Hamburg - Orchids, cyclamen and cacti - put them next to one another on a windowsill, add a little fantasy and together they become more than just a few plants positioned where the sun shines in.
They become a lovingly-arranged, potted garden assembled with the help of a huge selection of house plants now available in shops.
"Thirty years ago you had more or less the same 10 plants, but today there are about 250 green candidates to choose from," said John Langley, a master florist from Hamburg.
Hamburg - Germany coach Jochim Loew has criticised the attitude of some players and said the recent disputes with captain Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings were harmful for the team's image.
Loew told Wednesday's edition of the Sport-Bild weekly that professional players should accept being benched and not express their dissatisfaction in public.
"There is a growing tendency that players express their dissatisfaction as soon as they are benched. We would do good to talk about the quality of football instead of players' sensitivities," Loew said.
Hamburg - The English Premier League has the biggest merchandising potential in Europe with an income of 171 million euros (217 million dollars) in the 2007-08 season, a report released on Wednesday said.
According to the European Football Merchandising Report compiled by the German Sport + Markt agency, the Premier League ranks ahead of Spain's Primera Liga (145 million euros), the German Bundesliga (127), France's Ligue 1 (86), Italy's Serie A (64) and the Dutch Eredivisie (22).
Hamburg - The carnival season is underway in Cologne and many locals would like to see it capped by the return of their football prince Lukas Podolski.
Plenty of revellers dressed in Podolski's Germany jersey with the number 20 and even mayor Fritz Schramma got involved once the carnival action started at 11:11 local time on Tuesday.
"Poldi is just the striker we need next to Milivoje Novakovic. We need a personality like Lukas on the pitch. He is the one who delivers what we need: Goals! Poldi and Cologne belong together," the Bild daily on Wednesday quoted Schramma as saying.
Hamburg - This is a small car with a big mission: Alfa Romeo's new Mito hatch is designed to grab sales from BMW's iconic Mini and breathe new life into the famous Italian marque at the same time.
Getting the looks right is essential, if young people are to be lured to the brand and the makers of this sporty three-door hatchback have come up with a cheeky shape which oozes style.
Hamburg - As the credit crisis slices into global car sales, some of the world's most exclusive automobile manufacturers are weathering the storm with aplomb.
Their customers are people so super-rich that the economic downtown dents neither their income or desire to own the most expensive luxury vehicles money can buy.
While former financial high-flyers struggle to offload their BMW and Mercedes-Benz limousines, elitist British maker Aston Martin based in rural Warwickshire reports a surge of interest in high-end models.
Hamburg - Germany coach Jochim Loew has criticised the attitude of some players and said the recent disputes with captain Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings were harmful for the team's image.
Hamburg - The English Premier League has the biggest merchandising potential in Europe with an income of 171 million euros (217 million dollars) in the 2007-08 season, a report released on Wednesday said.
Hamburg - This is a small car with a big mission: Alfa Romeo's new Mito hatch is designed to grab sales from BMW's iconic Mini and breathe new life into the famous Italian marque at the same time.
Hamburg - As the credit crisis slices into global car sales, some of the world's most exclusive automobile manufacturers are weathering the storm with aplomb.
