http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/ http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:48 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28194 At 10pm on Saturday 19th May 2012, a crowd of well-heeled, well-dressed, well-behaved Bavarians filed out of the theatre onto Maximilianstraße, Munich, Germany. Many of the audience made their way across the street to a restaurant which was showing the UEFA Champions League Final taking place across town at the lit-up Allianz Arena. The good [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-in-numbers/28186/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-in-numbers/28186/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 14:27:19 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28186 The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final at Fussball Arena, Munchen, will mark the culmination of a great deal of time and effort on the part of both clubs – FC Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC – as well as back-room staff involved with the tournaments many fixtures, but the event itself is a huge undertaking. [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-in-numbers/28186/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/football-fans-prepare-for-blackpool-v-west-ham-championship-playoff-final/28184/ http://theglobalherald.com/football-fans-prepare-for-blackpool-v-west-ham-championship-playoff-final/28184/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:23:31 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28184 http://theglobalherald.com/football-fans-prepare-for-blackpool-v-west-ham-championship-playoff-final/28184/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-poll-who-will-win-and-how/28180/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-poll-who-will-win-and-how/28180/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 09:49:05 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28180 The UEFA Champions League 2012 Final takes place this evening – Saturday 19th May 2012 – at the Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany, between Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC. The match is poised to be one of the closest UEFA Champions League Finals in recent history – but who do you think will win out, and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-poll-who-will-win-and-how/28180/feed/ 3 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:14:06 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28163 On the evening of Saturday 19th May 2012, at 20:45 Central European Time, the first ever UEFA Champions League Final featuring a team playing at their home stadium will kick off, at the Fussball Arena, Munich, Germany, as Bayern Munich take on Chelsea to be crowned UEFA Champions League Winners for the 2011/12 season. Statistics [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/spirits-high-at-team-erdinger-alkoholfrei/28158/ http://theglobalherald.com/spirits-high-at-team-erdinger-alkoholfrei/28158/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 22:10:35 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28158 Julia Gajer (née Wagner) has had a busy twelve month – getting married, finishing a PhD and cleaning up as a professional triathlete. We catch up with her preparations for Challenge Kraichgau in Germany: How is your preparation for Challenge Kraichgau going? My preparation is going very well. I didn’t get sick or injured during [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/spirits-high-at-team-erdinger-alkoholfrei/28158/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/ http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:15:14 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28144 Following a night of high drama in Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu, Bayern Munich booked themselves a dream final at their “home” ground, where they will face Chelsea FC of the Barclays Premier League on 19th May. Fans of Chelsea and Bayern Munich will descend on the Allianz Arena in Munich with the Bundesliga’s Bayern firm [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/sebastian-kienle-looks-forward-to-unfinished-business-at-challenge-kraichgau-tria/28101/ http://theglobalherald.com/sebastian-kienle-looks-forward-to-unfinished-business-at-challenge-kraichgau-tria/28101/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:17:52 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28101 Sebastian Kienle is a top rated long distance triathlete from Karlsruhe in Germany. Here, he talks to The Global Herald from the United States about his preparation for Challenge Kraichgau as part of the European Championships on 10 June 2012. How is your preparation for Challenge Kraichgau going? “The first race this year was very good and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/sebastian-kienle-looks-forward-to-unfinished-business-at-challenge-kraichgau-tria/28101/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-fernando-alonso-grabs-victory-in-rain-soaked-malaysian-gp-2012/28053/ http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-fernando-alonso-grabs-victory-in-rain-soaked-malaysian-gp-2012/28053/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:09:39 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28053 Fernando Alonso of Ferrari passed the chequered flag in first place following an action packed Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday 25th March 2012. The Spaniard held his arm aloft on a victory lap following a most eventful damp-wet-drying race which saw a red flag and incidents aplenty during an extended race which also saw Sauber [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-fernando-alonso-grabs-victory-in-rain-soaked-malaysian-gp-2012/28053/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-jenson-button-mclaren-off-to-flying-start-in-australia/28029/ http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-jenson-button-mclaren-off-to-flying-start-in-australia/28029/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:35:42 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28029 British driver, Jenson Button of McLaren got his 2012 Formula 1 World Championship season off to the best possible of starts, in picking up an opening race win in Melbourne, Australia. Button leapfrogged his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, at the start, and lead for the entire race to take the victory, from holding World Champion, Sebastian [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/formula-1-jenson-button-mclaren-off-to-flying-start-in-australia/28029/feed/ 0