Schalke's Metzelder announces retirement

Gelsenkirchen, Germany Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler committed his future to the club on Friday by signing a contract extension that ties him to the Royal Blues until 2018. The 19-year-old began his career with the club at the age of seven, and ...

Gelsenkirchen, Germany Klaas-Jan Huntelaar netted a hat trick on Sunday as Schalke rolled to a 4-1 victory over Hamburg at the Veltins Arena. Hamburg got off the mark first just five minutes into the match as Marcell Jansen got his head to a pass ...

Gelsenkirchen, Germany With the top two places pretty much secured, the race for the final European spots takes center stage in Germany over the final four matches. Bayern Munich has clinched the league title, while Borussia Dortmund sits in second ...

Gelsenkirchen: Hamit Altintop scored a stunning 30-metre goal against his former club to set Galatasaray on the way to a 3-2 win at Schalke 04, which sent them into the Champions League quarter finals, on Tuesday.

Schalke 04 were left fuming on Saturday after opponents Bayer Leverkusen played on and scored a goal while one of the Gelsenkirchen side's players was lying injured in the penalty area. Reuters 20 minutes ago Email 0 Share 0 Tweet 0 Neither ...

Gelsenkirchen, Germany With Bayern Munich having already secured the Bundesliga title in record fashion, the attention in Germany now turns to the race for Champions League places. Second-place Borussia Dortmund holds a six-point lead on ...

German regional network operator Gelsen.net is continuing the expansion of its high-speed broadband network in the Emscher Lippe region. The operator laid more than 65,000 mt of fibre-optic cable in the towns of Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck and ...

Jens Keller will remain with Bundesliga outfit Schalke after the Gelsenkirchen side said Saturday they had extended his contract through to June 2015. Keller has led the club to fourth in the table this season with two games to go and a win over ...

Schalke 04 announced Wednesday their farewell match for ex-Spain striker Raul, against his Qatari club Al-Sadd, in Gelsenkirchen on July 27 has sold out. The 35-year-old spent two seasons at Schalke and helped the Royal Blues reach the Champions ...