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October 16, 2025 | Paul Stimpson

European superpower Germany proved too strong for an England team featuring two teenagers in the last 16 of the European Championships in Croatia.

Going for a third Women’s Team title in a row, Germany lined up with three players inside the world’s top 70.

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Despite that, England approached the match positively on the back of coming through January’s qualifying tournament and then beating the ninth-ranked side Italy in the groups to get to this stage.

When Tin-Tin Ho took the first game against Annett Kaufmann, world junior champion last year and world ranked 65, hopes may have been raised a little.

But that was just the invitation for Kaufmann to step it up and keep Ho (WR 247) at arm’s length for the next three games.

Tianer Yu, brilliant in the defeat of Italy, gave as good as she got in the first two games of her match against Sabine Winter, ranked 262 places above her at No 28 in the world. It was only in the third that Winter was able to finally subdue her opponent.

Ella Pashley (WR 908) was unlucky not to have featured in the qualifying tournament, having been selected to play No 3 against a Greenland side which ended up fielding only two players.

She showed few signed of nerves on her belated senior tournament debut, looking to attack at every opportunity, though her opponent Nina Mittelham (WR 69) not surprisingly had the greater consistency. Still, Pashley (pictured above) will only benefit from a match in which she made some superb winners and stuck at it throughout.

All told, England will take a lot of positives from achieving a top-16 place.

Englandâ€s men faced Netherlands in the 17-24th position bracket and brought in Connor Green for his first senior tournament match.

Tom Jarvis won his two matches, including a nip-and-tuck opener against Milo De Boer, while Green led Gabrielius Camara 2-1 before his opponent came back to win 3-2 in Match 2.

Sam Walkerâ€s 3-1 defeat in a tight match against Kas Van Oost proved pivotal as, although Jarvis beat Camara in four, Green could not get a game off De Boer in the decider and the Dutch triumphed 3-2.

Results

Women’s Team
Round of 16
Germany 3 England 0
Annett Kaufmann bt Tin-Tin Ho 3-1 (7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8)
Sabine Winter bt Tianer Yu 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-4)
Nina Mittelham bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)

Men’s Team
Positions 17-24
Netherlands 3 England 2
Tom Jarvis bt Milo De Boer 3-2 (11-7, 11-13, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7)
Gabrielius Camara bt Connor Green 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8)
Kas Van Oost bt Sam Walker 3-1 (13-11, 11-13, 11-8, 12-10)
Jarvis bt Camara 3-1 (10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7)
De Boer bt Green 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)

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Although O’Neill resigned in April 2020 to take charge of Stoke, his absence lasted only 28 internationals and he returned to the post in December 2022.

The group to which he returned, however, was radically different to the one he left.

Injury ended the international careers of Steven Davis and Dallas earlier than expected, while the retirements of Jonny Evans and Craig Cathcart robbed the group of yet more experienced campaigners.

Leading such a young group presented a different challenge to his first spell, but the impact of O’Neill’s previous time in charge still counted in his favour.

“You saw the success that he had before and he’s a massive name back home,” said Liverpool’s Conor Bradley who has been given a leadership role in the team by O’Neill.

“He’s a special manager. He gives you confidence going into games, and it’s a big part of management to be able to do that, but tactically as well he’s top notch.”

Bingham gave O’Neill his international debut in February 1988 when he was still just 18-years-old and only four months after Newcastle United had signed him from Irish League side Coleraine.

With his new-look Northern Ireland side built around young talents like Bradley, Isaac Price, Shea Charles and Justin Devenny, O’Neill feels the belief shown in him as a teenager has proven instructive to his approach to international management.

“Billy put a lot of faith in me and maybe the fact that he put that faith in me has influenced me to put faith in young players as well,” he said.

One such player is Isaac Price who was given his international debut as a 19-year-old who had played just 13 senior minutes for Everton.

“He’s been perfect for me. He brought me in at a time he didn’t have to,” said Price, who later moved to Standard Liege and is now with West Brom.

“I was playing under-23s football at Everton and he saw something in me he thought he could use and develop.”

Price became the youngest player to score 10 times for Northern Ireland when he netted against Germany in the 3-1 defeat last month.

The 22-year-old had missed a penalty against Luxembourg three days prior to scoring in Cologne and credits a brief exchange with O’Neill as vital in quickly moving on from his poor performance.

“You’ve missed a penalty, didn’t play very well, and it’s a bit of a low point. You feel like everything’s coming down and then you’re going to play Germany,” he added.

“The night before the game Michael comes over to me and just says ‘forget about what happened the other night, you’ll go out and do something’ and then it happens.

“That’s his experience. Michael has been around football so long, he’d have seen it with so many players. He just managed me really well.”

