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Loew stays on as Germany coach

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) Germany coach Joachim Loew has agreed to a two-year contract extension and will stay on through the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.

Loew led Germany's young team to a third-place finish at the World Cup in South Africa this month.

"We had very uncomplicated talks," the 50-year-old Loew said Tuesday at a news conference at the seat of the football federation in Frankfurt. "We are very pleased to continue working with the team, we all had a lot of fun with the team during the World Cup."

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