PHOTOS: G7 SUMMIT IN GERMANY

PIX 1: FROM LEFT: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL, MR BANKI MOON; PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY, MR FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER AT A COCKTAIL RECEPTION FOR HEADS OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING AT THE G7 SUMMIT IN MUNICH, GERMANY ON SUNDAY 7 JUNE, 2015

PIX 2: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI WITH OTHER HEADS OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS

PARTICIPATING AT THE G7 SUMMIT IN MUNICH, GERMANY ON SUNDAY 8 JUNE, 2015

PIX 3: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (R) ARRIVING MUNICH, GERMANY FOR THE G7 SUMMIT, ON SUNDAY 9 JUNE, 2015

PIX 4: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI (R) RECEIVING BOUQUET OF FLOWER FROM CHILDREN ON HIS ARRIVING IN MUNICH, GERMANY FOR THE G7 SUMMIT, ON SUNDAY 10 JUNE, 2015

PIX 5: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI BEING WELCOMED BY MINISTER /PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF BAVARIA, MR HORST SEEHOFER 11 JUNE, 2015

Ghana’s Boateng ready for ‘fight to death’ with brother, Germans

(AFP) – Ghana’s Berlin-born midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has turned up the heat for Saturday’s World Cup Group G match against Germany by comparing it to a gladiator-style ‘fight to the death’.
Boateng1“It’s like in ancient Rome. There will be people around the pitch who want to see how two teams fight,” the Schalke 04 star told German magazine Sport Bild.

Hoeness trial: Bayern Munich boss jailed

A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion.

The football boss is seen arriving for his sentencing at the court in Munich

He admitted defrauding German tax authorities of millions of euros.

The former World Cup-winning Germany striker, 62, had kept the funds in a secret Swiss bank account.

His lawyer had argued he should escape punishment because he gave himself up. But judges ruled his confession fell short of full disclosure.

Manchester United target Toni Kroos says Premier League could be 'an option'

Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos has revealed that a move to the Premier League is a possibility this summer.

The 24-year-old Germany international is one of the hottest properties in Europe and has yet to sign a new contract with Bayern.

His current deal expires in the summer of 2015 and he has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United.

German Chancellor, Merkel fractures pelvis in Switzerland

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured a bone in her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland, her spokesman says.

She will have to remain lying down as much as possible in the next three weeks and several visits will be cancelled, Steffen Seibert said.
She also suffered heavy bruising in the accident, in the Alpine Engadine region of eastern Switzerland.
Ms Merkel was not skiing fast at the time, the spokesman added.
He called the injury “severe bruising linked with a partial fracture on the left, rear part of the pelvis”.
Immediately after the accident, during the Christmas holiday in December, Ms Merkel was not aware that part of her pelvis had been fractured, the spokesman said. It was a visit to her doctor on Friday that revealed the exact injury.