What kölsche celebrities do for Christmas?

Cologne -
"This is a real girls night," says Marie Luise Nikuta - they celebrate Christmas with her sister Elinor, her daughter Andrea and granddaughter, Noelle.
"We make ourselves very comfortable, but of course it is not easy, it's the second Christmas without my husband, Willi." He died in May 2008. "I go every week to his grave in the northern cemetery. And I get so often given to flowers, which I then put on his grave and then say 'Now you can sway down there'. "
Also head of the Philharmonie Louwrens Langevoort has his family from Holland with him in Cologne. "In the afternoon I can send them in to the concert of the Philharmonic, a choir that I cook in the time alone."
This is real friendship between men. For about ten years celebrating Mickey Paveier Brühl and Detlev Vorholt together for Christmas Eve with their partners. But who believes that there is only sausage and potato salad mistaken. "We take turns cooking," Mickey told us Brühl, who is responsible this time for the main course.
Marita Koellner, it moves to warmer climes: "We are this year in Mallorca. My husband Peter is after a foot surgery on crutches, because Thailand was not a holiday there. And Mallorca, we have beautiful Kölsch family connection. "Only in clothes is they are not so sure. "Shall I take the thick jacket? During the day it is nice, but at night it is cooler anyway. "For all cases, the two two blankets in the luggage ...

Help! Fortuna missing 'ne complete Elf

Dusseldorf - starts in just under three weeks for the Fortuna "Adventure First Division."
On 24 June rise Düsseldorf with the obligatory lactate test in the primary season preparation for the last ten years, currently provides ein.Doch it as if this should be a damn short unit ...
For the moment can only build Fortuna on a mini-squad! Assistance, only 13 professionals under contract! With Jovanovic, Caillas, winner, Langeneke, Costa, Palikuca, Kadah Schwertfeger and there are eight players whose contracts also Nichtaufstieg and to remaining in the third division would be on running.
Added to come with milking, Lawaree, Christian, Cakir and Hampel five professionals whose contracts have been automatically by the rise of (renewed on favorable terms) to a season. But: Of the three players that should stay that way (Hergesell, Heidinger, Ratajczak) or no to the offer accepted. In the second division Fortuna needs a minimum of 24 professionals to exist - to be able to compensate for, injuries to have a real competition.
"We are looking for all parts of the team. But it is not easy. The salaries in the second division are in completely different Dinmensionen. And we want to get guys that will help us properly, "said coach Norbert Meier. "Even when lending is usually yes so that it will be responsible for the selling club's salary."
Everything is (still) a little too big for Fortuna. Meier: "We wait to see how the market develops. So you have to have in an emergency patient. "
Maximum until the end of the exchange period (31 August). spin a lot of players but only during the preparation, it is for the coach anything but optimal performance. As multi-millionaire Daniel Jammer comes with four international players (which he will pay even himself) as called. EXPRESS learned: At least on Fransman defender and striker Shechter are very interested in Düsseldorf. Also in sight: Left-back Tobias Feisthammel (21, VfB Stuttgart II).

Tennis: Haas continues, Sabine Lisicki out

Melbourne -
Tommy Haas reached the only German player on Thursday the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
During the 31-year-old in a five-set thriller to the Serbs Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-4, 6:3, 1:6, 6:3 in 3:19 hours, disappointed Sabine Lisicki lowly German as a second out hope . The ambitious Berliner defeated the Italian Alberta Brianti surprising 6:2, 4:6, 4:6.
Haas is the third of eleven launched German men who are into the round of 32 pushed past the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. His opponent on Saturday, the Frenchman against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Taylor Dent (USA). Already on Wednesday had Philipp Kohlschreiber (Augsburg) and Florian Mayer (Bayreuth, Germany) reached the third round, they stand on Friday against Rafael Nadal (Nadal) and Juan Martin Del Potro (Mayer) very heavy tasks.
Lisicki crowned "with the failures of their defeat of the German players on the fourth day of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. In addition to the 20-year-olds remained Kristina Barrois (Stuttgart), Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe) and Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) and Benjamin Becker (Orscholz) and Michael Berrer (Stuttgart) on the track.
In the women's singles Angelique Kerber Kielerin is the only German in the third round. Petkovic defeated the Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 1:6, 4:6. Görges had at 3:6, 1:6 against the world number Fourth Caroline Wozniacki no chance. Barrois lost to Samantha Stosur (Australia) 5-7, 3-6. Except Lisicki, the other German women, however, played against in the world ranking listed better opponents. Kerber occurs on Friday against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in three set at.
In the men had Michael Berrer the superiority of the Uzbek Denis Istomin at 57, 3:6, 4:6 recognize. Benjamin Becker had some bad luck with the supplied Nicolas Almagro an exciting fight, but in the end still had to bend with 4:6, 2:6, 6:3, 6:4, 3:6 to the Spaniard.

Emergency Surgery at Tokio Hotel Gustav

Magdeburg - drama about Gustav Schäfer (20). The 20-year-old drummer from Germany's currently most successful band Tokio Hotel had to undergo emergency surgery, an appendectomy.
"On January 2, Gustav is up in the morning with extreme abdominal pain," said his manager, David Jost of "image". "During the day the pain was getting worse."
Schaefer was admitted with suspected appendicitis-break to the hospital. There, they removed the girls swarm the inflamed organ.
Jost: "The surgery lasted exactly one hour and went well." Gustav now requires two weeks rest.
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Fortuna is record hunting

Dusseldorf - On the evening watching the Fortunen been times to where they want to be even in summer.
By 18 clock we look in the First Division team hotel, "Norbert Meier ordered joint TV to watch."
Thereafter, the Tabellendritte agreed with the Bundesliga and "Beat the Star" with Effenberg to the match on Saturday against Aue (14 clock).
Against the Erzgebirge Fortuna can not only make the next step in the direction of advancement, but also establish a record: five wins in the first six games after the winter break - something did not exist in 15 years. At that time, Dusseldorf even won every second half games. However, in the much weaker Oberliga Nordrhein.
Number of games that do not interest Meier. "The first leg was Aue at eye level, we have won only by a late goal after a default situation," warned the coach before the match against the so far disappointing second league losers. "From the staffing ago Aue had other claims that are better than their table space."
And yet, an opponent who should be hit in the arena, if you want to climb. Especially since the results of the pent-up games this week, Fortuna played powerfully in the cards. "It is certainly not a disadvantage that you have some cushion to the back," says defense chief Jens Langeneke about the good starting position. "But we have fought for through good results and therefore we may now never let up." Thus the dream start is perfectly made ...