Sports

Time for Redemption

Bayern Basketball hope to exact revenge at Olympiahalle

Munich - Six games into Mission: Promotion, Bayern was dealt a blow to their dreams of an undefeated season in the ProA and earning a spot in the Basketball Bundesliga.  A tough loss in Würzburg, 63-55 to the s.Oliver Baskets proved to be a reality check for the club.  Bayern dropped to 3rd in the table, and it was clear now that promotion was not going to be easy.

"We were on the road, we were not getting any calls," recalled...

Bayern Ballers hold off Baskets

Fast start help Munich win Showdown against Würzburg

Olympiahalle, Munich, February 20 - Jonathan Wallace scored 22 points and Aleksandar Nadjfeji's critical baskets in crunch time helped defeat the hard-charging s.Oliver Baskets 82-75 in front of 12,200 enthusiastic fans Sunday afternoon.

The game could not have started any better for Bayern, jumping out to a 7-0 lead.  Quick layups by Wallace and captain Steffen Hamann and a trey from Robert Garrett shocked the Baskets into a quick...

Munich Cage Eagles 4-3

Mike Kompon scores winner in OT

Olympic Eissportzentrum, Munich - In front of 4,075 spectators EHC München beat the Mannheim Adler 4-3 in OT and remain in good position to get a bye from the pre-playoffs and rest up for the playoffs that will start a week after.

EHC gave their all on offense and defense in first period. Munich was playing as if they were in the playoffs; they were more physical than normal and attacked the net with 12 shots on goal versus only 8 by Mannheim. Munich was so...

Weekend sports action for local clubs

A typical weekend in Munich.  Everyone won their respective matches, Maria Riesch won her ski event... hold on, Bayern lost?!?!  Read Mark Lovell's report here. 

EHC München are peaking right before the playoffs, Gabriel Nounna was there Friday night for the thrilling victory and files this report.

For the rest of the clubs, keep reading for a complete wrap of what you may have missed.

1860 steals win in the final minutes - Positive news has been hard to come by for TSV 1860...

Postseason Power Play

EHC vs. Sharks Pre-Playoffs preview

Munich - Having lost their last two games of the season EHC München was unable to avoid the pre-playoff round and will face the Cologne Sharks in a best of 3 playoff match. During the regular season these two team played against each other four times with Munich winning three times.  Both teams are evenly matched as 3 games ended with a one point difference.

Currently, Munich's leading scorers against the Sharks are Kyle Helms and David Wrigley with 3...

Bavarian Second Division Clubs in Focus

Weekend Preview of Local Sports Action

Munich - Key matches for local teams headline this weekend in the second Bundesliga, all with implications on both the promotion and relegation races.  FC Bayern and EHC both hope to recover from their shocking losses midweek, and Generali Haching and Bayern Basketball have their respective eyes set on championships.  Here's your weekend preview.

(Editor's Note: for a preview on EHC München's playoff match tonight, read it here.)

Bavarian Bash...

Winning Weekend

Despite EHC's loss on Friday, the local teams didn't let that spoil their weekends and all came away with points, one even with a championship!  FC Augsburg contined their path to the Bundesliga next season, and Bayern Basketball clinched the ProA championship. There were many goals and points for the other clubs - here's you Monday Morning Wrap.

Ribéry aids in Bayern's escape in Freiburg - FC Bayern München have only one reason to keep playing this season, and they were minutes away from...

Champions!

Bayern Basketball bury Karlsruhe to clinch ProA title

Olympia Eissportzentrum, Munich - March Madness came to Munich Saturday night, as Bayern Basketball defeated BG Karlsruhe 91-56 and earned the Basketball Bundesliga's second division championship when the s.Oliver Baskets lost their match minutes later in Freiburg.

The title was the second goal for the club this season, the first was promotion to the top flight, which they accomplished last week defeating Crailsheim.

"I strongly believe...

Bavarian Derby Clash in Franconia

Nuremberg host Augsburg while Bayern Munich travel to take on Kaiserslautern

Munich - Over the past season, the Bundesliga top flight has only had two Bavarian Derby matches per season.  With the promotion of FC Augsburg, that number will triple this season.  And the first one is this weekend, as the Augsburg side will travel to northern Bavaria (known as Franconia) to take on 1.FC Nürnberg.

Both teams started off the season well, Nuremberg with a 1-0 win at Hertha Berlin in week 1...

Handball invades Munich

Munich - Over the past years, our fair city has started to offer more top level professional sports than just football.  Ice hockey.  Basketball.  Volleyball.  Golf.  And there's always been top level skiing and other winter sport offerings.

But there is a sport that has not yet invaded the professional scene in the Bavarian capital - handball.  For some sports fans, handball is a sport that shows up every four years in the Olympics.

But for those who follow the...

Nuremberg beat Augsburg in Derby Snore

Der Club move up table while Bayern gaining momentum in Bundesliga

easyCredit Stadium, Nuremberg - Alexander Esswein came into the match in the 60th minute and minutes later scored the only goal in the first Bavarian Derby of the Bundesliga season, as 1.FC Nürnberg beat FC Augsburg 1-0.

In a match void of any offensive flow, Esswein made a run on the left side, with some fancy dribbling turning around the defender Gibril Sankoh, created some space, and beat Augsburg goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch...

Weekend sports action for local clubs

Bayern Munich got back to their winning ways with a huuuge win against Hamburg on Saturday.  Read about it here.  But they aren't the only ones at Säbener Strasse who are celebrating.  And they aren't the only ones with a clean sheet on the pitch over the weekend.  EHC and Generali Haching may be in the postseason, but they have a lot of work to do before they can get into the finals of their respective sports.  Here's your weekend wrap.

Mission Accomplished - Unlike the...