France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Manchester United have been left with just one regular defender for Tuesday's Champions League tie with Wolfsburg after Nemanja Vidic failed to recover from flu in time to travel to Germany. The Serbian centreback was left at home along with Gary Neville and Wes Brown, who both suffered injuries in Saturday's 4-0 win at West Ham, longer-term absentees Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea and Jonny Evans, and...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
FRANKFURT - Germany's Volkswagen AG has bought an initial 49.9 per cent stake in fellow car maker Porsche AG for 3.9 billion ($8.08 billion).VW, based in Wolfsburg, had said it planned to make the purchase this week. It reiterated...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A last-gasp equaliser from Germany international Per Mertesacker just preserved Werder Bremen's leadership of the Bundesliga in securing a 2-2 home draw Saturday against reigning champions Wolfsburg. Bosnian sharpshooter Edin Dzeko had opened the scoring three minutes before the break to end a five-game personal barren run in front of goal for Wolsfburg, who began the game five points adrift of their...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg will be without Obafemi Martins for the rest of the year as the Nigeria forward is nursing a shinbone injury. Wolfsburg said on Friday that Martins will undergo an operation next week and will n...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen is bringing out a sporty edition of the New Beetle including an exclusive paint job and other features such as 17-inch alloys and three-spoke leather steering wheel. The exterior can be ordered in BlackOrange, Red R...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Earnings at Volkswagen Group slid sharply in the first nine months of 2009, but Europe's biggest carmaker remains in the black, figures released Thursday showed. Profit after tax crashed to just 655 million euros (980 million dol...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen has given the Golf Estate more luxury in an exclusive version featuring several upgraded extras such as two-tone leather combinations and sports seats in the front. The leather combination can be ordered in Nappa a...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen is planning a leaner and more clean-cut look for the seventh generation of the Golf that is expected on the markets late in the year 2012 with the choice of hybrid and electric engines, Germany's Auto Bild reports in i...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - German champions Wolfsburg have told striker Grafite to take a week off in his homeland Brazil in the hope he will recover the form which made him the league's top scorer last season and earned him Germany's footballer of the yea...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
BOCHUM, Germany (Kyodo) Former Japan international midfielder Shinji Ono was sent off in his first start of the season Saturday as VfL Bochum were held to a 1-1 draw at home to champion VfL Wolfsburg in the German first division. Vahid Hashemian headed Bochum into a 53rd-minute lead but the home side was reduced to 10 men when Ono picked up his second yellow card 10 minutes later.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Kyodo) Makoto Hasebe notched his first goal of the season as VfL Wolfsburg bounced back from its German Cup second-round exit in midweek with a 4-2 win over Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Zvjezdan Misimovic opened the scoring after just eight minutes. Hanno Balitsch leveled in the 28th before Christian Gentner made it 2-1 for the hosts on the stroke of halftime.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
AJAX, ONTARIO and WOLFSBURG, GERMANY (MARKET WIRE) At a meeting in Germany with its Canadian Dealers today, Volkswagen Canada announced pricing for the new Golf, the 2009 World Car of the Year, and its Family of vehicles. Starting at $20,175, the new 2010 Golf offers Canadian consumers the opportunity to experience German engineering at an affordable price.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Edin Dzeko scored twice in the second half for VfL Wolfsburg to give the reigning champions a 2-1 victory at Schalke 04 in a Bundesliga match on Friday. The victory sees t...
Soccerzero (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
list of 2009 EPL summer transfer > £15m Player(Jersey) Age Nationality Cost(£) From To C.Tevez(32) 25 Argentina 32million Man Utd Man City E.Adebayor(25) 25 Togo 25million Arsenal Man City J.Lescott(19) 27 England 23million Everton Man City A.Aquilani(4) 25 Italy 23million Roma Liverpool A.Valencia(25) 24 Ecuador 18million Wigan Man Utd Y.Zhirkov(18) 26 Russia 18million CSKA Moscow Chelsea...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Wolfsburg, Germany - Germany's Volkswagen announced plans Friday to invest 4 billion euros (6 billion dollars) in new models and assembly facilities in China over the next three years. The measures, approved by the board of Europe's largest carmaker,...
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