Xabi Alonso dropped from Spain for Confed Cup
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque dropped midfielders Xabi Alonso, Javi Garcia and Benat Etxebarria from his final squad on Sunday for the Confederations ...

Heynckes leaves Guardiola with tough act to follow
Follow that, Pep. Jupp Heynckes is leaving Bayern Munich having set the bar for Pep Guardiola as high as the Wembley Stadium arch. In England's ...

Schalke gets last CL spot, Duesseldorf relegated
Schalke clinched Germany's last Champions League spot by winning 2-1 at Freiburg in the final round of Bundesliga games on Saturday, while Fortuna ...

Bayern has learned lessons from last season loss
Bayern Munich stars say the heart-breaking loss to Chelsea on penalties in last season's Champions League final at home strengthened the team's mental ...

Bilbao and the season that never was
In Spanish football, there is no bigger disappointment this season than Athletic Bilbao. Marcelo Bielsa's youthful team wowed Europe last season with ...

Bayern beats Freiburg for Bundesliga points record
Despite fielding a second-string side, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich broke the league record for points in a season by beating Freiburg 1-0 on ...

Barcelona, Madrid routed by German clubs
The expectation of seeing Lionel Messi line up against Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League final, of watching Barcelona and Real Madrid fight ...

Top German and Spanish clubs square off in semis
The Germans have been looking up to Spain for years as a football model, seeking to learn from the nation that ended Germany's hopes of winning titles ...

Bayern beats Juventus 2-0 to reach semifinals
Bayern Munich continued its march toward a second consecutive Champions League final with a 2-0 win at Juventus on Wednesday, securing a 4-0 win on ...

Juventus facing uphill struggle against Bayern
Juventus faces an uphill struggle to qualify for the Champions League semifinals when it faces newly-crowned Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich on ...

Heynckes sets bar high for Guardiola at Bayern
Pep Guardiola is going to have a hard act to follow at Bayern Munich. After agreeing to take over at Bayern from next season, Guardiola has had to sit ...

Bayern and Juventus clash with points to prove
European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Juventus clash in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday as Germany and Italy's ...

Column: Europe doesn't need fat lady this season
Although the tulips are barely starting to bloom as winter surrenders to spring in Europe, suspense has gone from the continent's top football leagues

Bayern reaches CL quarters despite 2-0 loss
Bayern Munich barely staved off an improbable comeback Wednesday, eliminating Arsenal from the Champions League despite a 2-0 loss at home to leave ...

Bayern wins 1-0 to maintain Bundesliga march
Germany striker Mario Gomez took advantage of a rare start to give Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich a hard-fought 1-0 win at relegation candidate ...

Bayern Munich, Stuttgart reach German Cup semis
Arjen Robben scored late in the first half for Bayern Munich to beat title-holder Borussia Dortmund 1-0 on Wednesday and reach the German Cup ...

Bayern maintains march with 6-1 rout of Bremen
Bayern Munich routed Werder Bremen 6-1 on Saturday to maintain its march to the German title and help Jupp Heynckes celebrate his 1,000th Bundesliga ...

Bayern cruises to 3-1 win over beleaguered Arsenal
Bayern Munich seized on the uncertainty sweeping through Arsenal to claim a 3-1 victory in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 match on ...

Bayern Munich travels to Wolfsburg in Bundesliga
Ever since its sensational run to the Bundesliga title in 2009, Wolfsburg has been trying to establish itself as one of the teams that perennially ...

Pep Guardiola to become Bayern coach
Pep Guardiola, who led Barcelona to 14 titles over four seasons and turned the Spanish club into arguably the best team in the world, has agreed to ...