Benni McCarthy is Back in the Bafana Bafana Squad

When Carlos Alberto Parreira returned as head coach, the writing was on the wall, Benni Mc Carthy would be asked to come back. The door to the Bafana Bafana team would once again be opened to the man who has scored 31 goals in 76 caps for his country.

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It wasn't a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can find numbers exciting.

619. Tim Wiese has kept a clean sheet for 619 minutes and counting. Remember, he did so while playing for Werder Bremen.

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It's time to brush up on your knowledge of provincial Germany and long forgotten club name prefixes. The draw for the first round of next season's DFB-Pokal took place today.

Personal Picks of the Round:
Kickers Offenbach - Eintracht Frankfurt (Fierce Derby, Arch Rivals = Fun and Violence - not that the two should go together and hopefully it'll be mostly peaceful)
Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hamburger SV (sure to become a 51500 sell out)
Union Berlin - Werder Bremen (Union's fan renovated Old Forestry stadium deserved no less than the title holder for it's first official match)

Everybody else
Germania Windeck - Schalke 04
Concordia Hamburg - TuS Koblenz
Sportfreunde Lotte - VfL Bochum
Tennis Borussia Berlin - Karlsruher SC
Dynamo Dresden - 1.

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DSC Arminia Bielefeld (full name: Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e. V.; also known as "Die Arminen" or "Die Blauen" is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club is most commonly known for its professional football team which will play in the 2. Bundesliga during the 2009/10 season after having been relegated from [. Click to continue reading...

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In a development that seemed improbable just a month ago, Michael Bradley's Borussia Moenchengladbach avoided relegation from the German Bundesliga thanks to a 1-1 tie vs. Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

A 57th minute goal from Dante held up for Moenchengladbach, which finished one point ahead of Energie Cottbus and two points ahead of Karlsruhe, which both were relegated along with Arminia Bielefeld.

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In a development that seemed improbable just a month ago, Michael Bradley's Borussia Moenchengladbach avoided relegation from the German Bundesliga thanks to a 1-1 tie vs. Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

A 57th minute goal from Dante held up for Moenchengladbach, which finished one point ahead of Energie Cottbus and two points ahead of Karlsruhe, which both were relegated along with Arminia Bielefeld.

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Giornata storica alla Wolkswagen Arena. Il Wolfsburg dei nostri Barzagli e Zaccardo, per la prima volta nella sua storia, è campione di Germania. La vittoria di oggi (5 a uno rifilato ad uno spento Werder Brema, recentemente sconfitto nella finale di Coppa Uefa dallo Shaktar di Lucescu) è la ciliegina sulla torta di una stagione fantastica, che si chidue con la vittoria della Bundesliga da parte della società della Bassa Sassonia. Click to continue reading...

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The final games in the German Bundesliga were played today with the title still up for grabs as well as the relegation spots. Wolfsburg were able to win and capture the league title while Monchengladbach got a draw to avoid relegation. Here's a recap of Saturday's matches along with the final league table.

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The final games in the German Bundesliga were played today with the title still up for grabs as well as the relegation spots. Wolfsburg were able to win and capture the league title while Monchengladbach got a draw to avoid relegation. Here's a recap of Saturday's matches along with the final league table.

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What good is a liveblog in a tape-delayed world? I have no idea. I'll leave this philosophical question unanswered and let our American readers deal with it.

For everyone else it's season 46 episode 34 of the Bundesliga. We've already been served 2970 minutes high on excitement and low on answers - the latter will have to be packed into the upcoming 90 minutes.

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Uli Hoeness predicted that this championship won't be decided on goal difference, but rather that someone would slip up, and he was right albeit in the wrong places.

Hannover 0-5 Wolfsburg. Except for the sell out crowd there was nothing really derby-ish about this game (and then, the last match at home usually tends to be a sell out anyway).

