Be honest, you'd forgotten entirely about the Under 17 World Cup and that's if you were aware of its running in the first place. We'll also accept admissions from those who confused it with the Under-20 World Cup (Lite) in Egypt won late last month by Ghana.

But it happened, and Switzerland yes, Switzerland took home the trophy, their first of any kind in FIFA territory, from Lagos against what had to be the heavily favored and exceedingly overaged hometown Nigerians.

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Hamburg shook off their early season funk and tore apart Dortmund at the Nordbank Arena. It was the 4th straight victory for the Dinosaurs at home against BVB. A series of early goals seemed to settle the match by the 12th minute. Guy Demel pushed the first over the line after a massive keeper error in the 4th.

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I missed the first round of games on family vacation. While I still have the Gladbach-Bochum game on DVR to watch for fun, my first game of the season, albeit delayed, was Dortmund's 1-0 victory at home over Köln. It was a thoroughly deserved victory where Dortmund put the Billy Goats to the sword and could have easily won by half a dozen goals, so commanding was their display.

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Beim BVB hat man derzeit allen Grund, mit dem Schicksal zu hadern. Eine furiose Aufholjagd katapultierte die Schwarz-Gelben in den letzten zehn Spieltagen vom Tabellennirvana ins obere Tabellendrittel - jedoch nicht nach Europa. Die Verdienstmöglichkeiten in der neu geschaffenen Euro League sind zwar vergleichsweise gering.

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Bayern Munich moved into second after a well-deserved home victory over Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund scored early when Nelson Valdez slipped behind Demichelis and Tomas Hajnal's precision pass turned the Argentine defender too quickly, resulting in him falling and leaving Valdez through alone on the keeper. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich moved into second after a well-deserved home victory over Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund scored early when Nelson Valdez slipped behind Demichelis and Tomas Hajnal's precision pass turned the Argentine defender too quickly, resulting in him falling and leaving Valdez through alone on the keeper. Click to continue reading...