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189/2018 • 18 AUGUST, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE

DAILY NEWS IN ENGLISH

ʼIslamic Stateʼ youth fighters keep the faith in prison As one of the first foreign journalists, Judit Neurink visited Irbilʼs juvenile prison

"I donʼt know how many Hashed I have killed," says Khayralah Mezadivan, 18, about the battles he fought for the militant "Islamic State" group against the Iraqi Shiite militias, the Hashed al-Shabi. He jokes: "Nobody kept score." He sits at a table in the library of the juvenile prison in the Iraqi Kurdish capital, Irbil, where he is serving a nine-month sentence.

Here, over a hundred Arab youngsters taken prisoner by Kurdish peshmerga troops are being held for their involvement with IS. Some deny having trained or been stationed on an IS base, others admit to it. But Mezadivan — who wears his long hair under a black cloth tied like a tight cap around his head and his trousers above the ankles, as IS ordered men to do — freely admits not only to manning checkpoints, but also to working with the IS police and even fighting on the front line. He was one of the lion cubs of the so-called Caliphate, the youths the Islamists looked upon as their future. Why did he answer the call as a 14-year-old in Mosul? "I liked the way they explained the Quran. And the situation was bad: There was no work, no water, no electricity. And they threatened punishments, too, if I didnʼt join."

The prison staff consider him dangerous, as the paradise IS promised still entices him. In Iraqʼs three-year war against IS, thousands of men and youngsters were arrested for ties to the terror group. They ended up in

Kurdish and Iraqi prisons, and their total number is thought to be around 20,000. How many are under 18 is unclear; statistics are lacking. Prison visits by researchers or reporters are rare and short, and like here in Irbil, all cameras, phones and other recording devices are prohibited. Hundreds of underage boys are imprisoned in Iraqi Kurdistan. In March 2017, the rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported 150 minors in Kurdish prisons, but that number has probably increased as the war did not end until late July of that year. Statistics on the number of underage inmates in Iraqi prisons do not exist.

HRW recently reported that Iraqi judges had tried 400-500 underage prisoners, some of them foreigners.

According to reports, some have been given long sentences. While the fasttrack procedures the Iraqi courts have used to try foreign IS fighters — and the death sentences doled out to them — have attracted considerable media attention, the fates of local youths who ended up in ISʼs nets have hardly been noted. Those who survived and were caught can be divided into three categories, says social worker Jwanro Majid, who works from a portable building on the grounds of Irbilʼs juvenile prison (photo left). The prisonʼs 101 terror-related inmates were either, one, involved with IS simply for the cars, weapons and money; two, they had basic training; or, three, they actually fought for the group.

Man pepper sprays hairdresser after bad haircut

Turkey arrests another German citizen

A 34-year-old man in Germany was so upset by the quality of his haircut that he attacked a hairdresser with pepper spray, police said on Thursday. The unnamed man had his hair cut at a hairdressing salon in the north German city of Bremen on Wednesday. He was unhappy with the haircut but reluctantly settled the bill, police said. He returned a short time later and attacked the 52-yearold hairdresser with pepper spray, according to the police report. He then pulled the middle finger and fled the scene.

Another German citizen has been arrested by Turkish police on charges of terrorism after criticizing the Turkish government online, his lawyer said on Thursday. Ilhami A., 46, was arrested on Tuesday morning while visiting his mother in the town of Saribasak in a largely Kurdish region of eastern Turkey, public broadcaster ARD reported. His Turkish lawyer, Ercan Yildirim, told ARD Ilhami A. was accused of "terror propaganda" because he had criticized the Turkish government on social media.

Acid-scarred German beautician sues ex-boyfriend

Iraqi youngsters are doing time for their roles in the "Islamic State" terror group. Some will leave jail even more radicalized.

Croatia police accused of abusing refugees A middle-aged man steps out of a line of refugees. They are waiting for food at a makeshift camp in the northwest of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He removes his t-shirt to reveal welts and dried blood across his back. It is becoming a familiar image, one similar to those shared on social media several days ago, which also blame Croatian police. The refugees near the Bosnian village of Velika Kladusa have tried to reach Croatia, an EU member state; the border is not far from here.