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16/05/2009Hoffenheim - Bayern Monaco ore 15.30Hertha Berlino - Schalke 04 ore 15.30Hannover - Wolfsburg ore 15.30Werder Brema - Karlsruhe ore 15.30Stoccarda - Energie Cottbus ore 15.30Borussia Dortmund - Arminia Bielefeld ore 15.30Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Moenchengladbach ore 15.30Amburgo - Colonia ore 15. Click to continue reading...

Three matchdays to go and there is still pretty much everything to play for at the top and the bottom of the table. A welcome change to last season, where we had to make do with a little tussle for the UEFA Cup and Intertoto spots and Nuremberg putting up not much of a fight to avoid the drop. This time around it could all go down to the final matchday.

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Bayer Leverkusen – Arminia Bielefeld 1-1

For the Bayer team, a good luck charm is something else but the LTU-Arena in Düsseldorf. Remaining without a single win in their temporary home, Leverkusen is failing over and over again to defeat even the lower positioned teams. Anyway, they only have one ‘home' game left before the season is over.

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08/05/2009Bayer Leverkusen - Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 209/05/2009Energie Cottbus - Bayern Monaco 1 - 3Stoccarda - Wolfsburg 4 - 1Hannover - Eintracht Francoforte 1 - 1Borussia Dortmund - Karlsruhe 4 - 0Hoffenheim - Colonia 2 - 0Hertha Berlino - Bochum 2 - 010/05/2009Borussia Moenchengladbach - Schalke 04 ore 17. Click to continue reading...

Here's another Confederations Cup update (Cupdate?):
New Zealand has released its squad for the Confederations Cup and there are a few familiar faces. Three players are currently playing in MLS: Andrew Boyens with New York, Simon Elliott with the San Jose Earthquakes and Jarrod Smith with the Seattle Sounders. Click to continue reading...

Look out! Bochum is in real trouble. With 4 games and 12 points to play for in this campaign, they sit just 3 points ahead of Arminia Bielefeld with a dwindling +5 goal difference. Undoubtedly Marcel Koller saw tonight's fixture at home against Hannover 96, the only side not to win on the road this season, as a win that would have almost assuredly have put them out of reach of the relegation zone.

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But, sweet Moses, it is incredible. Jawdropping. Do not skip this video.Oh yeah, and I posted the new MLS Club Ladder and an injury report on Arminia Bielefeld II ace Mathew Dallman at S365. That also.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

24/04/2009Hoffenheim - Hertha Berlino 0 - 125/04/2009Bayern Monaco - Schalke 04 0 - 1Borussia Dortmund - Amburgo 2 - 0Stoccarda - Eintracht Francoforte 2 - 0Bayer Leverkusen - Karlsruhe 0 - 1Hannover - Colonia 2 - 1Werder Brema - Bochum 3 - 226/04/2009Energie Cottbus - Wolfsburg ore 17.00Borussia Moenchengladbach - Arminia Bielefeld ore 17. Click to continue reading...

The Bundesliga enters the key final phase with the destination of the title still very much unclear. There are some potentially vital points up for grabs at both ends of the table.
Goal.com previews all the weekend action in Germany.

Friday, 24 April (all times local)
20:30 1899 Hoffenheim – Hertha Berlin

Saturday, 25 April
15:30 Bayern Munich - Schalke
15:30 Borussia Dortmund - Hamburg
15:30 VfB Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt
15:30 Bayer Leverkusen - Karlsruhe
15:30 Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum
15:30 Hannover – 1.

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On Sunday, 26 April, VfL Wolfsburg travel to Energie Cottbus, targeting their 11th successive Bundesliga victory. It would be the longest winning streak ever in the Bundesliga within a single season.Â
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Wolfsburg would break Borussia Mönchengladbach's record for most wins in a row within one season, set in 1986/1987. Click to continue reading...

Even the famous German sense of humour struggles to cope with injustice of Bayer's defeat to the league leaders, while Stuttgart's fine form continues at Köln.
Leverkusen miss the joke as Wolfsburg benefit from ref's comedy routine.
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Here are highlights from a few of the games in Serie A, La Liga, and the Bundesliga.

