European soccer round-up: Higuain extends Napoli's lead; Villareal drop points

A summary, in pictures, of the football matches played across Spain, Italy and France IMAGE: Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain shoots to score against Sassuolo during their Serie A match on Saturday. Ciro......

Stuttgart to face Bayern Munich in German Cup final

VfB Stuttgart edged past surprise package Freiburg 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a German Cup final against Bayern Munich and secure a European spot for next season. With Bayern having already......

Bundesliga: Bayern score six against shoddy Stuttgart

Bayern Munich left more than 50 million eurosworth of new signings on the bench, yet still managed to destroy shoddy VfB Stuttgart 6-1 in an embarrassingly one-sided Bundesliga contest on Sunday.......

Ivory Coast beat North Korea but go out

Ivory Coast convincingly beat North Korea 3-0 on Friday, but the comprehensive win was not enough to prevent the Africans from going out of the World Cup. Needing a glut of goals to stand any......

Schalke and Bayern register wins

VfB Stuttgart squandered the chance to lift themselves further away from trouble when they conceded a late penalty to draw 1-1 at Mainz on Sunday. Former Germany keeper Jens Lehmann was sent off......