An acid attack by a jailed ex-boyfriend has prompted a German woman to begin a civil claim before a Hanover court for €250,000 ($283,000) in compensation. The attack mutilated the left side of the beauticianʼs face. The attackerʼs lawyer told Hanoverʼs Regional Court Thursday the ex-boyfriend, now serving a 12-year jail term for causing severe bodily injury, had no money to pay such a sum and rejected the claim outright. The courtʼs civil chamber is expected to deliver its ruling on 2 October.

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OAS condemns Nicaraguaʼs government over wave of violence

The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution on Wednesday calling for early elections in Nicaragua and urging for an end to the wave of political violence that has gripped the Central American nation for three months. The regional bloc expressed its "energetic condemnation and serious concern over all the acts of violence, repression, human rights violations and abuse, including those committed by police, para-police groups." Of the 34 members of the OAS Permanent Council, 21 voted in favor of the resolution, while three rejected it, seven countries abstained and three were absent from the meeting in Washington, DC. Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines were the three countries who voted "no" on the resolution. The OAS document urged the government of President Daniel Ortega to "support an electoral calendar" that had been proposed by the Nicaraguan opposition alliance in the most recent peace talks. The opposition has asked to have to move the 2021 elections to March 31, 2019, a request that the government has repeatedly rejected.

Anti-Semitic online harassment in Germany on the rise, study finds Yorai Feinberg has gotten used to hearing from "Ludwig Fischer." Every few days the Berlin restaurant owner receives emails from a man who writes under the pseudonym of one of Hitlerʼs most notorious SA henchmen. He calls Feinberg a "filthy rat," says the Holocaust is just a "scam" and rants that all Jews will land in the gas chamber. Feinberg has collected some 60 pages of hate mail from Ludwig Fischer alone. "I donʼt take it so personally anymore. I donʼt take it too seriously," says Feinberg. Threshold getting lower The Israeli says that when he came to Berlin six years ago, he felt at home right away: "I was immediately welcomed in Berlin." Feinberg lived in Vienna before moving to Berlin, where he says the mood toward Jews and Israelis was less relaxed than in Germany. But he adds: "Things have gotten a bit worse meanwhile." The last few months have seenseveral high-profile attacks on Jews in Germany.

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Angela Merkel confronts far-right critics in AfD country DW followed her to Dresden

Angela Merkel has just returned from her summer holidays and sheʼs already braving enemy territory. DW followed her to Dresden, a stronghold for far-right populists who have no affinity for the German chancellor.

One of the lessons Angela Merkel drew from her conservative partyʼs disappointment in last yearʼs election was that she needed to do a better job communicating to the general populace the rationale behind her policies, particularly on migrants. And no sooner had she returned from her summer break than she traveled to eastern Germany, where the far-right, antiimmigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party isgrowing in

Turkey ends state of emergency, but eyes tough terror bill The Turkish government allowed for the state of emergency to expire early on Tuesday, two years after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced a measure in response to a failed military coup that claimed over 200 lives.

Following the attempt on 15th of July 2016, the government launched an unprecedented crackdown on its participants and their allies, with the imposition of emergency rule declared five days later. The purge was quickly expanded to includesupporters of the exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for organizing the coup. Turkish authorities also went after Kurdish sympathizers, journalists, and leftist activists. Over

strength. Although Merkel herself originally hails from the countryʼs formerly communist East, she more than any other politician has been the focus of hostility for those in the region who fear that Germany is being taken over for foreigners. That was only one of many ironies on display in Dresden, at the State Parliament of Saxony, where Merkel took part in a closed-door meeting with local conservatives before briefly speaking to the press.

77,000 people were arrested, and 110,000 civil servants, including police, military officers, academics, prosecutors and judges were fired from their jobs. The government had asked the parliament to prolong the state of emergency seven times, each time adding another three months for its security forces to use sweeping emergency powers. Earlier this month, the government fired 18,632 people, mostly police and military, for suspected links to terror organizations and "groups that "act against national security."

