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/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/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/uefa-champions-league-20112012-betting-odds/28019/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-20112012-betting-odds/28019/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:57:22 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28019 After the draw for the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals of UEFA Champions League 2011/12 was made, the bookmakers set their odds for the teams they felt most likely to win the tournament. It is no surprise that the Finalists from the past three years, and current holding champs, Barcelona, are favourites to lift the [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-20112012-betting-odds/28019/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-champions-league-quarter-final-semi-final-draw/27986/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-champions-league-quarter-final-semi-final-draw/27986/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:02:38 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27986 Eight teams remained in the UEFA Champions League tournament for 2011/12 on Friday 16th March 2012, when the draw for the Quarter Final and Semi Final rounds took place in Nyon. The following teams were placed into the UEFA draw for the last eight, which was made up of the usual suspects, plus the surprise [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-champions-league-quarter-final-semi-final-draw/27986/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/football-new-faces-in-stuart-pearces-first-england-squad/27823/ http://theglobalherald.com/football-new-faces-in-stuart-pearces-first-england-squad/27823/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:53:36 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27823 http://theglobalherald.com/football-new-faces-in-stuart-pearces-first-england-squad/27823/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-quarter-final-draw-fixtures/27793/ http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-quarter-final-draw-fixtures/27793/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:56:15 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27793 The draw for the 2011/12 FA Cup Quarter Finals – or Sixth Round – took place on the evening of Sunday 19th February 2012, following the completion of the Fifth Round matches. Depending on the result of two replays – Birmingham v Chelsea and Spurs v Stevenage – Leicester City may well be the only [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-quarter-final-draw-fixtures/27793/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-fifth-round-results-highlights/27788/ http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-fifth-round-results-highlights/27788/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:44:49 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27788 The Fifth Round of the 2011/12 FA Cup with Budweiser, took place over the weekend of 18018 February 2012, with six teams confirming their passage to the Quarter Final stage, while two matches ended in stalemate. The shock of the round happened in Norwich, where Leicester city of the Championship defeated their Premier League rivals [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/fa-cup-201112-fifth-round-results-highlights/27788/feed/ 1