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Watch Germany vs Luxembourg as Julian Nagelsmann targets top spot in Group A of UEFA World Cup qualifying, with all the details right here on TV and streaming globally.

Julian Nagelsmann started the World Cup 2026 qualification campaign with a stark reminder that even the big dogs can get a bop on the nose in football.

Goals either side of half time gave Slovakia a 2-0 win over Germany in Bratislava in September, a result that leaves Nagelsmann’s side three points behind Slovakia, albeit with a play-off spot guaranteed either way courtesy of the Europa League.

They welcome Luxembourg to the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, home of Hoffenheim, on Friday evening.

Here are all the details you need on live streams and broadcast options to watch Germany vs Luxembourg online, on TV, and from anywhere.

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In Germany, the game is with public broadcaster ARD on Das Erste on TV or streaming via the ARD website player.

In Luxembourg, RTL has the rights to the game.

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The Germany World Cup 2026 squad is shaping up.

The four-time winners are looking to get their World Cup 2026 qualification truly underway with fixtures against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.

Julian Nagelsmann’s side went winless for four consecutive games earlier this year, with their last loss coming against Slovakia in their opening qualifying game.

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Every member of their squad for their October qualifiers, bar two, currently play their football in Germany.

Florian Wirtz and Nick Woltemade, who both moved to the Premier League this summer for a combined £180 million, are the only two members of the squad who play outside of Germany.

They’ve both had contrasting starts to life in England, with Wirtz yet to show his full potential and Woltemade hitting the ground running and being named Newcastle’s Player of the Month for September.

There’s no space for Leroy Sane, who has not been called up for two squads in a row. Antonio Rudiger also doesn’t make the squad, after picking up a muscle injury in September that will keep him sidelined for an extended period.

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He is ranked at no.18 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best managers in the world right now, and will be looking to add to the three trophies he won with Bayern Munich in his two-year stint.

Ranked at no.1 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best attacking midfielders in the world right now, Wirtz will undoubtedly find his form eventually, and when with Germany, he usually performs some of his best stuff.

With no Jamal Musiala for the foreseeable future, Wirtz has the opportunity to cement himself and Germany’s main number 10 ahead of the World Cup.

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Germanyâ€s home kit for the 2026 World Cup has leaked online – and it pays tribute to one of the nationâ€s most beloved designs.

In images shared by Footy Headlines, adidas have gone retro with a shirt that closely mirrors the strip worn when West Germany lifted the trophy in 1990.

As tradition dictates, the jersey is predominantly white, with black adidas shoulder stripes and red-and-black cuff trims. But the standout feature is the flag-inspired motif: black, red, and yellow stripes sweep diagonally from each shoulder, meeting in the middle to form a striking V-shaped diamond pattern across the chest.

📸🇩🇪 This is how Germany’s home kit for the 2026 World Cup will look like [@opaleak] pic.twitter.com/xNr0vp4QNd

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 28, 2025

Itâ€s an unmistakable nod to the 1990 World Cup-winning shirt, which carried a similar design – though that version placed the stripes off-centre.

Other details include the four stars above the DFB crest, each printed with the years of Germanyâ€s triumphs – 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014 – plus black shorts and white socks to complete the set.

A nostalgic throwback to one of footballâ€s most iconic shirts, the design is expected to go down well with fans – who will be hoping Die Mannschaftcan channel the spirit of 1990 in North America next summer.

Germany fans will be hoping history can repeat itself in their new kit. / DANIEL GARCIA/GettyImages

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Over the weekend, Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) hosted its Pro Wrestling Grand Prix series in Oberhausen, Germany — their second biggest weekend of the year after 16 Carat Gold. The weekend featured the finals of three major tournaments, saw two championships change hands, and included several announcements for the 2026 edition of the 16 Carat Gold tournament.

Grand Prix Tournament Summaries

König der Catcher (King of Wrestlers)

The “König der Catcher” tournament, a round-robin competition held as a tribute to the late Karsten Beck, was won by Ahura. Beck, who won wXwâ€s last major fall round-robin tournament in 2013, passed away from a brain tumor in 2020. Ahura went undefeated in his block to proceed to the final.

• Final: Ahura defeated the winner of Block A, Elijah Blum, in the main of Night 4 of the Grand Prix
• Block A Standings: Elijah Blum advanced with 4 points, followed by Bobby Gunns and Marius Al-Ani with 3 points each and LaBron Kozone with 2 points
• Block B Standings: Ahura dominated with a perfect 6 points, followed by Joseph Fenech Jr. and Adam Priest with 2 points each. Hektor Invictus and Dennis Dullnig scored 0 points.

