Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
The Bundesliga Season opened after its winter pause with a loss for league leaders Bayern and 11th place Hertha Berlin, and a win for Schalke today over Stutgart 3-1.
Hertha Berlin ran into an inspired Nuremberg – who in their 1000th Bundesliga match – won at home 2-0 against a seemingly lackluster Hertha Berlin. This was not the start that new Hertha coach Michael Skibbe had [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: arjen robben, bayern munchen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bundesliga Torjäger‘ race, euro-2012-blog.com, FC Köln, frank ribery, hertha win at home, Isaac Vorsah, Jakub Swierczok, Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki, Jupp Heynckes, kicker de, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lucian Favre, Lukas Podolski, Manual Neuer, mario gomez, Vote for your favorite Bundesliga team
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
![450px-La2-euro[1] EURO sign outside Frankfurt ECB office – foto from Wikipedia by Lars Aronsson](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/450px-La2-euro11-150x150.jpg)
Euro crisis and Economic Debt Crisis Worldwide will dominate for Berliners
On January 1st exactly 10 years ago in 2002, the Euro was introduced as a common currency in 12 European countries and a decade later, the jury is still out on whether it will be considered a success or a failure – this year will be a definitive one for the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2012 forecasts in Berlin, awkward and stupid, Berlin in 2012, but will capitalism survive the crisis, Cern Physics Libratory, English, london olympics web site stupid, london olympics website typically English - backward, obama re-elected hopefully, What to expect in 2012 Berlin
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Bundesliga, Culture, Economy, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Hertha Berlin, History, Local Berlin, News, Science in Berlin | No Comments »
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
According to media reports this evening Hertha Berlin coach Markus Babbel has confirmed recent rumors that he will in fact leave the club but is hopeful he can see out his contract to the end of the 2011//2012 season.
There were no direct reasons given for the falling out other than that it has been common knowledge that there was serious disagreement [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Herhta in news again for wrong reasons, Hertha Coach to leave, Hertha’s Sporting director Michael Preetz, markus babbel to leave, Markus Babbel to leave Hertha Berlin, olympic stadium Berlin
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Berlin Events, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin | No Comments »
Thursday, November 17th, 2011

“O was ist das schon’, the German audience sang in Hamburg last night and rightfully so. They saw an energetic, creative, alert and motivated team beat a lethargic, sleepy and leaderless Dutch team that seemed to just make the motions – as if they were there simply for some commercial contractual obligation and nothing more.
Now at the close of 2011, the year [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'O was ist das schon’, bert van marwijk, euro 2012, germanay vs holland, germany 3 netherlands 0, Joachim Loew, Mezut Ozil, Tomas Mueller
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Sport | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

On the 25th of September 2011, 40,000 people of varying levels of fitness set off for the 38th annual Berlin Marathon at 9am for what would, for many people, be a run that would last at least four hours. Some non-professionals can manage it in around three hours and the winner, Patrick Makau from Kenya completed the Berlin Marathon in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Berlin, berlin half marathon, berlin half-marathon 2011, Berlin marathon, berlin marathon 2011, Brandenburg Gate, Filip van der Plas, Half marathon, jogging in berlin, kenyans marathons, marathon, marathons in berlin, Patrick Makau, patrick makau berlin marathon, patrick makau berlin marathon 2011, patrick makau kenya, patrick makau marathon, running in berlin, the berlin marathon route, world record marathon time berlin
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Berlin Events, Events, Sport, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
“Hertha Berlin, known as the Old Lady of German soccer, is finding her feet after a nasty fall into debt and decline.” – So reads the first sentence in a very good article which appeared in yesterdays New York Times by one of its sports writer Rob Hughes. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/sports/soccer/05iht-soccer05.html
What follows is one of those typically popular, heart-warming American type of come-back stories [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: hertha berlin, Markus Babbel, new york times, olympic stadium Berlin, Raffael Caetano de Araújo, ROB HUGHES
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
In the last Bundesliga game of the day, Hertha Berlin has continued to their winning ways since their return to the first division with a 3-0 win over Koln.
After have put 4 goals past various opponents in each of their last 2 out games, Koln was humbled by a wily Berlin side which played with an unrecognizable confidence.
Pierre-Michel Lasogga put 2 goals [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 1018 minutes without conceding any goals, bayern munchen, e-u-r-o-2012.com, frank ribery, hertha clean koln's clock, hertha win at home, Isaac Vorsah, kicker de, Manual Neuer, Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Raffael Caetano de Araújo, Ryan Babel, Vote for your favorite Bundesliga team
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Hertha Berlin, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Schalke Coach resigns!
Ralf Rangnick has resigned as head coach of German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 earlier today citing health reasons.
According to a to a press release from the club, the 53 year Rangnick has been suffering from something similar to ‘chronic-fatigue-syndrome’ which is just perhaps another way of saying he is just stressed out – and needs to withdraw from stressful situations [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Rangnick resigns, Schalke 04 Coach resigns, Schalke coach, schalke news, Schalke without coach
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Monday, September 12th, 2011
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
What an upset – what a shocker and yes even for Hertha Berlin fans!
Hertha Berlin, just a couple of weeks after their re-entry into the Bundesliga after having been relegated to the 2nd division last year, beat the current reigning champions, Dortmund!
After this game Dortmund side are now ….wait for it…..10th in the table! Always the consummate gentleman, Jurgen Klopp Dortmund’s manager [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: arjen robben, bad goalie Fährmann, Borussia Mönchengladbach, bundesliga, Claudio Pizarro, hertha berlin, Jurgen Klopp, Jurgen Klopp gentleman, Mandzukic, Manuel Neuer, mario gomez, Raffael Caetano de Araújo, Rasmus Jönsson, Ryan B, Ryan Babbel, Schalke goalie Fährmann, Werder Bremen
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Friday, September 2nd, 2011

What is Ping Polf? Well, first of all, the easiest thing to do is to explain where the name came from, then you might be able to get some idea what the game involves. The name is a Portmanteau of the words Ping Pong and Golf, and the game involves the use of Ping Pong (Table Tennis) [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Berlin, berlin Party, drinking games berlin, EVO LUCIAN, games to play in parks in berlin, germany, Golf, golf berlin, new sports berlin, parks in berlin, ping polf, ping polf berlin, ping pong, ping pong berlin, Shoe, Sport, sport in berlin, sports in berlin, Table tennis, table tennis bat, table tennis berlin
Posted in Articles by Evo Lucian, Berlin, Berlin Youth Culture, Drinking in Berlin, Irish in Berlin, Sport, Sports Berlin | No Comments »
Monday, August 29th, 2011
![Hertha_Berlin_SC[1] Hertha logo [Wikipedia]](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/Hertha_Berlin_SC13-150x150.png)
Hertha Berlin beat Stuttgart on Friday, ending their embarrassing and dismal 17 winless home games in the Bundesliga.
Raffael Caetano de Araújo – aka Raffael – the ever productive Brazilian striker for Hertha scored in the 86th minute. This after a cross from veteran Hertha midfielder Patrick Ebert crossed for the Brazilian to head past the Stuttgart keeper Sven Ulreich.
Ebert was able to [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: canadians in bundesliga, Dutch-Canadian Marcel De Jong, hertha berlin, Hertha Berlin win at home, Kevin McKenna, Patrick Ebert, Raffael Caetano de Araújo, rob friend, Shinji Okazaki, Sven Ulreich
Posted in Berlin, Bundesliga, Football Europe, Sports Berlin | No Comments »