http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer en-gb Sat, 25 May 2013 07:49:48 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/bayern-dortmund-fans-descend-on-wembley-for-final-208933211.html LONDON - Thousands of German football fans have started gathering at Wembley Stadium ahead of the Champions League final. In the first all-German final, Borussia Dortmund is playing Bayern Munich later Saturday in European football's showpiece match. Yellow Dortmund shirts were dominating the... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:40:10 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/david-beckhams-career-over-as-hes-left-out-of-paris-saint-germains-squad-game-vs-lorient-208931811.html PARIS - David Beckham's football career is now officially over. The veteran midfielder was not included in Paris Saint-Germain's squad to play Lorient in Sunday's season-ending game, meaning his tearful farewell at the Parc des Princes last Saturday was Beckham's final match before Sat, 25 May 2013 07:16:06 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/omiya-ardija-beats-ventforet-kofu-3-0-to-maintain-lead-in-j-league-standings-208928371.html KOFU, Japan - Milivoje Novakovic scored twice in the first half Saturday as Omiya Ardija beat Ventforet Kofu 3-0 to maintain its lead in the J-League standings. Novakovic opened the scoring with a penalty kick in the fourth minute and defender Kosuke Kikuchi widened the lead midway through the Sat, 25 May 2013 04:07:03 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/its-cool-hipsters-vs-bayern-bankers-208927661.html Forget El Clasico. Der Klassiker is the match everyone wants to see these days -- a showdown between hipster-cool Borussia Dortmund and a Bayern Munich outfit that embodies the growing clout, both competitive and financial, of the German club game. One is about skinny ties, thick-rimmed glasses Sat, 25 May 2013 03:24:34 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/santos-accepts-offers-from-2-clubs-for-neymar-says-player-will-decide-where-to-play-208914371.html SAO PAULO - Brazilian club Santos accepted the offers made by Barcelona and Real Madrid for young striker Neymar, who will now decide where he wants to go. Details of the offers were not made official, but Brazilian media reported that Real Madrid is willing to pay €35 million for Neymar, €7 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:27:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/miller-likely-to-return-to-whitecaps-for-second-leg-of-canadian-championship-208908741.html VANCOUVER - Kenny Miller's future with the Vancouver Whitecaps has been in doubt this week, but his appearance in one game is virtually certain. Miller will return to action in the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship against Montreal after missing about two months with a nagging Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:03 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/business-as-usual-as-bayern-munich-prepares-for-wembley-final-against-borussia-dortmund-208850981.html LONDON - Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favourite. While Borussia Dortmund is eager to play up its chances to pull off the upset. Even before the start of Saturday's Champions League final, the German rivals are at odds in their approach to the biggest game in club Fri, 24 May 2013 19:40:12 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/toronto-fc-parts-ways-with-john-bostock-waiving-once-heralded-youngster-208887611.html TORONTO - John Bostock's brief tenure with Toronto FC ended Friday when the former teen soccer sensation was put on waivers. The MLS club announced his departure in a two-paragraph release, saying it had "ended the loan agreement with Tottenham Hotspur." Bostock, 21, joined Toronto on loan on Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/top-mls-goal-scorers-mcinerney-di-vaio-match-up-as-union-visits-impact-208867191.html MONTREAL - Small strikers with quick feet will be the focus of attention when the Philadelphia Union visit the Montreal Impact on Saturday night. The Union's Jack McInerney leads Major League Soccer with eight goals for fifth-place Philadelphia, while fourth-place Montreal's Marco Di Vaio is Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/in-politically-sensitive-move-gibraltar-accepted-as-full-member-of-european-soccer-body-208837251.html LONDON - Gibraltar is now a full European soccer member, raising the continent's total to 54. The move Friday had been resisted by some politicians in neighbouring Spain. They wanted to stop the British territory on Spain's southern tip from joining European soccer's governing body. Gibraltar Fri, 24 May 2013 11:39:08 CDT