For the Spaniards Schumi is still the greatest

Barcelona --
The Spanish love Schumi. No joke! Anyone who thinks the Iberians go in terms of anything about Formula 1 Fernando Alonso, is mistaken.
Now the big sports daily Mundo Deportivo chose the Schumacher driver of the decade. The five World Cup titles in a row until 2004 are not just about topped.
That Schumi in Spain was honored in 2007 by Crown Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias Award for Lifetime Achievement. Before tennis folk hero Rafael Nadal.
But even the greatest glory is fleeting, from the first race on 14 March in Bahrain Schumi is again only one of 26 drivers. Reminded him now, the Belgian Formula 1 icon Jacky Ickx (65).
"If Schumacher wants to win, he must destroy Rosberg," says Ickx in normal marrow tone. He expects a tough duel Mercedes: "His biggest enemy is the teammate. Schumacher has always beaten his team-mate Johnny Herbert, Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello. And everyone always thought they could be world champion. "
But Ickx believes Schumacher: "He looks very fit, has not an ounce of fat on the ribs. In addition, he is reunited with Ross Brawn (Mercedes team boss). "

Falko Gotz 18 years after the death of FC-Star Banach

Cologne --
In Falko Götz (47) of these days turn back sad memories. Memories of the painful loss of a teammate at the 1 FC Cologne. On 17 Died November 1991 FC striker Maurice Banach († 24) on the way to training. Gotz (most recently coach of Holstein Kiel) remembers 18 years later:
"The parallels to Robert Enke is great because it happened so unexpectedly."
The Mucki, like all the young striker called, had scored in 49 games 24 goals. A day after the game against Schalke, he crashed his car on the A1 at Wermelskirchen against a bridge abutment. Banach burned.
At the 1 FC Cologne collapsed in a world. Goetz: "With Heinz Baumann, a pastor came to us from Aachen, who was also FC fan. He took over the conversation and we have grieved together. We are then driven to the accident site and have placed flowers there. "The return to the daily business was tough.
Goetz: "They have no sense of football, martial arts do not come into question. In the first game after that the looseness was missing. It has also motives: We wanted to tuck us for Mucki. What a stroke of fate can unite a team - that was definitely FC it. "
l The soccer player Adam Ledwon († 34, then Austria Carinthia, previously Fortuna Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen), hanged himself in June 2008 at his home. With psychologists, the shock was worked up. With success. "Only by Adams death, we became a team," said Mr Patrick Wolf.
l The ice hockey team of the Cologne Sharks broke the other hand, the fate of their goalkeeper Robert Müller († 28, died) with a brain tumor. The club missed the playoffs for the first time. Defender Mirko Ludemann, "The Brutale is the most professional business that you must be fully there at the kick-off, otherwise you just conceded defeat."

The superstar of Höninger Square

Cologne - He is gentle 21 - but already thinking of his retirement in show business. Girls swarm Marc Jentzen: For three years he sang in the boy band "Part Six" - the big breakthrough never came.
2009 he came as a (initially) Bohlen's favorite in the top ten candidates. Thrown out after the third show.
"This is my last attempt to make it still musically," he had said before. All good things are known to be three: Jentzen reported back again - the first time from Höninger place in tape measure. In a baking summer.
"It feels good again to have Fankontakt. Whether there are now 2, 20 or 20,000, "told us the beautiful Marc. His departure from early retirement - in fact by chance: "I have my views only after American Idol Kalina and made an end, wanted to be a teacher."
But Manager Hugh Artists angle took him under contract. A (German) CD will be produced, and Marc wants to be a presenter for TV shows for children.

A paradise for thieves

The Christmas market is currently running a week, but already the police: beware warning pickpockets!
The first visitors were already victims. Margaret H. (37) hit it right on the opening day: An assailant squeezed from behind by the Bonnerin - hey presto her purse and her cell phone was gone!
"It was indeed full. But not that he had to express themselves so extreme to me, "says the 37-year-old. "I was angry about the behavior, but I had thought nothing of it. I am still such a thing never happened. "
Previously, she had changed her handbag, one with extra zip made for the Christmas market. But the pockets which had long scare off any more, they are becoming bolder.
These are the tricks of thieves
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The Rempeltrick
    At a pickpocket bumps, make sure you falls down somewhat. Helpful stoops the offender to pick it up - and to distract you!
For the same time an accomplice reaches into your pocket or purse. Conversely does the trick.
A thief can be in front of you, have more money, for example. While helping a friendly, pick up the coins, an accomplice steals your wallet or other valuables.
Stadtplan-trick
    "I know I am not here, can you help?" - A very common tactic for pickpockets.
Strangers ask for directions, you keep a map in front of the nose, or ask that you hung out with a plan to go.
While you are distracted and are oriented to plunder the culprit in your pockets.
Defiler-trick
    Mushrooms, sausage, potato pancakes: Hearty meal is part of the Christmas visit - and the opportunity for thieves to get to your wallet!
You mess of perpetrators "accidentally", for example, with ketchup. When word and gesture rich cleaning attempt is not only removed the stain, but also your money.
Drängel trick
    Christmas-a pickpocket in the crowd moves unpleasantly close to you.
They turn their backs on him angry - and thus provide the shoulder bag "on hand" dar. women feel rather annoyed at this trick, when they think of a theft.
Operates in packed buses or trains.
Currency exchange-trick
    You will be asked to change money. As early as helpful as you pull out your wallet, you will be distracted from the offender, so he has access to your bills.
With this well known trick thieves caught off guard like seniors. Some of them shamelessly in their wallets then access to help "to".