Femmes Fatales 2025 Tournament

Safire Reed emerged as the winner of the womenâ€s tournament.

• Final: Safire Reed defeated Anita Vaughan (her tag team partner in Hyperactive)
• Semifinals:
  • Safire Reed beat Leyla Hirsch
  • Anita Vaughan was victorious over Orsi
• Quarterfinals:
  • Leyla Hirsch defeated Baby Allison
  • Orsi beat B3CCA
  • Safire Reed defeated Stephanie Maze
  • Anita Vaughan was victorious over Emersyn Jayne

World Tag Team Tournament

The Greedy Souls (Brendan White & Danny Jones) from the UK won the tournament. Although they lost in the final, The Grind (Laurance Roman & Nick Schreier) likely earned a future title opportunity by defeating reigning wXw World Tag Team Champions Planet Gojirah in the semifinals.

• Final: The Greedy Souls defeated The Grind
• Semifinals:
  • The Grind advanced by defeating Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire & Robert Dreissker)
  • Greedy Souls beat Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku)
• Quarterfinals:
  • Planet Gojirah defeated Hype Dawgs (Kuro & Mecca)
  • Violence Is Forever were victorious over The Gulyas Bros (Atilla Gulyas & Vilmos Gulyas)
  • The Grind beat KxS (Axel Tischer & Fast Time Moodo)
  • Greedy Souls defeated Dragon Dia & Dragon Kid

Title Changes

Two championships changed hands during the weekend:

• wXw Unified World Wrestling Title: Peter Tihanyi recaptured the championship he never lost by defeating 1 Called Manders. Tihanyi had been sidelined with a shoulder injury since February and recently returned as the #30 entrant of the Shortcut to the Top battle royal, which he won and earned the title shot in the process.
• wXw Shotgun Title: In a no holds barred match, Dennis “Cash†Dullnig became the new champion after defeating former tag team partner Hektor Invictus.

16 Carat Gold 2026 Announcements

wXw also began announcing participants for its marquee 16 Carat Gold tournament 2which will take place from March 6-8, 2026. Tickets for the event are now on sale. The first three entrants are:

• YAMATO (Dragon Gate)
• Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls, first ever female Japanese entrant)
• Arez (El Clon in AEW)

Other Major Matches & Events

• The weekend kicked off Thursday with wXw Inner Circle 18 at the wXw Academy in Gelsenkirchen. In the main event, Adam Priest defeated one-half of the wXw World Tag Team Champions, Robert Dreissker. Also on the show, future tournament finalists Laurance Roman and Elijah Blum scored singles victories.
• At Pro Wrestling Grand Prix – Show 2, special guest stars from Japan Los Tranquilos de Japon (BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito) defeated the team of Metehan & Rambo.
• The wXw Extreme Wrestling Party show featured a three-way fans bring the weapons match won by Iceman and a Four Corners Of Pain intergender match where Emersyn Jayne defeated Norman Harras.

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Dennis Schroder has been in plenty of big moments before. Heâ€s played in NBA conference finals games with the Hawks and Lakers. Heâ€s played in the Olympics. He helped lift Germany to the last World Cup title.

With the EuroBasket championship in the balance, Schroder took over and scored the gameâ€s final six points, lifting Germany past Türkiye to the title.

“We never shy away from the big moments. … Everybody is so confident,†Schroder said postgame, via the Associated Press. “Just big-time plays from big-time character people.â€

Germany won the most recent World Cup behind the play of Schroder, and they finished fourth in the Paris Olympics. Germany is playing fantastic team basketball right now.

Schroder, who will suit up for Sacramento this season, finished this game with 16 points and 12 assists and was named EuroBasket MVP for his play. What makes Germany so formidable is their depth of talent: Orlandoâ€s Franz Wagner had 18 points with eight rebounds, his teammate Tristan Da Silva added 13, while former NBA player Isaac Bonga led the team with 20 points.

Türkiye was led by the Rockets†Alperen Sengun, who had 28 points in this game to cap off a breakout tournament. Former NBA players Cedi Osman (23 points) and Shane Larkin (13 points) had big roles for Türkiye as well.

Earlier in the day, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to spark Greece past Finland in the bronze medal game.

Antetokounmpo, Sengun, Schroder, Wagner and Sloveniaâ€s Luka Doncic were named to the All EuroBasket first team.

Your #EuroBasket 2025 All-Star Second Team â­ï¸

🇹🇷 Cedi Osman
🇫🇮 Lauri Markkanen
🇵🇱 Jordan Loyd
🇮🇱 Deni Avdija
🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic pic.twitter.com/C0s0MWiLon

— FIBA EuroBasket (@EuroBasket) September 14, 2025

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