Mainz gives boot to Anwar El Ghazi as prosecutors investigate him for 'disturbing public peace by condoning criminal acts in conjunction with incitement to hatred'
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Anwar El Ghazi has been 'relieved of his training and matchday related duties' after calling Israel's military campaign against Hamas 'genocide and mass destruction'

First-ever Jewish team to appear in tourney, started under Nazis, overpowered 6-0 by Bundesliga club Wolfsburg

'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

Students and pro soccer players paint ceramic butterflies together to commemorate victims from Westphalia, where team is based, as part of The Butterfly Project education program

Loss marks only the third time that four-time champion Germans have lost tournament-opening game, while Japan has never reached the quarterfinals

Germany's football federation says 'human rights are nonnegotiable' after FIFA threatened team captains who planned to wear rainbow symbol in protest of Qatar's discriminatory laws

And why, in tribute to defender Bert Sproston's simple, world-changing act of humanity, 7 members of our family will go to see the London team play A.S. Roma in Haifa on Saturday

As the club celebrates its unprecedented 10th consecutive win, fans remember Kurt Landauer, who steered the team to success after WWII but fell into obscurity until recently

With one survey showing that 66% of German Jewish athletes experience bigotry on the field, a daylong conference offers best practices and a renewed commitment solving the issue