Borussia Dortmund can gatecrash former coach Thomas Tuchel’s unveiling party at Bayern Munich on Saturday and take another step closer to thwarting the Bavarian giant’s bid for an 11th consecutive Bundesliga title. Dortmund sits one point ahead of Bayern, but faces its title rival at Munich’s Allianz Arena, a place that has been a graveyard for the […]
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UEFA Champions League: PSG clash the true test for Bayern's recruits
Bayern Munich hosts Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday with the stage set for star turns from the club’s 2022-23 additions Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt. With Bayern having won 10 straight league titles, the two big-name summer recruits were brought to Munich mainly with European nights in mind. Bayern return to the Allianz Arena with a […]
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Bundesliga: Bayern seeks to stop the rot against 'beautiful' underdog Union
Under-fire Bayern Munich could not have picked a worse time to face surging outsider Union Berlin in a surprise Bundesliga top-of-the-table clash on Sunday. That the German champion’s domestic struggles — Bayern has won just two of its last six in the league — left the door open should not be surprising, but that underdog […]
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Bundesliga: 'No favors' for resurgent Bayern at bogey team Gladbach
Bayern Munich has dominated the Bundesliga over the past decade, but on Saturday it faces bogey team Borussia Moenchengladbach, which has defeated the Bavarian giant nine times in the league since the 2011-12 season. Regardless of the two teams’ positions in recent years — Bayern has won 10 league titles while Gladbach has finished in […]
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Bayern Munich knows only winning will soothe burn of Manuel Neuer saga
Immediately after a 10-man Bayern Munich defeated Wolfsburg 4-2 on Sunday, midfield leader Joshua Kimmich admitted the only true solution to the club’s off-field woes was to win games on it. “There’s always more [sense of] calm in the club when we win games. Our three draws [in a row] meant turmoil,” Kimmich said. “The unrest […]
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'No crisis' Bayern heads to Wolfsburg hunting first league win of 2023
Winless in the Bundesliga in 2023, Bayern Munich travel to in-form Wolfsburg knowing it could be as low as third place by kickoff time on Sunday. Normally several points clear at this stage in the season, several challengers are nipping at Bayern’s heels. Four teams — Union Berlin, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg — are […]
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Bundesliga: Bayern urged to 'wake up' as in-form Frankfurt looms
After a second-successive 1-1 draw on Tuesday, Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said it was “high time we flicked the switch”, warning “the title is at stake.” A loss to visitor Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday would see the Eagles climb within two points of the 31-time Bundesliga title winners and blow the league wide […]
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Bundesliga: Leipzig hosts Bayern hoping to keep race 'exciting'
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann admits he wants to stop the league getting “exciting again” with an away win at resurgent RB Leipzig on Friday. Four points clear on top of the table, Bayern is hoping for a record-extending 11th straight Bundesliga title. Despite brave challenges from Freiburg, in second, and Union Berlin, the familiar failings […]
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Watch (trailer): Bayern Munich documentary comes to Prime Video
“FC Bayern – Behind the Legend,” six 45-minute episodes, follows the German powerhouse from its 2020 UEFA Champions League title to the end of the 2020-21 season. The docuseries, which debuts in the USA on Prime Video on Dec. 8, was created from 2,000 hours of raw and archive material. The first six minutes of the […]
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Watch: A whimsical lightning round of interviews with Bayern Munich stars
Lots of laughter when Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané get quizzed on off- and on-field teammate traits: best, worst, fastest, funniest, etc.