Union Berlin coach Marie-Louise Eta has said she is focussing on success on the football pitch and not on her position as a new female role model in the male-dominated sport. Eta, 34, became the first woman to coach a men's team in a top European league when she was appointed on Saturday at Bundesliga club Union for the rest of the season after Steffen Baumgart's sacking. She started with training on Tuesday and had a first news conference on Thursday ahead of the weekend match against second-last Wolfsburg. Union are mid-table but not yet safe. "For me, it has always been about football. What...

Lufthansa is grounding its first aircraft in response to high kerosene prices and ongoing labour disputes, the company said on Thursday, a day after celebrating the German flagship carrier's 100th anniversary. In a first step starting on Saturday, the company will permanently remove 27 of its smaller regional jets known as CRJ operated by Lufthansa subsidiary CityLine in order to reduce further losses at the loss-making airline, according to a statement. These planes are at the end of their operational capabilities and are comparatively more expensive to operate. In a second phase starting at ...

Title holder Alexander Zverev breezed into the Munich Open quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Gabriel Diallo on Thursday under the eyes of Bayern Munich football stars. Top seed Zverev broke Diallo in the opening game and won the last four games en route to victory over Canadian Diallo, who appeared troubled by a back injury. "I think he had some issues with the back and was not serving fully in the second set. But I am happy with the win and happy to get an easier match today," Zverev said on court. Warmer conditions suited Zverev and his game much better than in his opening match again...

Lufthansa is grounding its first aircraft in response to high kerosene prices and ongoing labour disputes, the company said on Thursday, a day after celebrating the German flagship carrier's 100th anniversary. In a first step starting on Saturday, the company will permanently remove 27 of its smaller regional jets known as CRJ operated by Lufthansa subsidiary CityLine in order to reduce further losses at the loss-making airline, according to a statement. These planes are at the end of their operational capabilities and are comparatively more expensive to operate. In a second phase starting at ...

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun is not yet ready for a direct telephone call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, well-informed sources in Beirut said on Thursday, rejecting US claims that the two leaders would speak soon. Aoun did discuss the possibility of such a call in a conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio but has so far rejected it, dpa has learned from Lebanese government sources. A call between Aoun and Netanyahu would be the first conversation of this kind in decades. Neighbouring states Israel and Lebanon consider each other enemies, have no formal diplomat...