Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was released from prison on parole on Monday midway through a three-and-a-half-year sentence for tax evasion, the Bavarian Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
Hoeness was released the night before the scheduled February 29 date to spare the 64-year-old the attention of the media.
The 1974 World Cup-winner was convicted in March 2014 and sent to prison the following June having evaded €28.5million in taxes a figure finally acknowledged by his legal team after Hoeness was initially charged with attempting to evade €3.5m.
It remains to be seen if he returns to Bayern and, if so, in what capacity.
Having made over 300 appearances as a player for the club, he served as sporting director for 30 years before ass…
Robert Snodgrass completed an impressive seven days as his stunning last-gasp free-kick earned Hull City a 1-1 Premier League draw at Burnley.
The winger netted a hat-trick for Scotland against Malta last Sunday in a 5-1 World Cup qualifying rout, and he showed his set-piece prowess with the final kick of the game at Turf Moor.
Hull will feel the point is the least they deserve, having hit the woodwork twice while Adama Diomande missed a gilt-edged opportunity at 0-0.
But Mike Phelan s side found themselves behind in the 72nd minute when Steven Defour netted his first Burnley goal with a swerving 30-yard drive into the bottom-right corner.
Hull had already seen David Meyler strike the post and Diomande err from six yards, and Curtis Davies header again…
Marcus Rashford is reaping the benefits of getting back to basics this season, according to Manchester United legend Andrew Cole.
England forward Rashford endured a desperately disappointing 2021-22 campaign for the Red Devils, in which he scored only five times in 32 matches across all competitions as United finished sixth in the Premier League.
This term, Rashford already has three in six – scoring once in the 2-1 win over Liverpool and celebrating a brace in a 3-1 triumph against Arsenal.
While his improvement in form failed to yield an England recall for the Nations League matches against Italy and Germany, Cole – who won five Premier League titles and was part of the famous treble-winning team of the 1998-99 season – is happy to see Rashford back among…
Bayern Munich have warned Manchester United that they will never allow Thomas Muller to follow in the footsteps of Bastian Schweinsteiger and let him move to Old Trafford.
United previously lured Schweinsteiger away from the Allianz Arena and they have been linked with a move for Muller on more than one occasion.
Nevertheless, supervisory board member Edmund Stoiber has stressed Muller s situation is nothing like that of Schweinsteiger back in 2015.
It should not be happening that someone like Thomas Muller plays for Manchester United, Stoiber told Bild.
The fans were already a bit unhappy when Schweinsteiger left us for Manchester United. But he was already 32 and wanted a new challenge. But our fans and members would never forgive us if we sold Muller…
Kemar Roofe scored an extra-time winner as Rangers secured their place in the Europa League semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over nine-man Braga, who lost 3-2 on aggregate.
James Tavernier s first-half double, including a penalty awarded after Vitor Tormena was dismissed for a foul on Roofe, put Rangers in control with a 2-1 aggregate lead.
David Carmo s 83rd-minute header sent the tie into extra-time before Roofe, who had two goals disallowed, netted the decisive strike prior to Iuri Medeiros being given his marching orders.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst s men will next face RB Leipzig, who defeated Atalanta 3-1 on aggregate on Thursday, with the first leg of the last-four clash coming on April 28.
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Neymar s injury is a real hard blow to Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the Champions League resuming, Lyon coach Rudi Garcia said.
The Brazil forward was ruled out for up to four weeks after suffering an adductor injury in PSG s Coupe de France clash with Caen on Wednesday.
Neymar will miss Tuesday s trip to Camp Nou to face his former club Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, while he is also in doubt for the return clash.
Garcia, whose team are second in the Ligue 1 table ahead of PSG by a point, said the injury was a major setback for Mauricio Pochettino s men.
It would be good if the two French teams could represent us with dignity and go as far as possible in the European Cup. It s a real hard blow, Garcia told a news confe…
Mauricio Pochettino was “angry and disappointed” after watching Chelsea fall apart in their 4-1 Premier League defeat at Newcastle.
The Argentinian was left furious by his side’s second-half capitulation at St James’ Park, which saw full-back Reece James sent off to erase the memories of their creditable displays against Tottenham and Manchester City before the international break.
Pochettino, who watched the game from the directors’ box as he served a touchline ban, said: “We didn’t prepare ourselves in the best way to compete today, that is my concern.
“We thought that we were ready to compete today, but we didn’t in the way that the competition demands.
WE ARE UNITED.
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Chelsea are at a different stage of their development to Arsenal, claimed Graham Potter after the Blues defeat to the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.
Gabriel Magalhaes bundled home for Arsenal shortly after the hour on Sunday to seal a 1-0 win that sent Mikel Arteta s side back to the top of the Premier League.
It means Chelsea are now without a win in four league matches, while they have lost back-to-back top-flight games for the first time since December 2020.
Chelsea sit seventh, 13 points behind Arsenal, with just one league game remaining prior to the World Cup.
For Potter, who took over from Thomas Tuchel in September, Sunday s result was merely evidence of the work Chelsea have ahead of them.
He told BT Sport: We re playing against a team in a …
Patrice Evra accused Arsenal of being weak-willed babies following their 1-0 loss to Sheffield United on Monday.
Lys Mousset s first-half goal punished Nicolas Pepe s earlier close-range miss and condemned the Gunners to a second defeat in nine Premier League games.
Unai Emery claimed his side did not deserve to lose but former Manchester United defender Evra disagreed and attacked the team s character.
In an appearance on Sky Sports, the retired left-back claimed the club s shortcomings were ingrained and became clear to Robin van Persie following his move from Arsenal to Old Trafford in 2012.
I used to call them my babies 10 years ago and they are still, when I look at them, my babies. That s the truth, Evra said.
I m not being disrespectful w…
Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts has joined Championship side Middlesbrough on loan after having his Norwich City stay cut short.
Roberts, 22, joined the promoted Canaries ahead of the 2019-20 season after signing a new Man City contract and was expected to see plenty of first-team football given Daniel Farke s faith in young players.
However, the former England youth international has made just three substitute appearances in the Premier League, amounting to 23 minutes.
Boro will be Roberts fourth loan destination following his spells with Norwich, Girona and Celtic.
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The winger had been highly rated as a teenager, bursting on to the scene as a 16-year-old with Fulham…