Overview

• After a 0:2 qualifying loss in Slovakia, Germany hosts Northern Ireland on Sunday at 20:45 in Cologne, with the match live on RTL and RTL+.
• Media scrutiny of Julian Nagelsmann is intensifying, with a BILD podcast warning that failure to win on Sunday would prompt debate over his future.
• Goalkeeper Finn Dahmen remains in the senior squad after being an unused substitute in Bratislava and could make his debut against Northern Ireland.
• Germany’s U21s opened their new cycle with a 2:0 win in Albania as debutants Ilyas Ansah and Dzenan Pejcinovic scored; Euro qualifying resumes Tuesday against Latvia in Rostock.
• The men’s basketball team swept the group 5–0 and faces Portugal in the EuroBasket round of 16 today at 14:15 in Riga, with Alex Mumbrú expected back on the bench, Johannes Voigtmann out for the tournament, and RTL/Magenta airing the games free-to-air with programming adjustments.