Coach Edin Terzic‘s Borussia Dortmund can seal a spot in the Champions League round of 16 by winning at AC Milan on Tuesday, sparking some positivity amid a stuttering domestic campaign. Already 10 points behind league leader Bayer Leverkusen with just 12 games played, Terzic’s men have however impressed on the European stage this season. […]
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Defiant Ukraine vows to 'fight' on despite European Championship setback
Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov said his team would fight on despite missing out on automatic qualification for Euro 2024 after Monday’s 0-0 tie with Italy. While Italy qualified second from Group C behind England courtesy of a better head-to-head record with Ukraine, Rebrov’s team needs to get through the playoffs to reach next year’s European […]
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Bundesliga: Unbeaten Bayern and Leverkusen leave rivals behind
Bayern Munich faces promoted Heidenheim, which has on Saturday the unenviable task of trying to stop the momentum of the side already vying with Bayer Leverkusen for this season’s Bundesliga title. Bayern and a skillful Bayer Leverkusen team coached by former Real Madrid and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso head into the weekend as the only […]
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'Can't destroy us': Ukraine's Shakhtar sends stark message from Hamburg
Shakhtar Donetsk hosts Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday in the German city of Hamburg, the latest ‘home away from home’ for the club forced out of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. The Spanish champion, which won 2-1 in Barcelona in October, is favored to win, but the Ukrainian club’s CEO Sergei Palkin told AFP […]
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UEFA Champions League: Stung Borussia Dortmund hopes to rebound in crunch Newcastle clash
Just days after a humbling at home by Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic insisted his team would rebound in Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Newcastle. Riding high after a 1-0 win at St. James Park in October, Dortmund came plummeting down to earth on Saturday, thrashed 4-0 by a Harry Kane-inspired Bayern. “It […]
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Harry Kane hits hat trick as Bayern thumps Dortmund to keep pace with leader Leverkusen
Harry Kane scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-0 away on Saturday, closing the gap with leader Bayer Leverkusen to two points. Bayern captain Manuel Neuer lauded his striker, telling German TV “that’s his experience, he brought it with him to the Bundesliga from England and he shows us it week […]
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Now or never as Borussia Dortmund faces injury-hit rival Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller after his team’s 2-1 loss to third-division Saarbruecken in the German Cup. * * * * * * * * * * Borussia Dortmund’s home clash with injury-ravaged Bayern Munich on Saturday is its best chance to beat its bitter rival in years. Bayern has not lost to Dortmund in […]
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Dortmund adjusting to life after Bellingham as crunch Newcastle match looms
Borussia Dortmund travels to its crucial Champions League clash at Newcastle on Wednesday still adjusting to life after Jude Bellingham. Bellingham, who joined Dortmund aged 17 in 2020 from boyhood club Birmingham City, moved to Real Madrid this summer for a fee in excess of 100 million euros ($108 million). The England midfielder’s form in […]
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'Pointless': Bayern coach Tuchel Thomas criticizes German federation over U.S. tour scheduling
Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday hit out at the German federation (DFB) over the national team’s upcoming tour of the United States in the middle of the season. Tuchel said the glut of games and the travel requirements brought many top players “to the end of their resilience,” but said raising player welfare […]
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UEFA Champions League: Rebuilt RB Leipzig ready for Man City test
RB Leipzig faces UEFA Champions League defending champion Manchester City on Wednesday, having emerged strongly from a summer rebuild that could have derailed the young club. Champions League regulars that had just won its second German Cup in succession, Leipzig lost four first-team players to big money deals in the summer, underlining their place in […]