In late July, weeks after Germany’s unthinkable failure at the 2018 World Cup, Mesut Ozil decided he could no longer stay quiet. Three-and-a-half weeks later, the storm still rages on. German soccer ...

Veteran midfielder Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from the German national team on Sunday, and he did his best to shake the very foundation of the country’s soccer federation in the process. Less ...

Mesut Ozil, a German soccer player who came under criticism for posing for a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Sunday he was quitting the national team because of racism he has ...

BERLIN (AP) Same coach, same team manager, same president. And yet after almost two weeks of reflection, the German soccer federation (DFB) appears to have decided midfielder Mesut Ozil is the main ...

Mesut Ozil's agent Erkut Sogut has finally broken his silence and has spoken out against the criticism his player received in the wake of his international retirement, specifically calling out star ...

MUNICH (AP) — The start of Germany's post-Mesut Ozil era showed Germany is missing a player like Mesut Ozil. Without the Arsenal midfielder on the field, Germany tried hard but ultimately failed to ...

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has called Mesut Ozil's allegations of racism within the German Football Association "nonsense" after his compatriot quit the national team in controversial ...

Reporting from BERLIN — Mesut Ozil is quitting Germany’s national team following criticism over his decision to pose for a picture with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a series of ...

Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has effectively closed the door on international football, citing criticism from the media and the German football federation president that struck him as racist. In a ...

Mesut Ozil, a German midfielder who came under criticism for posing for a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Sunday he was quitting the national team because of racism he has ...