News on Hanover

Hanover fans can be born supporters, literally

2010-03-19T10:16:33Z

<div><p>Football fans often claim to be born supporters, but a German club has taken this to the next level with a delivery room for births, decked out in team colours, a dummy's throw from the ground.</p><p>Bundesliga outfit Hanover 96 said this week that since the service was set up in cooperation with a local hospital a few months ago, it is now just one baby short of a te...

Princess Caroline's German husband fined for assault

2010-03-09T11:45:59Z

<div><p>A German court fined Princess Caroline of Monaco's husband, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, 200,000 euros on Tuesday for assaulting a hotel manager on a luxury African island.</p><p>At an earlier trial in 2004, the prince, 56, a distant relation of Britain's HANOVER, GERMANY - MARCH 04: A "Rollin Justin" robot, developed by the German air and space agency, the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), mixes instant tea at the 2009 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 4, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, the world's largest computer and IT trade fair, will run from March 3-8. (Photo by Sean Gall...

Germany Computer Fair

2010-03-01T11:01:27Z

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, CDU, is photographed during the opening ceremony of the CeBIT computer trade fair in Hanover, northern Germany, on Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/Focke Strangmann)

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Protestant leader regrets driving drunk

2010-02-23T07:45:08Z

<div><p>BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's 25 million Protestants was stopped for running a red light while driving under the influence of alcohol, the Hanover state prosecutors office said on Tuesday.</p><p>Margot Kaessmann, 51, had a blood-alco...

Private Colleges Aid

2010-02-09T13:46:05Z

FILE - In this May 1, 2001 file photo, Dartmouth College students lounge on a lawn on the campus in Hanover, N.H. Two of the nation's most selective private colleges, Dartmouth and Williams, announced they would no longer offer financial aid packages that allow students of any income to attend without taking out loans. Other schools are expected to follow suit, forcing many middle-cla...

Struggling Hanover name Slomka as new coach

2010-02-22T18:08:30Z

<div><p>Struggling Bundesliga side Hanover 96 sacked Andreas Bergmann as coach on Tuesday and promptly replaced him with former Schalke boss Mirko Slomka.</p><p>The 42-year-old Slomka, who coached Hanover's youth team from 1989-1999 and was assistant first team coach between 2001 a...

Struggling Hanover sack Bergmann

2010-02-22T18:21:36Z

<div><p>Hanover 96 coach Andreas Bergmann on Tuesday became the sixth Bundesliga coach to be sacked this season after his side dropped into the German league's bottom three last weekend.</p><p>It has been a disastrous season for the north German club after their captain and Germany...

Boy dies after tree falls on him at Md. camp

2010-02-23T07:31:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Pa. boy, 9, dies from injuries 2 days after tree falls on him at Maryland nature camp</div><div><p>A 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy has died two days after a tree fell on him at a nature camp in Maryland.</p><p>Carroll County spokeswoma...

Germany GSM Hacked

2009-12-30T10:00:35Z

FILE - The March 4, 2008 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel posing with a cell phone at the booth of Sony Ericsson during her opening walk at the CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany. Information on how to crack codes protecting t...

Obama

2009-12-05T03:15:51Z

President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover, Pa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Bayern up to third as Gomez, Badstuber strike

2010-02-23T20:39:10Z

<div><p>Germany striker Mario Gomez hit his third goal in his third consecutive Bundesliga game on Friday night to help Bayern Munich seal a 2-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach to go th...

Kiessling treble sends Leverkusen top, Bayern go fourth

2010-02-23T23:18:03Z

<div><p>A superb hattrick from German international striker Stefan Kiessling sent unbeaten Leverkusen top of the Bundesliga on Sunday after blitzing hapless Stuttgart 4-0.</p><p>But

Buoyant Bayern hunt victory at emotional Hanover

2010-02-23T23:46:44Z

<div><p>Bayern Munich striker Ivica Olic warned the German giants will use their midweek Champions League success to boost their flagging confidence in a highly-emotional Bundesliga game at Hanover on Sunday.</p><p>Despite their 1-0 win over

Bundesliga-topping Bremen hit Freiburg for six

2010-02-24T02:13:49Z

<div><p>Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida netted twice as Werder Bremen went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday thanks to their 6-0 hammering of Freiburg.</p><p>With unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen playi...

Table-topping Bremen hit Freiburg for six

2010-02-24T02:14:29Z

Bremen top Bundesliga after routing Freiburg

2010-02-24T02:15:12Z

<div><p>Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida netted twice as Werder Bremen went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday thanks to a 6-0 hammering of Freiburg.</p><p>With unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen playing <...

Hanover ready for Schalke after Enke tragedy

2010-02-24T02:30:06Z

<div><p>Hanover 96 return to German league action on Saturday having bid farewell to Robert Enke who committed suicide last week, but with memories of their tragic goalkeeper still fresh in their minds.</p><p>The 32-year-old, who had been set to travel with Germany to the World Cup i...

Thousands Attend Robert Enke Funeral Service

2009-11-15T09:32:26Z

Attention editors: Finaly Marco Villa was correct identified and not Jacques Gassmann. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Caption should read HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: (L-R) Dirk and Gisela Enke, Robert Enkes parents, Germany's football stars, including Michael Ballack and Jurgen Klinsmann, joined tens of thousands of mourning fans in Hanover on Sunday to pay their last respects to tragic goalkeeper Robert Enke...