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  This is the grandest of stages. This is Lucas, Spielberg and Cameron rolled into one. This is Hollywood’s granddad. Forget the Milan derby. Forget the El Clasico. And dare I say, forget the Champions League final. On Tuesday, the ...

  Cometh the man, cometh Doomsday? World is definitely coming to an end this December. Not because the Mayans said it would, but because Stewart Downing scored for the first time since his much maligned move to Anfield. And that ...

Manchester United sit at the top of their Group H table with wins over Galatasaray and Cluj. They will be taking on Sporting Braga tomorrow, who are currently 3rd in the table with 1 win and 1 loss. They are ...

Bayern Munich 1 (Muller 83) – Chelsea 1 (Drogba 88) – Scores tied after ET Penalty Shootout –  Lahm (Bayern) – Scores 1-0 Mata (Chelsea) – Saved 1-0 Gomez (Bayern) – Scores 2-0 Luiz (Chelsea) – Scores 2-1 Neuer (Bayern) ...

Again it is the late English fight back which wins another trophy for another English team. This time it’s Chelsea who displayed brilliant skills and rode on the shoulders of their favourite son Didier Drogba to snatch the Champions League ...

Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo 6 (pen), 14) – Bayern Munich 1 (Robben 27 (pen)) – Scores tied after ET Penalty Shooutout –  Alaba (Bayern) – Scores 0-1 Ronaldo (Real) – Saved 0-1 Gomez (Bayern) – Scores 0-2 Kaka (Real) – ...

Barcelona 2 (Busquets 35, Iniesta 43)- Chelsea 2 (Ramires 45, Torres 90) (Agg. Barcelona 2-3 Chelsea) Man of the Match – Petr Cech (Chelsea) Chelsea finally have their revenge over the Catalan giants. In what can be described as a classic European ...

Bayern Munich 2 (Ribery 17, Gomez 89) –  Real Madrid 1 (Ozil 53) Mario Gomez managed to turn an anticlimax to a massive win for Bayern Munich with a priceless late winner, that will give Bayern a huge boost before ...

Chelsea 1 (Drogba 45) – Barcelona 0 Yet again, the Champions League didn’t dissapoint us as Chelsea and Barcelona played out an enthralling semi-final at Stamford Bridge. In the end, the difference was Chelsea’s resolute defending, and Didier Drogba’s rather ...

Chelsea vs Barcelona, Champions League semi-finals 1st Leg, Stamford Bridge Kickoff – 19:45 GMT (00:15 IST), Wednesday, 18th April 2012 The Champions League never ceases to delight. Yesterday, we were witness to quite a mixed game of football. There were occasional ...