You did not have to speak German to understand the headline that confronted readers of Germany's biggest-selling newspaper. "Schock Nacht in München" was how Bild described how a crown had been stolen from a coronation.
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It is unthinkable that Di Matteo will not be offered the job now
Sunday 20 May 2012
Chelsea's European trophy and Roberto Mancini's Premier League title show that Italian managers are in vogue
Drogba's dink leads Chelsea into promised land
Sunday 20 May 2012
Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (aet; Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties): Long-serving striker is man for the big occasion yet again with late match-saving goal before staying cool to put away the winning penalty in shoot-out
Bayern pay the penalty as Chelsea win Champions League
Saturday 19 May 2012
Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties)
Tale of two cities – Chelsea edge meets Munich stodge for big final
Saturday 19 May 2012
Today's game is not just about football. John Walsh looks forward to an epic clash of off-field lifestyles
Bayern know they cannot rely on 'Dahoam' comforts
Saturday 19 May 2012
Heynckes will give his team a bus tour of Munich to underline what winning means
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Chelsea striker Didier Drogba refutes 'outstanding actor' allegations ahead of Champions League final
Friday 18 May 2012
Didier Drogba today denied he was an "actor" after seemingly being branded one by Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes.
Simon Calder: Twickers world - how sport events distort travel
Friday 18 May 2012
The man who pays his way
Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery ranks Champions League final with World Cup
Friday 18 May 2012
Franck Ribery ranks tomorrow's Champions League final against Chelsea alongside the 2006 World Cup final as one of the biggest games of his life.
Marko Marin backs new club Chelsea to beat Bayern Munich in Champions League final
Friday 18 May 2012
Chelsea's German new boy Marko Marin has backed them to beat Bayern Munich in tomorrow's Champions League final.
Chelsea defeat would be 'brutal' for Roman Abramovich claims Franck Ribery
Thursday 17 May 2012
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will not contemplate losing Saturday's Champions League final, according to Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery.
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer wary of Didier Drogba threat
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer admits his side will have to stop the threat of Didier Drogba to have a chance of winning the Champions League.
Bastian Schweinsteiger must show leadership qualities in Champions League final says former Bayern Munich captain
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Former Bayern Munich captain Stefan Effenberg has challenged Bastian Schweinsteiger to prove his leadership qualities in Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea.
Borussia Dortmund put Bayern Munich to the sword to claim German double
Monday 14 May 2012
Borussia Dortmund completed their first league and cup double with a comprehensive 5-2 victory over rivals Bayern Munich in the German Cup final. Having recently secured the Bundesliga for the second successive year, Dortmund asserted their domestic dominance over Bayern, with Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat-trick, to finish on 30 goals for the season.
All That I Am, By Anna Funder
Saturday 12 May 2012
Stasiland, Anna Funder's 2004 Samuel Johnson prize-winner, was a collection of accounts of life in the former East Germany as related by both victims and perpetrators of the regime. It was a powerful work that explored what it was about the German psyche that made so many of its citizens such natural informers. By personalising history, Funder also made people responsible for it.
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