London (AFP) – Nottingham Forest have paid a club record fee of around £17 million ($20 million) to Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin. Awoniyi agreed a five-year contract with Forest, who are preparing for their first season back in the Premier League since 1999. The 24-year-old scored 20 goals in 43 games in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Dutch winger Sheraldo Becker grabbed a goal and an assist as Union Berlin stunned top-four hopefuls Freiburg with a 4-1 win in a dramatic afternoon in the Bundesliga race for Europe on Saturday. Union smashed in three goals in the first half to put themselves on course for the Europa League in […]

Berlin (AFP) – RB Leipzig conceded late two goals on Saturday to crash to a 2-1 home defeat by Union Berlin, who kept their Champions League qualification hopes alive in the Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen thumped bottom club Greuther Fuerth 4-1 to take third place from Leipzig and move three points clear of fifth-placed Freiburg in […]

Berlin (AFP) – Paying for pizza and cleaning are some of the unusual methods Union Berlin are using in their bid to pull off a German Cup semi-final upset at in-form RB Leipzig on Wednesday. Leipzig are on a 14-game unbeaten run which has seen them power into the last four of both the Europa […]

Berlin (AFP) – Union Berlin reached the semi-finals of the German Cup for the first time in more than 20 years on Tuesday as a late goal by substitute Andreas Voglsammer sealed a 2-1 win over St Pauli. Voglsammer came off the bench to hit the winner in the last-eight tie and send Union into the […]

London (AFP) – Wales manager Robert Page said on Tuesday the decision to make his side play their World Cup qualifier against Belarus in Russia next month was "crazy". UEFA had to move the qualifier on September 5 to a neutral venue as teams from the UK and the European Union are unable to enter […]

Berlin (AFP) – German football coach Sascha Lewandowski has been discovered dead at his home in Bochum, local police said on Thursday, two months after quitting his coaching job at second-tier club Union Berlin due to burn out. The 44-year-old who admitted to depression when he quit his job in March, was suffering exhaustion, had […]