Bayern romp to 5-0 win over Besiktas

Jupp Heynckes says Bayern Munich are waiting on the fitness of left-back David Alaba for Wednesday's crunch Champions League semi-final, first-leg, at home to Real Madrid.

When Lewandowski briefly paused to tie his laces, allowing the opposing team to score, Hummels ripped into the Poland star, a teammate in the exercise, sparking a war of words. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin: Mats Hummels accused his Bayern Munich team-mate Robert ...

Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski scored in his 11th consecutive home league match in Saturday's 2-1 win over Schalke to equal the Bundesliga record. The post Bundesliga: Bayern Munich extend lead at top with narrow win over Schalke; Borussia Dortmund ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Robin van Persie celebrates. Photograph: Feyenoord/Twitter Robin van Persie rolled back the years with a superbly taken goal to help Feyenoord to a 3-0 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Cup final on Sunday.   Van Persie chipped the ball over the goalkeeper from an acute angle with his right foot in the 57th minute for Feyenoord's second goal of a comprehensive performance at De Kuip. Danish international Nicolai ...

Leverkusen 6-2 in an away tie, qualifying for the German Cup final thanks to three goals from captain Thomas Mueller, two from Robert Lewandowski and one from Thiago Alcantara. The scoreline came in the second half of Tuesday night's match after a relatively ...

IMAGE: Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their second goal with Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele.Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters. Barcelona responded to the shock of being eliminated from the Champions League by AS Roma by beating Valencia 2-1 on Saturday at the Nou Camp, setting a Liga record run of 39 games unbeaten and taking them ever closer to another title.   Luis Suarez gave Barca the lead after 15 minutes, meeting a delicious outside-of-the-foot pass from former ...

Bloomberg White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has lost some of his clout following recent missteps and wasn’t at President Donald Trump’s side for recent crucial decisions on staffing and policy moves, according to several senior aides. Kelly wasn’t ...

IMAGE: Spain's Isco celebrates with Sergio Ramos after scoring their third goal against Argentina at Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, during their international friendly on Wednesday. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Spain sent out a warning to their World Cup rivals as Isco grabbed a hat-trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Argentina, who were missing the injured Lionel Messi, in a friendly on Tuesday.   On what was supposed to be a historic night for Argentina captain Javier Mascherano, who joined ...

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field  IMAGE: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their first goal against Eibar during their La Liga match at Ipurua, Eibar on Saturday. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Cristiano Ronaldo struck late with a bullet header to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Eibar in La Liga on Saturday, taking his side to within four points of second-placed Atletico Madrid.   Ronaldo scored for the seventh successive game in all ...