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Football: Ribery in form of career, says Bayern boss

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 16:31
France winger Franck Ribery is in the form of his career, according to coach Jupp Heynckes, as Bayern Munich prepare to head to Wembley for Saturday's Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. The 30-year-old, who joined Bayern from Marseille in July 2007, finished the league season with ten goals after scoring twice and setting up the other two in an oustanding display in Bayern's 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.

Football: Bayern to screen Euro final in Munich Arena

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 08:46
Bayern Munich will turn their Allianz Arena into a free giant public-viewing stadium to screen their Champions League final at Wembley against Borussia Dortmund live on May 25 with a crowd of 45,000 expected after tickets became available on Thursday. With Bayern having received 250,000 ticket requests for the Wembley showdown, the first time two German clubs have contested the European final, the Bavarian giants are offering free tickets to fans to watch the game in Munich.

Football: No need for wholesale changes - Vilanova

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 09:15
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has repeated his belief that the Catalans do not need to make wholesale changes to their squad at the end of the season despite suffering their worst ever European defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final. The Germans' 7-0 aggregate win has led many to believe that, after a phenomenally successful period over the last five years, Barca are coming towards the end of an era and need to bring in a number of new faces when the transfer market reopens at the end of the campaign.

Under-fire Bayern Munich boss Hoeness 'in hell'

Agence France-PresseMay 1, 2013 10:45
Embattled Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has admitted in an interview that he is going through 'hell' as the tax evasion scandal he has become caught up in shows no signs of abating. In an exclusive interview with weekly newspaper Die Zeit, the 61-year-old said he has endured sleepless nights since being arrested at his home on Bavaria's fashionable Lake Tegernsee on March 20 before he was bailed for five million euros ($6.5 million). "That's when hell started for me," he said, while admitting he finds the situation "almost unbearable".

Football: End of an era talk 'unjust' - Iniesta

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 08:31
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said Thursday that claims that the Spanish giants are coming towards the end of an era following their 4-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat against Bayern Munich are misguided. "I think it is unjust to talk about the end of an era," he told a press conference in Barcelona. "This team in the past five years has won two Champions Leagues, been to three more semi-finals, we are about to win a fourth league in five years, we have won Supercups and everything else, it has been a blessed cycle of success.

Merkel 'disappointed' in Bayern Munich chief over tax case

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 15:01
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday distanced herself from Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness, whose alleged tax dodge has poured fuel on a heated election-year debate. "Many people in Germany are now disappointed in Uli Hoeness," said Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert about the football club chief. "The chancellor is among these people." While Merkel had respect for the achievements of Hoeness, including in an ethnic minority integration project they had worked on, the scandal over his turning himself in to tax authorities was a "sad facet," he said.

Embattled Hoeness remains silent on tax evasion probe

April 22, 2013 05:30
BERLIN (Reuters) - Embattled Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness has refused to comment on an ongoing tax evasion probe involving a Swiss bank account but plans to defend himself against what he said were "excesses in some media coverage" of the high-profile case. A day before the newly crowned Bundesliga champions take on Barcelona in the first leg of a Champions League semi-final, Hoeness told the Munich Merkur newspaper on Monday that he would let the dust settle before discussing the issue.

Football: Bayern warm-up for Barca with more records

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 15:01
Bayern Munich warmed-up for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, first-leg at home to Barcelona by claiming three Bundesliga records in Saturday's 6-1 rout at Hanover 96. Victory gave Bayern a Bundesliga-record 26th victory this season, a record ninth consecutive away win, while they also equalled Dortmund's previous best of 81 points in a single season. Only Hanover midfielder Andre Hoffmann's later header denied Bayern a record 20th-clean sheet, before striker Claudio Pizarro staked a claim to start against Barcelona with his second goal having already created two.

Bayern boss Hoeness probed for suspected tax evasion

April 20, 2013 14:45
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness is under investigation for possible tax evasion after filing a complaint against himself about a Swiss bank account, he said on Saturday. "Through my tax consultant I filed a complaint about me in January 2013 with the tax authorities," Hoeness told German news magazine Focus. "It was in relation to a Swiss bank account of mine."

Football: Bayern warm-up for Barca with more records

Agence France-PresseApril 20, 2013 12:46
Bayern Munich warmed-up for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final, first-leg at home to Barcelona by claiming three Bundesliga records in Saturday's 6-1 rout at Hanover 96. Victory gave Bayern a Bundesliga-record 26th victory this season, a record ninth consecutive away win, while they also equalled Dortmund's previous best of 81 points in a single season. Only Hanover midfielder Andre Hoffmann's later header denied Bayern a record 20th-clean sheet, before striker Claudio Pizarro staked a claim to start against Barcelona with his second goal having already created two.
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