May 22, 2013

Soccer Recap: Dortmund beats Real Madrid 4-1 in Champions League

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Story Highlights Dortmund’s win lined up the prospect of an all-German final at Wembley Second leg matches will be played next week Lewandowski opened the scoring in the eighth minute DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Robert Lewandowski scored four goals as Borussia Dortmund romped to a convincing 4-1 victory over Real Madrid on Wednesday and took [...]

Soccer: Real Madrid, Manchester City suffer Champions League disappointments

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Ajax’s Christian Eriksen celebrates after scoring Wednesday at the Amsterdam Arena against Manchester City. (Robin Utrecht/Getty Images) DORTMUND, Germany — Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund held on for a 2-1 Champions League win over Real Madrid to ensure the Spanish champions’ miserable record in Germany was extended on Wednesday. Marcel Schmelzer’s 64th-minute strike proved to be [...]

Ronaldo, Real Madrid rally to beat Man City: Champions League

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on September 18, 2012. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Real Madrid scored twice late in an electrifying finish Tuesday to beat Manchester City 3-2 to open the Champions League group stage, while Paris Saint-Germain marked [...]

Soccer Recap II: Dortmund, Bayern Munich ready for showdown: Bundesliga, Ligue Un

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(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich warmed up for Wednesday’s likely Bundesliga decider with victories on Saturday, as the defending champion won 3-1 at Wolfsburg while Bayern beat Augsburg 2-1 at home. Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Guendogan put Dortmund 2-0 up only for Mario Mandzukic’s goal to leave the result in [...]

Soccer Recap: Stuttgart holds Dortmund to tie / Bundesliga

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Stuttgart striker Martin Harnik celebrates after a goal for his team against Borussia Dortmund on Friday. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Stuttgart midfielder Christian Gentner denied Borussia Dortmund victory by equalizing in injury time to earn his side a 4-4 draw in a frenetic game on Friday, and gave Bayern Munich hope [...]

Soccer: Dortmund goes top after win over Nuremberg – Bundesliga

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Lucas Barrios of Dortmund celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during against Nuernberg. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Borussia Dortmund piled the pressure on its Bundesliga title rivals Friday with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Nuremberg to move three points clear before the rest of the weekend’s games. Dortmund captain Sebastian [...]