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Ciaran Fahey

From left to right, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Reichs Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten and General Field Marschall Werner von Blomberg observe the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany in August 1936. (AP Photo, File)
May 21, 2026, 7:08 pm
Berlin okays bid to host Olympics on or after 100th anniversary of Nazis’ 1936 Games
Mayor’s plan for ‘summer fairy tale’ provokes ire of residents and opposition lawmakers, who point to high costs; German president has called centennial ‘historically problematic’
By Ciaran Fahey
Senegal's forward #10 Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final soccer match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat, Morocco, on January 18, 2026. (SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
January 19, 2026, 8:49 am
Senegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial Morocco penalty
Moroccan star misses last-minute penalty that would have given the hosts victory, before Pape Gueye scores in extra time for the Teranga Lions
By Ciaran Fahey
Wolfsburg's Mattias Svanberg, left, fights for the ball against TUS Makkabi's Brian Petnga during the German Soccer Cup match between TuS Makkabi and VfL Wolfsburg at Mommsenstadion stadium, Berlin, Sunday Aug. 13, 2023. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
August 13, 2023, 8:12 pm
Survivor-founded Makkabi Berlin soccer club makes historic German Cup debut
First-ever Jewish team to appear in the tourney, which was started under the Nazis in 1935, overpowered 6-0 by Bundesliga club Wolfsburg
By Ciaran Fahey
The Makkabi Berlin team pose for a photo before a practice match, in Berlin, Germany, on July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/ Ciaran Fahey)
August 11, 2023, 12:25 pm
In first, Jewish soccer team founded by Holocaust survivors to play in German Cup
‘We wanted to show that we’re still here,’ says a cofounder of Makkabi Berlin, which was set up as a successor to the Bar Kochba Berlin squad that was banned by the Nazis
By Ciaran Fahey
Japan's Ritsu Doan scores his side's first goal against Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, left, during the World Cup match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, November 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
November 23, 2022, 9:01 pm
Late goals by Japan topple Germany, in latest World Cup upset
Loss marks only the third time that four-time champion Germans have lost tournament-opening game; Japan has never reached the quarterfinals, but has a chance now
By Ciaran Fahey
Berlin fans cheer prior to the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC Berlin and VfL Wolfsburg in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (AP/Michael Sohn)
October 7, 2022, 2:29 am
Owner seeking to unload Berlin soccer team roiled by Israeli spy firm allegations
Lars Windhorst accuses new Hertha president of failing to cooperate with him as team seeks probe into his contract with a shadowy intel company hired to push out former boss
By Ciaran Fahey
Holocaust survivor Shaul Paul Ladany talks to youth players of FC Chelsea in Nuremberg, Germany, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
August 1, 2022, 2:39 am
Top level youth soccer clubs Bayern, Chelsea play Holocaust memorial tournament
In Nuremberg, 8 teams of teenage players, including Maccabi Tel Aviv, hear survivors’ stories as part of competition dedicated to education and tolerance
By Ciaran Fahey
University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
June 20, 2022, 2:19 am
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events
New ruling says those who transition after age of 12 have would have unfair advantage, proposes new ‘open competition’ category as part of ‘gender inclusion policy’
By Ciaran Fahey
Illustrative: Wreaths placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, on January 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 27, 2022, 10:25 pm
German soccer club fans unveil plaque dedicated to Jews deported from local area
Schalke supporters, working with the Gelsenkirchen municipality, local historians, and Jewish community, bring attention to deportation of 500 Jews to Nazi-ruled Latvian ghetto
By Ciaran Fahey
Supporters of Maccabi Haifa attend a group E Europa Conference League soccer match between FC Union Berlin and Maccabi Haifa FC in Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2021. (Michael Sohn/AP)
October 6, 2021, 7:43 pm
German soccer team bans fan for antisemitic abuse during game against Israelis
Top league Union Berlin pushes to have individual excluded from all stadiums nationwide, says it has given information to police
By Ciaran Fahey
Supporters of Haifa attend a group E Europa Conference League soccer match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Maccabi Haifa FC in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
October 1, 2021, 1:18 pm
Maccabi Haifa fans get antisemitic abuse at Berlin stadium built by Nazis
Supporters say they had beer thrown on them, were called ‘sh***y Jews’; one rival fan took Israeli flag from a Maccabi supporter and tried to set it alight
By Ciaran Fahey
A vandalized exhibition honoring Jewish athletes in Bochum, Germany on November 11, 2020. (Courtesy Bagrut e.V/Facebook)
November 13, 2020, 9:50 pm
German sports body condemns vandalism of exhibition honoring Jewish athletes
German Olympic Sports Confederation calls destruction of plexiglas figurines of pre-Nazi era athletes ‘cowardly’ and a ‘blow for the whole of German sports’
By Ciaran Fahey
Fans of German soccer club Preußen Münster get man removed from stadium for racist abuse, February 14, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter)
February 18, 2020, 8:24 am
German soccer fans turn on fellow supporter for racist abuse
Würzburger Kickers defender Leroy Kwadwo thanks opposing fans for their ‘exemplary’ reaction
By Ciaran Fahey
The main entrance at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, with the inscription, 'Arbeit Macht Frei', which translates into English as 'Work will set you Free,' December 8, 2019. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
January 25, 2020, 2:17 am
Former German soccer president sent hundreds to die in Auschwitz
DFB reveals that Felix Linnemann, who led it from 1925 to 1945, ‘was directly involved’ in registering Sinti, Roma people before they were sent to the Nazi death camp
By Ciaran Fahey
Ingolstadt's Almog Cohen during a photo call in Ingolstadt, Germany, on July 19, 2018. (Armin Weigel/dpa via AP)
March 16, 2019, 5:09 pm
German team to wear anti-racism shirts after Israeli player’s anti-Semitic abuse
Soccer club Ingolstadt will wear jerseys with anti-fascist slogan after captain Almog Cohen receives message calling him ‘Jewish brute’ who should be sent ‘to the chamber’
By Ciaran Fahey
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