006, a record broken by Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo last year. Football player Sardar Azmoun also potentially risked missing out on being selected for the World Cup after criticizing the government. Long live Iranian women.”However, Azmoun was named in Iran’s World Cup squad on Sunday.
* Teams will be able to select up to 26 players for this year's World Cup after FIFA increased the maximum limit for squads by three in June, citing the unusual timing of the tournament as well as the impact of COVID-19. Who is in Argentina's World Cup 2022 squad? * Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho, 18, who has made seven appearances for the club this season, misses out. What was Argentina's squad at the 2018 World Cup? * Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City).
Ghana name uncapped pair who have impressed in Europe
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Nov 14 (Reuters) - Kamal Sowah’s form for Club Brugge in the Champions League has won him a World Cup call-up for Ghana after the uncapped striker was on Monday included in the country’s squad for Qatar. The 22-year-old was a surprise selection as coach Otto Addo named his 26-man squad for the tournament, where the Black Stars face Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay in Group H.Sowah has impressed as the Belgian club reached the last 16 of the Champions League, knocking out Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in the process. There was also a first call up for midfielder Salis Abdul Samed, 22, who has been a regular for Racing Lens this season as they have moved to second in the French Ligue 1 standings. The squad will be captained by Dede Ayew, who was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 – only the third time an African nation has reached the last eight of a World Cup. Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Injured Dybala named in Argentina's 26-man World Cup squad
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Nov 11 (Reuters) - Injured forward Paulo Dybala made the cut as Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni named on Friday his 26-man squad for the Nov. 20-Dec. 18 World Cup in Qatar, where Lionel Messi will lead the side. Dybala has not played for his club AS Roma since early October but has been named in the squad as Argentina hope he regains his fitness before their World Cup campaign begins on Nov. 22 against Group C opponents Saudi Arabia. Messi, 35, will be playing in his fifth World Cup and will be accompanied by fellow veterans Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi along with fresh faces who helped Argentina win the Copa America title last year. Dreams do come true, let's go Argentina," Paredes, who did not make the final cut for the 2018 World Cup, said on Instagram. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, one of Argentina's heroes at the Copa America last year, will also be making his World Cup debut this year.
Since featuring for Team Melli at the last World Cup -- and missing a late opportunity against Portugal to take Iran into the knockout rounds for the first time -- the 30-year-old from Bushehr has turned into a scoring machine. The goals have flowed as the striker helped his team to the Portuguese league and cup double last season, with Taremi also impressive in the Champions League. The road for Iran was slightly less smooth, even if Taremi was scoring regularly under former coach Dragan Skocic. A fall-out with the Croatian saw him dropped for World Cup qualifiers against Lebanon and Syria last year before the pair patched up their differences and Taremi returned to the squad. Taremi, whose brother Mohammad played professionally, can lead the line alone or partner Sardar Azmoun, should the Bayer Leverkusen striker shake off an injury before the World Cup.
Queiroz's return gives Iran hope of World Cup history
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Michael Church | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
HONG KONG, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Carlos Queiroz's return as Iran coach threatened to throw the country's preparations for a third straight World Cup appearance into turmoil but instead the re-hiring of the Portuguese has galvanised an ageing squad for one last crack at history. In five previous World Cup campaigns, Iran have never progressed beyond the group phase but after being drawn in a group alongside England, Wales and the United States hopes are growing that their disappointing record might be broken. For their September friendlies against Uruguay and Senegal, Queiroz picked 16 of the 23-man squad he selected for the finals in Russia in 2018, when Iran recorded their best-ever result at a World Cup with four points from three games. The meetings with England and the United States will be politically charged domestically while protests over women's rights in Iran have had a psychological impact on a squad that was fractured by the controversy over Queiroz's re-hiring. Former Brighton & Hove Albion winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh will also be keen to prove English football fans did not see the best of his talents during his three-season stint in the Premier League as Iran look to break new ground at the World Cup.
Unilever on Thursday said its expected net inflation from materials is €4.5 billion—equivalent to $4.5 billion—for 2022, up from €1.3 billion the previous year. Materials inflation generally ranged from €100 million to €300 million during the years before 2021, Mr. Pitkethly said. “Our forecasting accuracy has been a lot worse over the last year or so since this period of inflation hit,” he said. Graeme Pitkethly, chief financial officer at Unilever. Further hiking prices in the fourth quarter is a “distinct possibility,” Mr. Pitkethly said, adding he doesn’t expect the increases to deter consumer demand.
CNN —Antoine Griezmann scored twice, including directly from a corner, as Atlético Madrid defeated Real Betis 2-1 on Sunday to move up to third in Spain’s La Liga. The French international scored his second through the legs of Silva after neat interplay with Ángel Correa and substitute Matheus Cunha. It was a frustrating end to the game for the home side, which is now fifth in La Liga – three points behind Atlético and 11 behind leader Real Madrid. Lewandowski’s first-half effort, which came after a brilliant run from Dembélé, took the Polish striker to 12 goals in La Liga this season – five more than any other player. Barça is now three points behind Real Madrid, its only defeat in the league coming in El Clásico earlier this month.