Neo-Nazi terrorist helper Ralf Wohlleben walks free in Germany A German court on Wednesday

Sweden wildfires spread as far north as Arctic Sweden has requested emergency help from the EU on Wednesday to fight a dozens of forest wildfires, in the midst of an extreme heatwave that is plaguing the Nordic region. Authorities said that 44 fires were raging across the country and in the counties of Gavleborg, Jamtland and Dalarna, residents were asked to evacuate. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) fire Chief Britta Ramberg told Swedish TT news agency that the fire in Jamtland was "the largest and spreading the fastest". The blaze engulfed 2,500 hectares (6,000 acres) and was spreading by 10 square meters (100 square feet) per minute, authorities said. Read more: Will extreme weather become even deadlier? The fires also affected Lapland, Swedenʼs northernmost region, which lies within the Arctic Circle. The town of Jokkmokk, a popular winter tourist destination, was threatened by fires in the vicinity. Rescue officer Thomas Andersson told AFP news agency that in Jokkmokk, a wildfire of this magnitude had not been seen for in 12 years.

deemed that Ralf Wohlleben, the man who supplieda neo-Nazi terrorist cellwith the gun that was used to murder nine people, had served enough of his 10-year prison sentence before his conviction last week. The 43-yearold, who was freed on bail, was found guilty of being an accessory to murder and supporting the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neoNazi group that committed a decadelong killing and bombing spree that resulted in one of the most complex, and most important, trials in reunified German history. The Munich court decided that Wohlleben, who has spent six years and eight months in detention since his arrest in November 2011, no longer had enough temptation to flee while his appeal is pending, because he only has a maximum of three years and four months left to serve. The federal state prosecutor agreed with the ruling, the court said in its statement.

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ʼTo take a little sparkle wherever you goʼ Vienna introduces Sparkling, the label - find freshly re-opened store in Viennaʼs 9th district!

The sparkling story "We are a young mother-daughter fashion brand that unites long-term experience and technique with a sixth sense, trend research und flair or aesthetics.

Founded by Fashion Designer Birgit Fiala, who educated at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna and Domus Academy in Milan - where publishing her skills in trend and material reserarch by the worldʼs most resprected Italian fashion journalist Anna Piaggi.

It is her passion to design clothes for women - the "sparkling collection" which celebrate the uniqueness of ev-

ery female, inspiring feminity and individuality. " Timeless aestehetics The content of the ready-to-wear collection refers to light reflecting surfaces which sparkle as they catch the light. Refined end embroidered fabrics give the impression of shimmery quality - artificial light getting into transformation. The balance between soft, romantic femininity and clean chic is covered by sparkling in form of silk jersey dresses, as well as high quality knit works and fince lace designs which glide onto the skin. Simple, elegant and timeless. Designed

and handcrafted in Austria Organic and Fair. "In our own atelier, every piece will be crafted by hand in Austria by a smaill team of friends and family. We attach great importance that "sparkling" uses only the finest materials and that working with us is not just a job but a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. We want to lay down a marker against global fashion chains and mass production - to offer more that a clothing line, but a true lifestyle brand. Find us under the address: 38 Liechtensteinstrasse, 1090 Vienna, on Facebook and Instagram!

Turkey ends state of emergency, but eyes tough terror bill The Turkish government allowed for the state of emergency to expire early on Tuesday, two years after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced a measure in response to a failed military coup that claimed over 200 lives. Following the attempt on 15th of July 2016, the government launched an unprecedented crackdown on its participants and their allies, with the imposition of emergency rule declared five days later. The purge was quickly expanded to includesupporters of the exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for organizing the coup. Turkish authorities also went after Kurdish sympathizers, journalists, and leftist activists. Over 77,000 people were arrested, and 110,000 civil servants, including police, military officers, academics, prosecutors and judges were fired from their jobs. The government had asked the parliament to prolong the state of emergency seven times, each time adding another three months for its security forces to use sweeping emergency powers. Earlier this month, the government fired 18,632 people, mostly police and military, for suspected links to terror organizations and "groups that "act against national security."

