Football: No friendly farewell for Lehmann

Former German international goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will not have his wish granted of making a nostalgic final appearance in the friendly with England here on November 19, German coach Joachim Low announced on Monday.

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Football: DFB consider disciplining Lehmann

The German Football Federation (DFB) are considering disciplining former national goalkeeper Jens Lehmann for allegedly kicking Cologne midfielder Roda Antar during Saturday`s Bundesliga match.

`We are examining the evidence and looking at the match video of the incident,` DFB media director Harald Stenger said on Sunday.

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Football: Evergreen Lehmann aims to hit 40 with Stuttgart

Despite his 39th birthday rapidly approaching, former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann wants another shot at the Champions League and plans to hit 40 next year still playing for VfB Stuttgart.

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Football: Lehmann's chopper ride upsets local mayor

BERLIN, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) - A German town mayor has taken umbrage over former Arsenal and Germany keeper Jens Lehmann's means of transport to get to training at his new club Vfb Stuttgart.

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Football: Veteran Germany keeper Lehmann exits national squad

Germany`s veteran goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is handing in his international gloves after 10 years` ...

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Football: Lehmann calls times on international career

Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has decided to call time on his international career, the German ...

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Football: Gunners spike Lehmann's Stuttgart debut

STUTTGART, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - German veteran keeper Jens Lehmann conceded three second half goals as former club Arsenal beat his new side Stuttgart in a pre-season friendly late Wednesday.

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Football: Lehmann not ready to hang up Mannschaft boots

STUTTGART, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has left his future involvement with the Mannschaft open and says he has no plans to retire just yet from international football.

The 38-year-old veteran ex-Arsenal shot-stopper has signed a one-year contract with VfB Stuttgart and won the last of his 61 caps in the Euro 2008 final defeat to Spain in Vienna last month.

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Football: No fear from Lehmann

TENERO, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann insists he has no fear going into Sunday's opening Euro 2008 game against Poland despite a string of errors and a questionable lack of match practise.

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Football: Lehmann knows the Veh to Stuttgart

BERLIN, June 3, 2008 (AFP) - German international goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, whose contract with English Premier League side Arsenal expires at the end of the month, will return to the Bundesliga next season after signing a one-year deal with VfB Stuttgart, the German club announced on Tuesday.

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Football: Lehmann signs for Stuttgart

BERLIN, June 3, 2008 (AFP) - German international goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, whose contract with English Premier League side Arsenal expires at the end of the month, will return to the Bundesliga next season after signing a one-year deal with VfB Stuttgart, the German club announced Tuesday.

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Football: Trust in Lehmann, insists Kahn

BERLIN, May 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Germany captain Oliver Kahn insisted Saturday the public and press here must trust national goalkeeper Jens Lehmann for Euro 2008 despite the Arsenal man spending most of last season on the bench.

'One should think he is more than capable of playing at the highest level during Euro 2008 - Germany should trust him,' Kahn told Munich newspaper TZ.

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Football: Lehmann complains about Euro 2008 ball

Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann admitted on Thursday he has problems with the official Euro 2008 football on the eve of he tournament co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.

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Football: Jens Lehmann in discussions with Stuttgart

BERLIN, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, out of contract at Arsenal this summer, is in discussions to join Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart according to German tabloid Bild on Tuesday.

'If I were to continue my career, I think I could do it there (in Stuttgart),' Lehmann told Bild.

'They are a club who belong at the top of the Bundesliga.'

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Cricket: Australia's Lehmann signs up for IPL: report

SYDNEY, April 16, 2008 (AFP) - Australian veteran Darren Lehmann will stage a shock comeback in the Indian Premier League after answering a call from former teammate Shane Warne, a report said Wednesday.

Lehmann, 38, will fill in for South African skipper Graeme Smith in Jaipur-based IPL franchise the Rajastan Royals' opening matches, the Adelaide Advertiser said on its website.

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Football: Lehmann faces new crisis after Vienna shocker

BERLIN, Feb 7, 2008 (AFP) - Veteran German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann faces another crisis of confidence just three months before Euro 2008 kicks off after the Arsenal man's latest clanger.

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Football: Lehmann a risk for Euro 2008, says Beckenbauer

BERLIN, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - Germany's double World Cup-winner Franz Beckenbauer has added to the debate over goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's lack of game time at Arsenal by saying it would be a 'risk' to play him at Euro 2008.

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Football: Lehmann hasn't given up hope at Arsenal

LONDON, Jan 26, 2008 (AFP) - Jens Lehmann has admitted he decided to stay at Arsenal because he has not given up hope of winning back his first team place.

The Germany goalkeeper has cut a frustrated figure this season after losing his regular starting berth to Manuel Almunia and had appeared certain to quit the club in the January transfer window.

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Football: Lehmann won't join Bayern, insists Hoeness

BERLIN, Jan 23, 2008 (AFP) - Bayern Munich manager Uli Hoeness insisted on Wednesday that Arsenal's out-of-favour goalkeeper Jens Lehmann would not join the German giants in the summer despite the retirement of Oliver Kahn.

