Roland Virkus has stepped down as sporting director of Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Bundesliga's bottom side said in a statement on Tuesday. "I have always said that the club comes above everything, and that is why I made this decision," the 58-year-old said, although the rest of the club statement suggested he had been pushed. He was seen by some fans as too inexperienced in world football when taking the job in 2022. Gladbach, European giants in the 1970s, do not have the financial resources of other big-name Bundesliga clubs and have concentrated on blooding youth of late. A long-term inju...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas has "three or four days" to respond to the Gaza peace plan that was outlined in Washington a day earlier. "We're going to do about three or four days. We'll see how it is," Trump said in response to a reporter's question. "All of the Arab countries are signed up. The Muslim countries are all signed up. Israel's all signed up. We're just waiting for Hamas," Trump asserted. "And Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it's not, it's going to be a very sad end," the US president said. The 20-point proposal by includes and immediate ...

Dutch Crown Princess Amalia has commenced her military training, the royal house in The Hague announced on Tuesday. The 21-year-old daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima started as a third-class sailor in the navy and a third-class private in the army and air force. She is combining this training with her law studies in Amsterdam. Amalia is the first woman from the royal family to serve in the military. The training typically begins with several weeks of basic military training involving many physical exercises. However, this part has been postponed as Amalia broke her arm in a fa...

The German Taxpayers' Association on Tuesday presented its annual list of the worst uses of public funds, featuring bridges to nowhere, cycle paths without cyclists and an expensive bat resettlement programme. The organization's "Black Book" lists 100 examples of "careless handling" of taxpayers' money. Among the worst offenders in the 2025 edition was a bridge to nowhere in the eastern town of Radeburg, which was left incomplete due to insufficient funds after expenditure of €900,000 ($1.06 million). Authorities in the state of Saxony said the bridge - which now lies unused and is off limits ...