Best ice-cream spots in Budapest A good ice cream is worth going the distance for. We prefer natural, traditionally made, quality types and we have created a selection of the best Budapest has to offer. Enjoy rose-petal shaped inventions at Gelarto Rosa, superfood variations at popular Fragola, lactose- and sugar-free options, or taste extravagant dill-cucumber yoghurt, salty caramel or matcha. Fans of classic flavours will also find the perfect summer companions, such as vanilla, chocolate, pistachio and lemon. Erdős és fiai Damniczki Budapest Cioccolatte Gelarto Rosa Artigiana Gelati Fragola Nándori I love Gelato Dolce Intervallo Hisztéria Cremeria MAMO Gelato Gelateria Pomo Dʼoro Sütizz Málna the pastry shop

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189/2018 • 18 August, 2018 Weekend issue

Orangutan conservation bears fruit on Borneo The Semenggoh Wildlife preserve is at the forefront of efforts to ensure they survive

The special ʼzombie geneʼ that protects elephants from cancer The reason for this is that they have revived a special, usually sleeping, pseudogene that kills off damaged cells.

Approximately 17 percent of people worldwide die of cancer. The figure for elephants is only five percent, although on average they live to about the same age as humans - just under 70 years. This is all the more surprising because the number of cells that can potentially turn into cancer is much higher in elephants than in humans - about a hundred times as

many. A team led by an expert in human genetics, Vincent Lynch, who teaches at the University of Chicago and researchers from the University of Utah suspect it might have something to do with the tumour suppression gene p53. This gene is present in humans and in almost all mammals in one copy. Its specialty is to recognise damaged DNA and drive it into programmed cell death, also called autophagy (meaning: "self digestion"). It functions like the bodyʼs garbage disposal system.

The Malaysian state of Sarawak is home to some of the largest but most at-risk populations of orangutans in the world.

Warden Nor Emel Farnida Biniti Jaddil ranges through theSemenggoh Wildlife Center, surveying the treetops. Located in Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, this is one of just four orangutan rehabilitation centers in the world. Jaddil picks up some fallen wild fruits that the orangutans like to eat. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the parkʼs famous alpha male orangutan — Ritchie (pictured above) — appears only meters away.

From a safe distance, she throws a pineapple and a coconut, and the ape

reaches down to pick up the fruit.

Ritchie came to Semenggoh in 1989 as a youth of 30 kilograms (66 pounds), and now weighs around 140 kilograms (308 pounds). He was originally discovered in the Batang Ai area by author James Ritchie, up for sale, squeezed into an 18-inch square cage. They rescued the orangutan and brought him to the wildlife center, where the ape bearing his name now lives peacefully. Despite Ritchieʼs safety, the future of the species is by no means secure.

Meet the New York Stock Exchangeʼs only female trader

From college dropout to the Queen of Pop

On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, men in expensive suits are staring hard at computer screens. Men call out the numbers. Men run frantically from one stock trading booth to the next, headsets in ear. Even the cleaner here is a man. Almost inconspicuous amid the commotion, Lauren Simmons sits at the trading stand of the investment house Rosenblatt Securities. At just under 1.60 meters tall, dressed in a short skirt and high heels, sheʼs the only female trader on the floor. "I think my story is so unique, because Iʼm not only the youngest on the floor, but also a woman and a minority," says the 23-year-old. Lauren moved from a small town in the state of Georgia to the Big Apple. "I came to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) through a colleague," she says. Despite her studies focusing on genetics, she has always been fascinated by numbers. "Numbers are a universal language that everyone is connected to."

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Everyone knows who the Queen of Pop is: Madonna - style icon, headline-grabber, entrepreneur and mother. For her 60th birthday, we look back on the career of the most successful woman in music history.

