Hanover players celebrate what turned out to be the winning goal condemning Bayern Munich to another defeat. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP
Forget banks going bust and crashing stock markets. Global meltdown of the economic system? Boooooring. Down in Germany’s prosperous south, there’s only been one story this week: the sweeping, nay, catastrophic, nay “crushing defeat” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) [...]

Montgomerie hopes fellow Scot Sandy Lyle will be Europe’s next Ryder Cup captain. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Colin Montgomerie has criticised European captain Nick Faldo for not fielding his players in the right order on the final day of the Ryder Cup. Montgomerie, who was overlooked by Faldo as one of two wildcard picks for Europe’s failed [...]