Hamburg - Large colourful and flashy. Sunglass fashion this summer is definitely conspicuous.
"Colourful frames are hot and as well as frames with way-out patterns, such as spider webs, peace signs or skulls," said Gabriele Gerling of Germany's central association of opticians in Dusseldorf. Retro is the number one catchword. However, the styles are not reverting to fashion trends just from the 1950s and 1960s. This year everything from the 1930s to the 1970s is represented.
Hamburg - Bulgaria closed in on leaders Italy and Ireland in Group 8 of the European World Cup qualifiers with a 2-0 victory against Cyprus in Sofia on Wednesday.
Ivelin Popov and Dimitar Makriev scored the goals for the Bulgarians, who continued their unbeaten run in the qualifying campaign, but have just seven points from their five matches after drawing their opening four games.
Italy and Ireland, who clash in a later game in Bari, head the group with 13 and 11 points respectively.
Hamburg - Schalke 04 Wednesday ended their search for an interim coach for the rest of the Bundesliga season, opting instead to stick with a trio of caretaker trainers.
A statement said the club had "great confidence" in Mike Buskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck who had been appointed last week after the dismissal of Fred Rutten.
The trio had initially agreed to take charge while Schalke looked for a coach to lead the team until the end of the season.
Hamburg - Users of YouTube, the online video service, lost access Wednesday to a vast array of contemporary music in Europe's biggest nation after a dispute with a German fees agency escalated.
"This video is not available in your country," said a message when computers connected to the internet in Germany tried for example to open YouTube's Viva la Vida clip by British rock bank Coldplay.
Hamburg - Germany field hockey international Sebastian Draguhn has been banned for one year for a doping rule violation, the nation's hockey federation DHB announced on Wednesday.
The 2006 world champion Draguhn was sanctioned for not being available for an out-of-competition doping test in August 2008. He has the right to appeal the ruling.
Hamburg - Large colourful and flashy. Sunglass fashion this summer is definitely conspicuous.
Hamburg -
Hamburg - Bulgaria closed in on leaders Italy and Ireland in Group 8 of the European World Cup qualifiers with a 2-0 victory against Cyprus in Sofia on Wednesday.
Hamburg - Schalke 04 Wednesday ended their search for an interim coach for the rest of the Bundesliga season, opting instead to stick with a trio of caretaker trainers.
Hamburg - Users of YouTube, the online video service, lost access Wednesday to a vast array of contemporary music in Europe's biggest nation after a dispute with a German fees agency escalated.
Hamburg - Germany field hockey international Sebastian Draguhn has been banned for one year for a doping rule violation, the nation's hockey federation DHB announced on Wednesday.