Getafe - Barcelona - La Liga - 0-1

Recreativo Helva - Real Madrid - 0-1 - La Liga

Inter Milan - Juventus - 1-1 - Serie A

Bayern Munich - Arminia Bielefeld - 1-0 - Bundesliga

Wolfsburg - Bayer Leverkusen - 2-1 - Bundesliga

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All goals and video highlights from the Arminia Bielefeld v Bayern Munich Bundesliga game to be played on April 18, 2009 ( Saturday). Match kicks off at 14.30 UK time. Arminia Bielefeld v Bayern Munich goal scorers and final score ( To be updated when match is over) Related posts:Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt goals highlights All [. Click to continue reading...

MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: Chicago - Kansas City at 8pm. FA Cup on Setanta: Arsenal - Chelsea at noon. EPL on Setanta: Aston Villa - West Ham United at 10am, Sunderland - Hull City at 5pm, and Portsmouth - Bolton Wanderers at 8:30pm. On Fox Soccer: Stoke - Blackburn Rovers at 10am and Middlesbrough - Fulham at 4:30pm. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO, April 16, 2009 – Below is a list of soccer matches that will air live or on tape delay on GolTV from April 18 to 24, 2009. Saturday, April 18th 11:30 AM         Germany                                  Arminia Bielefeld vs Bayern Munich        DELAYED 2:00 PM           Spain                                       Getafe vs Barcelona                              LIVE 5:00 PM           Brazil                                       Palmeiras vs Santos                             LIVE 7:15 PM           Colombia                                  Junior vs Medellin                                   [. Click to continue reading...

11/04/2009Borussia Moenchedgladbach - Wolfsburg 1 - 2Bayern Monaco - Eintracht Francoforte 4 - 0Hannover - Hertha Berlino 2 - 0Schalke 04 - Karlsruhe 2 - 0Energie Cottbus - Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 1Borussia Dortmund - Colonia 3 - 1Hoffenheim - Bochum 0 - 312/04/2009Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Brema 1 - 1Stoccarda - Amburgo 1 - 0Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

Tonight Schalke started the post-Rutten era with a 2-0 win at the Schüco Arena against relegation threatened Arminia Bielefeld. The first half started the same way most games had during Rutten's reign, dreadful and boring. In fact Arminia were the better side in the first half and missed four clear cut opportunities. Click to continue reading...

All goals and highlights from the German Bundesliga game between Arminia Bielefeld and Schalke 04 played on Friday, April 3, 2009. First game as Schalke managers for Youri Mulder and Mike Buskens after Fred Rutten was fired in March. Final score and result:- ( Check out the key moments below as well as the goal [. Click to continue reading...

It is never an easy job to carry a burden of a famous name and, when you have an illustrious sibling such as football superstar Didier Drogba, people automatically expect you to live up to the expectations. Although in the first part of the season he felt a minor blip in his form, since the arrival [. Click to continue reading...

I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for [. Click to continue reading...

A running commentary of the weekend's Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. This weekend all times will be Pacific Standard Time (PST, CET -9h) to help Landon Donovan get used to life in Los Angeles again. *** Friday [22.00] Schalke 1-0 Cologne Schalke scored a brilliantly strung together team goal. Click to continue reading...

A running commentary of the weekend's Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. This weekend all times will be Peru Time (PET, CET -6h), in honor of Werder Bremen's man of the match against Milan: Claudio Pizzarro. *** Saturday [07.35] This edition is a bit late. I was out on Friday and could only [. Click to continue reading...

A running commentary of the weekend's Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. I modified the format a bit and introduced timestamps. Due to the time-zone spanning super-global nature of this blog, I decided to feature a different timezone each week. In honor of one of our most frequent commenters I'll [. Click to continue reading...

A running commentary of the weekend's Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. *** Friday Trivial pre-match stats: Hoffenheim have lost four of five top of the table clashes. Hoffenheim will play four of those five top of the table clashes at home in the second half of the season. Click to continue reading...