1954 World Cup Final: It was weather to make heroes. And Friedrich ‘Fritz’ Walter loved such bad weather.
It was his only mistake at the entire World Cup in South Korea: can the flawless Oliver Kahn cope with this?
A dark day in World Cup history: the disgrace of Gijón. Oskar Beck tells how he witnessed this scandal live.
Rudolf Kreitlein invented the yellow and red card out of self-defence at the 1966 World Cup.
The goal that wasn’t a goal. Oskar Beck tells the story of how Helmut Haller stole the Wembley ball and sold it back to the English.
Football was never more wonderful and terrible than the match of the century at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.
At the 1974 World Cup, a ticket for the final still cost 15DM.
They say that Diego Maradona was able to do things that a human being cannot do – and at some point, the day came when he believed them.
Jogi Löw is resisting to hand over the reins. The national coach does not realise that it is time to go.
Ralf Rangnick has led a club from the lower leagues of German football to the UEFA Champions League in a very short time. He knows talent.
Despite his great successes, Ralf Rangnick never forgot his roots. The “professor” is one of the greatest sports visionaries of our time.
Are footballers brilliant philosophers? Coaches like José Mourinho are raising the bar.
Interview with Rainer Mutschler, head of the youth academy at Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Between red and white flags, surrounded by football fields. The new VfB Stuttgart Akademie presents itself in a pitch.
German Bundesliga team SC Freiburg from the Black Forest demonstrate successful integration of talents from abroad.
Football expertise – exported straight out of the southern German federal state Baden-Württemberg onto football pitches worldwide.