<div><p>Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has described the fitness tests for national team players organised by Germany coach Joachim Loew next week as "madness".</p><p>Loew has summoned 29 players, five from Bayern, for four days of tests in Stuttgart that will assess the condition of likely national ...

<div><p>Germany midfielder Torsten Frings was told on Wednesday his international career is over after national coach Joachim Loew said the Werder Bremen star will play no part in his World Cup plans.</p><p>The 33-year-old won 79 caps and scored 10 goals for his country, but has been out ...

<div><p>Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Wednesday he will discuss captain Michael Ballack's future in the national team only after this summer's World Cup and expects the veteran to play for a few more years.</p><p>Ballack, 33, has said he would like to play two more ...

<div><p>More than four months before the World Cup starts, Germany coach Joachim Loew said Wednesday goalkeepers Rene Adler, Tim Wiese and Manuel Neuer will all travel to South Africa.</p><p>Leverkusen shot-stopper Adler is his current first-choice, but Loew insists the performances of both Bremen's Wiese and Schalke ...