Madonna approached her 60th birthday in typically mocking style. She appeared in a photo on Twitter earlier this week, dressed to the nines, with halfeaten piece of cake in her mouth. "Three more days... Letʼs all have cake!" she wrote, apparently having temporarily lost her manners. It seems the Queen of Pop — Madonna Louise Ciccone — born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, has no plans to ignore what for many is a day they dread. With some 335 million records sold and a fortune estimated at more than $1 billion , Madonna is the music businessʼ most successful woman. Even more importantly, sheʼs become the first woman to dominate the male world of pop.

Google owner Alphabet posts strong growth, beats expectations stronger than expected ad sales.

Alphabet Inc has brushed off a €4.3 billion fine from the EU, reporting a 26 percent jump in secondquarter revenue. Its shares climbed more than 5 percent on news of

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported a net profit of $3.2 billion (€2.7 billion) for the three months to June 30, down nearly 9 percent on the previous year, after itbooked a $5.1 billion charge to cover a fine levied last week by European regulators. However, the tech giantʼs shares jumped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after it saw a 26 percent jump in revenues in the same period to $32.7 billion, thanks to stronger ad sales. Alphabet said net income would have been much higher — $8.3 billion — if not for the EU and other fines. Googleʼs advertising business, which accounts for the bulk of revenue, grew 24 per cent to approximately $28 billion.

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EU risks being left behind after GMO ruling The EUʼs top court has ruled that gene-edited crops fall under the same tough laws as GMOs

While good news for opponents of such products, itʼs a setback for genetic research on the continent, says DWʼs Fabian Schmidt.

Had gene-editing technologiessuch as CRISPR-Cas9been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic technology, it would have represented a big opportunity for scientists. It would have meant a chance for plant cultivation to finally catch up with research in the United States, which is currently leading in the field of "green" genetic engineering, and

close the giant technological gap between the two continents. But thatʼs unlikely to happen now in the wake ofthe ruling by the European Court of Justice. Instead, itʼs an affirmation of the decisions made years ago by large industrial research companies such as BASF to move their crop research divisions overseas.

Those companies that have yet to do so will sooner or later follow suit.

Crohnʼs disease - chronic pain and no cure Crohnʼs disease can spread from the mouth to the anus. Chronic inflammatory bowel disease can affect the entire digestive tract. The inflammations can go through all layers of the intestinal wall and are often located in the transition between the small intestine and the large intestine. The illness doesnʼt always affect the entire intestine – there can be healthy sections, too. Doctors can only alleviate the incurable diseaseʼs symptoms. But intense research is being done on Crohnʼs disease, says

Raja Atreya. The senior physician has been the Heisenberg Professor of Immunology for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2016. "We are in the process of finding out how such an intestinal inflammation develops in order to better and better identify the molecules involved," Atreya told DW. "More is happening in this area than ever before. We expect more and hopefully better drugs to come onto the market."

Vegetable gardens against climate change When the rain comes too late or not at all, it can be a matter of life and death for Maliʼs farmers. Vegetable gardens with smart irrigation can save them. roject goal: Improving resilience against the effects of climate change in Mali Project partners: Ministry of the Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development - Mali, Agency for Environment and Sustainable Development (AEDD) - Mali, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Project funding: The project was supported with €7.9 million (US$9.17 million) by the German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) Project duration: July 2014 to December 2019 Farmers in Mali are being hit hard by climate change. This year, as in recent years, the rainy season started too late and brought little precipitation. Farmers are particularly affected. Ordinary corn, for example, needs four months before it bears fruit. So when the rainy season is cut short, the harvest is lost. Corn varieties that ripen faster exist but yield less crop. In such a situation, a vegetable garden can become a life insurance policy. In the village Sebekoro 1, the NGO Pacindha has helped the women of the village set up a vegetable garden with drip irrigation as a measure to adapt to climate change.

Help the planet with a strawfree August in Budapest

It’s the last straw for bars and cafés in Budapest. A planetfriendly campaign is launching this weekend, requesting guests to skip the plastic straws when ordering drinks. The event kicks off at 3pm on Sunday, August 5th with a straw-free toast on Liberty Bridge, closed to traffic for one of its weekend summer picnics. Then through August 21st and beyond, many city hangouts have committed to not offering plastic disposables, a commodity that’s sucking the life out of nature. See where to hang out to support the cause.

