Bundesliga

Robben double bails out lacklustre Bayern

BERLIN (AFP) – Bayern Munich suffered a Champions League hangover Saturday before Dutch winger Arjen Robben scored twice to seal a 2-1 win over strugglers Freiburg to put the hosts back on top of the Bundesliga. After Tuesday’s away goals victory over Fiorentina, which saw them make the Champions League’s quarter-finals, Bayern were brought back [...]

Hertha closer to relegation after Nuremberg defeat

BERLIN (AFP) – Rock-bottom Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin slipped closer to relegation on Saturday after suffering a 2-1 home defeat to fellow strugglers Nuremberg who grabbed an injury-time winner. Berlin, who remain five points adrift, had taken the lead when their Greece striker Theofanis Gekas scored only his third goal of the season just before [...]