Toronto FC ties Vancouver Whitecaps in Canadian Championship opener

Hosts score in added time for 1-1 draw in first leg of two-game, total-goals series for CONCACAF Champions League berth.

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Toronto FC ties Vancouver Whitecaps in Canadian Championship opener

Beware of the underdog!

Munich – FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund went through to the quarter finals by the skin of their teeth after narrowly defeating Bundesliga 2 opposition, while Greuther Fürth caused an upset away at 1. FC Nuremberg and 1899 Hoffenheim defeated FC Augsburg. The final will be held in the Berlin Olympiastadion on May 12th 2012.

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Beware of the underdog!

Raphael Honigstein: Michael Ballack’s fortunes continue to slide

This Sunday marks the anniversary of an English game that changed German soccer forever. It wasn’t just Kevin Prince Boateng’s boot and Michael Ballack’s ankle that collided on the Wembley pitch on May 15, 2010 but two worlds. On the one hand, you had the self-styled “Ghetto kid” Boateng (then playing for Portsmouth FC), a tattooed loudmouth who’d flopped at Spurs and Dortmund and …

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Raphael Honigstein: Michael Ballack’s fortunes continue to slide

Ancelotti hopes Chelsea have turned the corner

As FC København coach Ståle Solbakken all but conceded his side’s quarter-final chances, Chelsea FC’s Carlo Ancelotti said a 2-0 away win represents a fresh start for his charges.

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