Franz Beckenbauer was for decades synonymous with Germany's success on the pitch, as player and then coach.
Favourites Bayern Munich scraped through to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup after a dramatic extra-time away goals win over Getafe while Rangers beat Sporting Lisbon. Getafe played all but six minutes of the game with 10 men but looked to be heading for a famous upset victory, only for Bayern to twice come back from the dead -- first to force the game into extra-time and then to snatch a last-gasp equaliser to level the match 3-3.
Athletic Bilbao beat Barcelona 4-2 at home to knock them out of the Copa del Rey
Uli Hoeness said on Friday he would accept a 3-1/2-year prison term for evading 27 million euros in taxes and resigned as president and chairman of Bayern Munich, the club he made into one of the world's most successful football dynasties.
Manchester United beat Lille 1-0 for a 2-0 aggregate win, while Bayern rallied from a 3-2 defeat to beat Real 2-1 and qualify on the away goals rule.
Manchester United's miserable season continued with a 3-2 home defeat by Galatasaray.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Bayern Munich's stunned players and management could scarcely believe they had lost their Champions League crown in such devastating fashion after being destroyed by a rampant Real Madrid side on Tuesday.
Harry Kane scored twice in his first league appearance in front of a home crowd to steer champions Bayern Munich to a 3-1 victory over Augsburg.
Bayern expect a top performance against Manchester United, says Tuchel
A summary of Wednesday's action in the Champions League quarter-finals first leg.
"The decision came after the cabin crew reported disruptive conduct on board, specifically a dispute between a husband and wife," sources told ANI.
Bobby Charlton, an England World Cup winner and one of Manchester United's greatest players, died on Saturday at the age of 86
The new Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and inconsistent with international law, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, reversing a Trump-era policy.
Defying all odds, an 11-year-old football prodigy from an impoverished area of Bhubaneswar has been selected to train at Germany's most iconic club Bayern Munich, as an academy player for two months.
India's pistol ace Jitu Rai displayed good form to sail through to the qualification round of the men's 50-metre pistol event on the opening day of the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Saturday.
Kane was confirmed as a Bayern Munich player on Saturday after weeks of wrangling between the clubs.
Roundup of the Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
A summary of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage action, on Wednesday.
Dignified, unassuming and regarded as Manchester United's greatest ever servant, Bobby Charlton appeared 758 times for the club, scoring 249 goals
City forward Erling Haaland, who had missed a first-half penalty, made amends in the 57th minute
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned China that its 'material support' for Russia's war against Ukraine would attract sanctions and condemned the 'unacceptable violation' of American sovereignty by a Chinese spy balloon as he met Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz marked the start of the one-year countdown towards Euro 2024 by unveiling a competition.
Russian oil supplies to India will continue to flow unhindered and suppliers will come up with ways to sidestep secondary sanctions, a Russian official told Business Standard.
IMAGES from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
'The boys will be pleased not to lose but also definitely not happy we didn't win.'
La Liga leaders Real Madrid cruised to a 4-0 home win over relegation-threatened Celta Vigo on Sunday to restore their seven-point lead at the top of the table with a dominant display.
Bayer Leverkusen beat Freiburg 3-2 to edge closer to a first ever Bundesliga title.
Bayern did not give a timeline on his return to action but said he was "doing well under the circumstances" and sat out of training on Sunday.
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey says he has yet to reach an agreement with the Premier League club about his future. The Wales international, who joined the club in 2008, is in the final year of his contract.
Earlier in an op-ed in The Washington Post, Schumer said the democratic international order must stand strong to confront the rise of the Chinese Communist Party.
Novak Djokovic looked back at what had shaped him as tennis's most successful male player - hardship and adversity.
Holders Manchester City will take on RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys in Group G.
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane arrived in Germany on a record-breaking transfer and his sensational goal-scoring run this season has already exceeded expectations and turned him into an instant fan favourite.
Sadio Mane injured his right fibula playing for German club Bayern Munich.
Atletico Madrid secured a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday thanks to an own-goal by Rui Silva and a header by Alvaro Morata as Diego Simeone's side ended a three-game winless run in all competitions.
Haaland's 45th goal was a personal record, too, for the 22-year-old who scored a total of 44 in 2019-20
'Robert is an incredible player and he won everything with us. We are incredibly grateful to him.'
Now only Inter stand in the way of a treble that would match Manchester United's still unique feat of 1999.
