The world's largest beer festival opened with a pop Saturday as the first keg was tapped at Munich's Oktoberfest, a 16-day extravaganza of lederhosen, oompah music and millions of ales.

With the trad

Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties to win the Champions League on Saturday after the two sides had been locked at 1-1 at the end of extra-time.

German international Thomas Mueller had headed

From zeros to heroes, chumps to champs: in three short months Roberto Di Matteo steered Chelsea back from the precipice to the greatest moment in the club's history.

Chelsea's stunning Champions Leag

Bayern Munich are on course to reach next month's Champions League final at their Allianz Arena home after Mario Gomez hit a late winner to earn a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in Tuesday's semi-final

Vitali Klitschko unanimously out-pointed Dereck Chisora for a 10th successive defence of his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title in a stormy clash at the Olympiahalle on Saturday.

After bein

Vitali Klitschko looked on in shock as his beaten challenger Dereck Chisora brawled with fellow British boxer David Haye at a post fight press conference here on Saturday night.

The Ukrainian had jus

Adrian Sutil has slammed Britain's Formula One star Lewis Hamilton for failing to appear in court as the German was given an 18-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of grievous bodily har

German Formula One driver Adrian Sutil apologised to a Luxembourg businessman at the start of his assault trial on Monday for wounding him with a champagne glass but said he had not meant to hurt him.

France winger Franck Ribery scored twice as Bayern Munich booked their place in the Champions League's knock-out phase with a 3-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday.

After Napoli beat Manchester City 2-1

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes hailed the performances of stars Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger as 'world-class' after their 2-0 Champions League win over Manchester City.

Germany striker