Former Senegal striker Bocande dies
Former Senegal striker Jules Francois Bocande has died in France following surgery. He was 53. The deadlocked forward, who made his name for French club Metz and had a brief stint as Senegal coach in the mid-1990s died on Monday in the city of Metz in northeastern France, the Senegalese Football Federation and Confederation of [...]
Raul rekindles Schalke fire
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany ● His side may have bowed out of the Europa League in midweek but Spanish veteran striker Raul encouraged Schalke’s ambitions of reaching next season’s Champions League with a brace in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Hanover. Raul, a three-times European Cup winner with Real Madrid, struck early in both halves to see off [...]
Spanish Armada sails into Europe
VALENCIA, Spain - Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid overcame German opposition to reach the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday while fellow Spaniards Valencia joined them by demolishing AZ Alkmaar. Sporting completed an all-Iberian lineup by knocking out Metalist Kharkiv, who missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw in Ukraine allowing the Portuguese side go through [...]
Olic fires Bayern into semi’s
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich reached the Champions League semi-finals after Croatia striker Ivica Olic netted both goals in a 2-0 win over Marseille in Tuesday’s quarter-final second leg. With the Bavarians having won 4-0 on aggregate, Bayern will host the first leg of their semi-final on April 17, most likely against Real Madrid, who [...]
Gladbach slump continues
HANOVER, Germany • Borussia Moenchengladbach’s slump continued on Sunday as they lost 2-1 at Hanover to leave them 12 points behind German league leaders Borussia Dortmund with six games left. This was Gladbach’s second straight league defeat and they have picked up just six points from a possible 21 in their last seven games. Despite Sunday’s [...]
Robben on fire for Bayern
BERLIN, Germany — Dutch winger Arjen Robben hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich hammered Hertha Berlin 6-0 on Saturday but league leaders Borussia Dortmund beat Bremen to stay five points clear. Having hammered Hoffenheim 7-1 last Saturday in the Bundesliga, then demolished Basel 7-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals, Bayern [...]
Bayern on a roll
MUNICH, Germany — Germany striker Mario Gomez smashed four goals in Bayern Munich’s 7-0 rout of FC Basel on Tuesday and insisted his team have big ambitions as they marched into the Champions League’s last eight. “We still have big goals and we’ve achieved nothing yet,” said Gomez, who with ten goals to his credit [...]