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Football: I Kahn-not understand Lehmann's decision says former rival

MARBELLA, Spain, Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) - Jens Lehmann's decision to stay as second choice 'keeper with Arsenal and not accept the chance of playing for Borussia Dortmund's first team is bizarre admitted his former bitter rival Oliver Kahn on Wednesday.

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Football: Lehmann's move to Dortmund off, says club

BERLIN, Jan 11, 2008 (AFP) - Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will not be signing for Borussia Dortmund due to 'personal reasons', the German Bundesliga club announced Friday.

Germany goalkeeper Lehmann is out of favour at Arsenal and looked to be heading back to his former club, who had offered him a contract until the end of the season.

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Football: Decision time for Lehmann

BERLIN, Jan 6, 2008 (AFP) - Arsenal's German international goalkeer Jens Lehmann revealed Sunday that he will make a decision on an offer from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in the coming days.

'I can't give an exact date but I'm thinking of a reasonable timeframe of several days,' Lehmann told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

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Football: Wenger won't push Lehmann out the door

LONDON, Jan 4, 2008 (AFP) - Arsene Wenger insists Jens Lehmann could still have a future at Arsenal despite Borussia Dortmund's bid to sign the Germany goalkeeper.

Lehmann has lost his place at Arsenal to Manuel Almunia and Dortmund have been trying to put together a deal to take him to the Bundesliga.

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Football: Speculation mounts over Lehmann move

BERLIN, Jan 3, 2008 (AFP) - Speculation has mounted over Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's possible move to Borussia Dortmund after the German club called a press conference for Friday.

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Football: Wenger wants Lehmann to stay

LONDON, Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - Arsene Wenger admitted Friday he would prefer if German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann stayed with Arsenal.

Lehmann, 38, has been out of Arsenal's first team since losing his place to Spaniard Manuel Almunia in September and has been courted by Bundesliga sides VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.

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Football: Lehmann's son is victim of racist taunts

BERLIN, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has revealed how his son has been the victim of racist taunts at school as the German international decides whether to stay at the north London club.

Lehmann, 38, has been out of Arsenal's first team since losing his place to Spaniard Manuel Almunia in September and has been courted by Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg.

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Football: D-Day looms for Arsenal's Lehmann

BERLIN, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - Arsenal's out-cast German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann says he will make a decision on his future within the next week as he weighs up offers to leave the north London giants.

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Football: D-Day looms for Arsenal's Lehmann

BERLIN, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - Arsenal's out-cast German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann says he will make a decision on his future within the next week as he weighs up offers to leave the north London giants.

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Football: Ballack insists Lehmann is Germany's No 1

BERLIN, Dec 22, 2007 (AFP) - Germany captain Michael Ballack insisted on Saturday that out-of-favour Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will be the right man for the national team at June's Euro 2008 tournament.

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Football: Lehmann could start for Germany despite Arsenal snub - coach

BERLIN, Dec 22, 2007 (AFP) - Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann could well be between the posts for Germany in Euro 2008 despite not holding down a starting spot with the English Premier League, according to Germany coach Joachim Loew.

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Football: Lehmann not certain of Euro 2008 place says coach

BERLIN, Dec 20, 2007 (AFP) - Andreas Koepke, Germany's goalkeeping coach, insisted in the German press on Thursday that Arsenal shot-stopper Jens Lehmann was not guaranteed his country's number one shirt for Euro 2008.

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Football: Lehmann insists he can win back Arsenal place

BERLIN, Dec 20, 2007 (AFP) - Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann says he can still make an impression with English giants Arsenal, despite the shot-stopper being prefered to Spaniard Manuel Almunia, according German press reports.

'I still believe I will return to the Arsenal goal as the first-choice,' the 38-year-old told the Hamburger Abendblatt in Thursday's edition.

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Football: Lehmann still number one for Loew

BERLIN, Dec 18, 2007 (AFP) - German coach Joachim Loew insisted Tuesday that he still considers out-of-favour Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann as his number one choice for Euro 2008.

'The fact is that we're counting on Jens Lehmann as on Timo Hildebrand,' said Loew regarding the pair who have both been relegated to the bench by their respective clubs Arsenal and Valenica.

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Football: Wolfsburg's Magath doubts Lehmann switch

BERLIN, Dec 13, 2007 (AFP) - VfL Wolfsburg's coach Felix Magath insisted on Thursday there is little chance German national team goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will leave English giants Arsenal to join the Bundesliga side.

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Football: Lehmann could risk Euro 2008 place for family's sake

BERLIN, Dec 12, 2007 (AFP) - Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann could sacrifice his place in Germany's team for the 2008 European Championships because he wants his young family to remain in London until next summer.

Lehmann lost his place in the Arsenal first team in September and is being courted by Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, who are offering the guarantee of regular football.

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Football: No assurances for Lehmann despite recall

LONDON, Dec 11, 2007 (AFP) - Arsene Wenger has refused to give Jens Lehmann any guarantees over his Arsenal future despite restoring the Germany goalkeeper to his team for Wednesday's Champions League clash against Steaua Bucharest.

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