Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick is fit for Wednesday’s German Cup second round clash against second division side Paderborn, but it’s unclear whether he will be in the starting line-up. Schick made a brief appearance last Sunday in the 2-0 Bundesliga win against Freiburg after recovering from a hamstring injury. Advertisement “Patrik worked very hard…
You may think that you’d struggle to purchase tickets for Bayer Leverkusen home games, considering their recent domestic success. However, there’s no need to throw in the ticketing towel just yet. Despite a record 500,000+ fans flocking through the BayArena turnstiles during Leverkusen’s record-breaking Bundesliga campaign, there were still tickets being snapped up left, right,…
Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann has jumped to the defence of Florian Wirtz after his slow start to life in the Premier League with Liverpool. Wirtz, Liverpool’s record signing, is yet to register a goal or assist in seven Premier League appearances since his high-profile transfer from Bayer Leverkusen in June. The club invested a guaranteed…
Bundesliga Matchday 6, and the final one before the international break, began with 1.FC Köln beating Hoffenheim 1-0 in Sinsheim. Saturday afternoon saw the turn of Augsburg vs Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen hosting Union Berlin, St.Pauli travelling to Werder Bremen, and the standout game of the afternoon being Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig. Advertisement Here are…
Title-holders Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Barcelona 2-1 with a last-minute goal in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Manchester City had to settle for a draw in Monaco despite Erling Haaland’s double. Elsewhere there were comfortable wins for Arsenal and Newcastle United, as Napoli and Borussia Dortmund were among the other teams…
Erling Haaland’s brace in his 50th Champions League match for a competition tally of 52 was not enough as Manchester City had to swallow a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Monaco, while title holders Paris Saint-Germain won a heavyweight duel 2-1 at Barcelona on Wednesday. Haaland scored twice before the break but Monaco stole a point…
Revenge is on the minds of Barcelona players as Matchday 2 of the Champions League wraps up Wednesday with their matchup with reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain. It was PSG who knocked Barcelona out of the quarterfinals two seasons ago with a 4-1 victory in the second leg to advance on aggregate 6-4. That defeat has…
BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is purring in the Bundesliga after a perfect start to the season. Eintracht Frankfurt – arguably the only side that looked capable of challenging the Bavarian powerhouse – lost at Bayer Leverkusen last weekend, leaving a far-from-perfect Borussia Dortmund team and overachieving Cologne and St. Pauli as Bayern’s closest rivals…
This is an updated version of this article, originally published in August. Less than four months after Paris Saint-Germain lifted their inaugural Champions League title by thrashing Inter, the 2025-26 edition is upon us. The 36-team league phase of Europe’s premier club competition kicks off on Tuesday, with Arsenal facing Bilbao’s Athletic Club in one…
Record 15-time kings of Europe Real Madrid open their new Champions League campaign on Tuesday against Marseille hoping they now have the coach and squad to reconquer the throne. Madrid refreshed their squad this summer with several new signings at a cost of around 170 million euros ($200 million) and hired former midfielder Xabi Alonso…