Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund completed a dramatic comeback Tuesday by scoring twice in stoppage time to defeat Malaga 3-2 and advance to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in 15 years. Trailing 2-1 as three minutes of added time began, Dortmund equalised through Marco Reus but Malaga still held the away goals advantage. That all changed, however, when Felipe Santana scored from what looked to be an offside position...
02:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Istanbul: Real Madrid reached the Champions League semi-finals for the third straight season on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 at Galatasaray following a second-half resurgence by the Turkish team. Madrid needed a double from Cristiano Ronaldo to advance 5-3 on aggregate, but only after conceding three goals in a 16-minute span to raise Galatasaray's hopes of pulling off what would have been a remarkable comeback. Ronaldo looked to have wrapped up...
02:39 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Barcelona: Lionel Messi has gone from being the first name on Barcelona's team sheet to the last, as they await a late fitness test ahead of Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Paris St Germain. The World Player of the Year is recovering from a hamstring strain picked up in Paris last week, when he scored in the 2-2 first-leg draw, though Barca proved they could survive...
08:37 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Turin: Antonio Conte made an uncharacteristic hash of his team selection against Bayern Munich last week and the Juventus coach cannot afford to get it wrong again as his side chase a two-goal deficit on Wednesday. The Serie A champions and leaders, lucky to escape with a 2-0 defeat after they were hopelessly outclassed in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, must also overcome the absence of suspended...
08:27 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Dortmund: Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini will arrive in Germany in time for the Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday after returning to Chile for the funeral of his father. Malaga defender Martin Demichelis said Pellegrini, who flew back after a 4-2 defeat to Real Sociedad on Saturday in La Liga, had not told his players anything before that game. "He will be with us tomorrow and we will...
05:06 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Paris: Paris St Germain centre backs Alex and Thiago Silva have been included in Carlo Ancelotti's squad for the Champions League quarter-final return leg at Barcelona on Wednesday despite injury concerns. Italy midfielder Thiago Motta, who has only played one game since late January because of a recurring groin injury, was also named for the trip. PSG will be without suspended holding midfielder Blaise Matuidi as the Qatari-backed club look...
09:42 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Istanbul: Didier Drogba and his Galatasaray team-mates have a tough task when they try to overturn a 3-0 deficit against Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Drogba, who won the title last season with Chelsea, will take some cheer from his performance in Saturday's domestic championship game against Mersin Idman Yurdu when he scored two second-half goals in a 3-1 win. However, the...
01:30 PM, Apr 08, 2013
A livid Jerome Boateng jumped and down at the Allianz Arena like Rumpelstiltskin. He turned around at his team-mates and cursed at no one in ...
02:17 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Madrid: Barcelona have filed a formal complaint with the European governing body UEFA about the refereeing of Wolfgang Stark in Tuesday's 2-2 Champions League draw at Paris St Germain. Their main criticism concerns an incident in the second half of the quarter-final first leg in Paris in which Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba collided and were both lying prone on the ground in the penalty area. "The club has written...
08:18 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Malaga: Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp expressed satisfaction with Wednesday's 0-0 Champions League draw at Malaga but warned his players not to assume their passage to the last four was a foregone conclusion. The Bundesliga champions put Malaga to the sword in the first half of the quarter-final first leg at the Rosaleda but failed to take their chances, leaving the tie wide open ahead of Tuesday's return match in...
08:08 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Malaga: Debutants Malaga kept their Champions League dream very much alive when they held Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund to a 0-0 draw in their quarter-final first leg at the Rosaleda on Wednesday. Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero was in inspired form for the Qatar-owned La Liga club and the home side created several chances in an entertaining clash between two attack-minded sides. Dortmund's Mario Goetze was twice clean through on goal...
02:59 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain scored to give ruthlessly efficient Real Madrid a 3-0 home win over Galatasaray in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. Portugal forward Ronaldo became the tournament's highest scorer with nine goals when he burst away on to Mesut Ozil's pass to lob the opener after nine minutes at the Bernabeu. Benzema slotted the ball inside Fernando Muslera's near post for...
01:16 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Messi limped off at half-time in Barcelona's 2-2 draw away to PSG and is doubtful for the return leg at the Nou Camp. ...
08:38 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Paris St Germain have a midfield conundrum to solve if they are to stand a chance of reaching the Champions League last four on the back of a thrilling 2-2 home draw against Barcelona in Tuesday's first leg. ...
03:47 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Chelsea have gone through seven managers since Mourinho left in 2007. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Mourinho again avoided answering questions over his future at the club ahead of his team's Champions League quarter-final first leg game against Galatasaray. ...
01:27 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Messi opened the scoring for the visitors in the 38th minute before limping off the pitch at the half-time with Barcelona leading 1-0. ...
03:33 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Bayern Munich defeated Juventus 2-0 to take a commanding lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. ...
02:52 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Messi scored his eighth goal in the Champions League this year to give Barcelona the lead in the first half. ...
01:14 AM, Apr 03, 2013