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Sweden wildfires spread as far north as Arctic Sweden has requested emergency help from the EU on Wednesday to fight a dozens of forest wildfires, in the midst of an extreme heatwave that is plaguing the Nordic region.

Authorities said that 44 fires were raging across the country and in the counties of Gavleborg, Jamtland and Dalarna, residents were asked to evacuate. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) fire Chief Britta Ramberg told Swedish TT news agency that the fire in Jamtland was "the largest and spreading the fastest".

The blaze engulfed 2,500 hectares (6,000 acres) and was spreading by 10 square meters (100 square feet) per minute, authorities said.

Read more: Will extreme weather become even deadlier?

The fires also affected Lapland, Swedenʼs northernmost region, which lies within the Arctic Circle.

The town of Jokkmokk, a popular winter tourist destination, was threatened by fires in the vicinity.

Rescue officer Thomas Andersson told AFP news agency that in Jokkmokk, a wildfire of this magnitude had not been seen for in 12 years.

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189/2018 • 18 August, 2018 Weekend issue

Kovacʼs ruthless Bayern exact revenge on Frankfurt

They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and Bayern Munich were merciless as they laid theghost of Berlinto rest in ruthless fashion. Robert Lewandowski,Frankfurtʼs tormentorin-chief at the Commerzbank Arena, celebrated each of his quickfire first half double in front of the same group of agitated Frankfurt fans, pouring cold water over the pre-match optimism that had consumed Frankfurt on this balmy summerʼs evening. The Poleʼs clinical third provided a strong indication that the Bavarians, even under new management, are going to need to implode in dramatic fashion if theyʼre not to waltz to an seventh consecutive Bundesliga title next year.

Matthias Sammer calls for major changes at the DFB

Is eSports about to be recognized as a sport in Germany?

Ilkay Gündogan keen to win more titles with Germany

Politicians in Germany are mulling recognizing eSports as a sport. Their decision would have wide-ranging repercussions in the gaming industry in the country and further legitimize the digital sport phenomenon. eSportsʼ continued growth has pushed competitive gaming ever-more into the public eye. This has sparked a debate about gaming’s role within German society, and whether eSports should be officially classified as a sport. And it is looking increasingly like it will. Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs grand coalition of her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to recognize eSports as a sport as part of the coalition agreement they reached earlier this year.

However, the legislation necessary to do so has not yet been passed. "eSports were long considered a niche topic, generally only discussed by experts. It has now reached a tipping point where it has become a meaningful topic to all of society and cannot be ignored," Konstantin von Notz, deputy chair of the opposition Green Party in the lower house Bundestag said.

Germany head coach Joachim Löw has yet to speak about Germanyʼs performance or about Mesut Özilʼs si

The Manchester City midfielder might have only played 59 minutes in the 2018 World Cup, but it seems he is keen to collect a few more at the next big tournament in two years time.

Ilkay Gündogan is set to continue to play for Germany after the 27-yearold Manchester City midfielder hinted about future glory with the national team on an Instagram Q&A. On Thursday evening one of Gündoganʼs fans asked what he wanted to achieve in football, and the midfielder replied: "Win the Champions League and at least one title with Germany." After taking photos with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the World Cup, both

Gündogan and Mesut Özil had come under heavy criticism. Özil waited three weeks after Germanyʼs World Cup exit to speak (and step back from the Germany team), citing racism and a lack of respect as a reason. Gündogan, however, made a statement before the tournament began but was nevertheless, booed by fans in Germanyʼs friendly against Saudia Arabia in Leverkusen before the tournament began and was emotionally affected.

Alexander beats Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers

Matthias Sammer has never been one to mince his words, and he was typically outspoken when he addressed the federation of German football coachesʼ (BDFL) congress in Dresden on Wednesday. Sammer began by echoing acall made by Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz-Rummeniggeon more than one occasion.

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Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3. Despite Thursdayʼs defeat, Mischa said it was a match he would always remember. "After the coin toss I had tears in my eyes because

it felt so special," he said. More sports Alexander beats Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open in Washington. Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3.