In a country where evangelical churches have made major inroads in poorer communities, eroding the Catholic majority, many footballers wear their evangelical faith on their sleeve. "There is this slogan that I love," Alves said, using a stock Bolsonaro phrase: "Brazil above everything, God above all." Bolsonaro lost the first round to his leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a tighter-than-expected margin, setting up an Oct. 30 runoff. The outpouring on social media bolstered the growing anecdotal evidence that many of Brazil's most prominent soccer players now lean to the right. Top footballers' embrace of Bolsonaro has jibed with a growing tradition among conservative Brazilians who don the national team's famous yellow jersey in street demonstrations, as Bolsonaro himself has done occasionally.
Dutch name preliminary World Cup squad list
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
AMSTERDAM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal on Friday sprung some surprises as he named a 39-man preliminary squad for the World Cup in Qatar next month. Mitchel Bakker, Xavi Simons and Micky van de Ven were named for the first time while uncapped Sven Botman, Jeremie Frimpong and Pascal Struijk, who have received previous call-ups, were also included in a list dominated by nine players from Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam. All World Cup-bound teams are required to select between 35 and 55 players in a preliminary list by Friday and it is from this list that they must make the final selection of 26 by 1800 GMT on Nov. 14. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Dutch compete at the World Cup in Group A and start the tournament on Nov. 21 with a match against Senegal, followed by Ecuador and Qatar in the first round. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Mark Gleeson in Cape TownOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Internazionale Milano i-a suflat un jucător marei rivale AC Milan. Știu ce înseamnă să ajungi la Inter și sunt foarte fericit", a menționat Hakan Çalhanoglu, mijlocaș Internazionale Milano. Internaționalul turc a jucat la gruparea „rossoneră„ din 2017. În 172 de meciuri, a marcat 32 de goluri și a oferit 48 de pase decisive, în toate competiţiile. Anterior, Çalhanoğlu a mai evoluat în Germania, la cluburile Karlsruher, Hamburger și Bayer Leverkusen.
Persons: fotbalistul, Çalhanoğlu Organizations: Internazionale Milano, AC Milan, Inter, Presa italiană, Hamburger, Bayer Leverkusen Locations: Germania
Sursa foto: Getty ImagesTrădarea e completă: Hakan Calhanoglu a anunțat că lasă AC Milan pentru Inter! Toate detaliile contractuluiHakan Calhanoglu va fi în următoarele ore anunțat oficial drept jucătorul lui Inter Milano. Fotbalistul turc, care în ultimii patru ani a jucat la rivala AC Milan, a confirmat că a ajuns la un acord cu Inter. Hakan Calhanoglu a ajuns în cursul serii de luni la Milano, iar marți va efectua vizita medicală și, dacă totul decurge conform așteptărilor, va semna cu noua campioană a Italiei. Voi veni la Milano pentru vizita medicală și pentru a semna contractul”, a declarat Hakan Calhanoglu, luni seară, potrivit Gazzetta dello Sport.
Persons: Hakan Calhanoglu, Christian Eriksen, Hakan Organizations: AC Milan, Inter !, Inter Milano, Inter, Hakan, Baver, Champions League, EURO Locations: Milano, Italiei, turc, Baver Leverkusen, Turciei, Italia, Țara Galilor, Elveția
John Stones a ratat cea mai mare ocazie a gazdelor, iar oaspeții au trecut în câteva rânduri pe lângă gol, prin Stephen O’Donnell, Che Adams și Lyndon Dykes.În celălalt meci al grupei D, Croația a remizat cu Cehia pe stadionul "Hampden Park" din Glasgow, scor 1-1.Cehii au obținut un penalty în minutul 35, atunci când Dejan Lovren l-a lovit cu cotul pe Patrik Schick în careu. Chiar dacă atacatul formației Bayer Leverkusen a avut de suferit în urma contactului cu jucătorul advers, tot el a fost cel care a transformat lovitura de la punctul cu var și a devenit astfel golgheterul la zi al turneului, cu trei reușite. Croații au egalat în repriza secundă prin Ivan Perisic.Într-un alt meci ce s-a disputat ieri seara în cadrul grupei E de la EURO 2020, Suedia a dispus de Slovacia cu 1-0. Singurul gol al întâlnirii a fost înscris de Emil Forsberg din penalty.
Persons: John Stones, Stephen O’Donnell, Che Adams, Lyndon, Dejan Lovren, Ivan, Emil Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, EURO Locations: Croația, Cehia, Hampden, Glasgow, Suedia, Slovacia
Peter Bosz este noul antrenor alformației Olympique Lyon. În cariera sa de antrenor, Peter Bosz a activat la cluburile din Eredivisie, De Graafschap, Heracles Almelo, Vittese Arnhem, dar și în Israel, la Maccabi Tel Aviv. În sezonul 2016-2017, „lăncierii” au ajuns până în finala Ligii Europei, pierdută în fața lui Manchester United cu 0-2. Bosz le-a antrenat apoi pe Borussia Dortmund și Bayer Leverkusen, iar cu ultima a ajuns în finala Cupei Germaniei, anul trecut, în care „aspirinele” au fost învinse de Bayern Munchen cu 2-4. În acest sezon, Olympique Lyon s-a clasat pe locul 4 în campionat și, astfel, va evolua în Liga Europei în stagiunea 2021/2022.
Persons: Peter Bosz, Rudi Garcia, Heracles, Bosz Organizations: Olympique Lyon, Maccabi Tel, Ajax Amsterdam, Ligii Europei, Manchester United, Borussia, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munchen, Liga Europei Locations: francez, Eredivisie, Arnhem, Israel, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Borussia Dortmund, Germaniei
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