London: Koln striker Lukas Podolski has agreed to join Arsenal at the end of the season, according to a report from Bild. The Germany international's contract with the Billy Goats expires in 2013, and has repeatedly expressed his love for his hometown club. However, he has admitted frustration with the team's lack of progress in recent years, and earlier this year turned down the prospect of negotiations for a contract...
08:59 AM, Feb 29, 2012
London: Tottenham signed striker Louis Saha from Premier League rivals Everton and reached a deal to offload Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow in the final hours of the transfer window on Tuesday. Manager Harry Redknapp signed Saha despite the 33-year-old Frenchman scoring just twice in 20 appearances for Everton this season and struggling with injuries in recent years. "He's got good movement, can score goals but probably needs a change,"...
08:41 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Even as he donned the national colours for the final time, Bhaichung Bhutia was already thinking of how the exhibition match against Bayern Munich would benefit India. The hosts were brushed aside by their superior German opponents in the first half on Tuesday, going down 4-0, but recovered well enough to ensure no more goals were added to the scoresheet post the interval. India coach Savio Medeira felt...
09:14 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: India were no match for Bayern Munich on the field, but the effort of the players and the noise of the fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday will be a part of the memories the Germans take back with them. Bayern came to India on the back of an intense week-long training session in Doha, and as such did not get a chance to see much...
07:48 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: Indian striker Sunil Chhetri was awarded the AIFF Player of the Year award during the farewell exhibition match of Bhaichung Bhutia against German giants Bayern Munich in New Delhi on Tuesday. Chhetri was handed the award by AIFF president Praful Patel in a presentation during the interval. He was handed a silver plaque and a cheque of Rs. 2 lakh. An elated Chhetri thanked all his teammates and...
06:46 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: Bhaichung Bhutia's farewell match ended in an expected defeat, but the Indian legend was given a rousing farewell by the crowd, even as German giants Bayern Munich outclassed India 4-0 in an exhibition tie at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. Thomas Muller scored a brace, while Mario Gomez along with Bastian Schweinsteiger netted a goal each, as the Bavarians demonstrated their superiority without having to break a...
08:27 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Follow all the live action of Bhaichung Bhutia's farewell match between India and Bayern Munich from the Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium in New Delhi. ...
06:02 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: He started his journey in Tinkitam, a small town in South Sikkim. His prodigious talent saw him make his debut for India as a 19-year-old, in 1995. A record 107 matches and 43 goals later, the story ends at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday, in an exhibition tie against Bayern Munich. Inevitably, with their star-studded line-up, it is the German club that has garnered all the attention,...
10:29 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: A match against Bayern Munich is a double-edged sword, and India coach Savio Medeira is well aware of it. So, even as excitement grows ahead of the exhibition tie against the German giants at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday, Medeira, perhaps anticipating a heavy defeat to the four-time European champions, is at pains to remind everyone of the wide gulf between the two sides. The teams preparation...
09:06 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: For India, a chance to play Bayern Munich is a rare privilege and opportunity, both for the team and the fans. However, just what an exhibition tie against the Indian national team - ranked 162nd in the world - means to the European powerhouses is another matter. It is unlikely to be a demanding game for a team with a host of international stars more at home playing...
05:36 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: I know you love your cricket, but for 90 minutes, we hope to show you quality football. That statement from Arjen Robben encapsulates perfectly what to expect when German giants Bayern Munich take on the Indian national team in an exhibition match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. On paper and on the field, it is a colossal mismatch. Bayern Munich are the biggest and most successful...
04:25 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Cologne: Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher could be a candidate to become the next president of Bundesliga football club Cologne. German news agency dapd says Schumacher is one of about 20 names put forward for the position by an adviser to the club. However, Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm says "we don't want to comment on these mind games." Cologne are looking for a successor to Wolfgang Overath, who...
12:19 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Cologne: A referee in Germany's top league was found bleeding in his hotel bathtub on Saturday hours before he was to work the game between Cologne and Mainz, in what police suspect was a suicide attempt. Babak Rafati was in stable condition but will need "intensive treatment" and be hospitalized for some time, German Football Federation President Theo Zwanziger said. Rafati had been scheduled to officiate the Cologne-Mainz game, which...
07:25 AM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: India's friendly match against top German football club Bayern Munich in January next year will see Bhaichung Bhutia donning the national colours for one final time, All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das announced on Saturday. India will play current Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich in a friendly at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on January 10 next year, and the AIFF has decided to...
07:39 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Munich: Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben, who has only just returned from a five-week injury lay-off, underwent groin surgery on Friday and will be out for 10 days, the Bundesliga leaders said. Team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt said Robben developed a further complication to his long-standing groin injury. Bayern said the 27-year-old Dutchman, who had only recently recovered from groin inflammation that had kept him out since August, had seen Bayern's...
12:08 AM, Oct 08, 2011
Bayern Munich officially sealed the Bundesliga title by winning 3-1 at relegated Hertha Berlin. ...
09:56 PM, May 08, 2010
Bayern play Inter Milan in the final of the Champions League and have also reached the German Cup final. ...
09:42 PM, May 01, 2010
Bayern Munich beat VfL Wolfsburg to win their first league match. ...
02:17 PM, Aug 31, 2009
Chelsea maintained their advantage in England with a 5-0 victory at Middlesbrough. ...
03:00 AM, Oct 21, 2008
Several German clubs are refusing to free their players for the Olympics. ...
11:24 AM, Jul 30, 2008
