Inter Milan is champion of European soccer for the first time in 45 years and appears about to lose the coach who ended the long wait. Diego Milito scored a goal in each half to lead Inter over Bayern Munich 2-0 Saturday night, making Jose Mourinho just the third coach to win the European title [...]

BARCELONA, Spain – Only Jose Mourinho could laugh about a loss like this. Inter Milan reached the European Champions League final for the first time in 38 years, surviving Thiago Motta’s first-half ejection to defeat defending champion Barcelona on 3-2 aggregate despite a 1-0 defeat Wednesday night. “It’s the greatest loss of my life,” said [...]

LYON, France – Bayern Munich is headed to the European Champions League final for the first time in nine years, Ivica Olic scored three goals, and Bayern Munich routed Lyon 3-0 Tuesday night to win the home-and-home semifinal on 4-0 aggregate. The German power, which overcame the absence of suspended start Franck Ribery, will seek [...]

MILAN – Barcelona’s attempt to becoming European soccer’s first repeat champion in two decades was jeopardized with a 3-1 loss to Inter Milan on Tuesday night in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. Barcelona appeared fatigued as the game went on, perhaps from a 450-mile bus trip the team was forced to take. [...]

MANCHESTER, England – Bayern Munich gave Germany its first European Champions League semifinalist since 2002 and left England with no teams in the final four for the first time since 2003. Ivica Olic began the comeback with a goal late in the first half, Arjen Robben scored on a powerful volley in the 74th minute [...]

MILAN (AFP) – Inter Milan will take a slender lead to the Luzhniki Stadium next Tuesday after beating CSKA Moscow 1-0 at the San Siro here on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. ‘Il Principe’ Diego Milito scored the only goal of the game during an Inter siege in the second [...]

LONDON – Second-half substitute Theo Walcott scored in the 69th minute and Cesc Fabregas converted a penalty kick in the 85th as Arsenal rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie defending champion Barcelona 2-2 Wednesday night in the first leg of the European Champions League quarterfinals. Barcelona dominated the first half and only brilliant goalkeeping [...]

NYON, Switzerland (AFP) – Arsenal will face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants. Manchester United, beaten by Barcelona in last year’s final, face Bayern Munich, Inter Milan are up against CSKA Moscow and Lyon were pitted against fellow French side Bordeaux in the [...]