BERLIN (AP)—Mario Gomez scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich demolished Hoffenheim 7-1 Saturday to deliver a statement of intent in the Bundesliga. Gomez opened the scoring in the fifth minute, added his second in the 35th and completed his hat trick in the 48th. Arjen Robben scored twice, including a penalty, with Toni Kroos and Franck Ribery—who set up three goals—also scori...Full Story »

Lukas Podolski scored two goals and set up another to inspire Cologne to a 4-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen in their Rhine derby in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Podolski set up Milivoje Novakovic in the 44th minute, before adding his own in the 47th and 54th. Simon Rolfes pulled one back in the 70th. Leverkusen striker Andre Schuerrle was sent off in injury time, before Mato Jajalo completed the sco...Full Story »

LISBON, Portugal (AP)—Sporting Lisbon’s offseason overhaul is still to show results after drawing 0-0 at Beira Mar on Sunday for its second straight stalemate in the Portuguese league. Despite a new coach and 14 new players, the Lisbon-based team has scored just one goal in two matches. Elsewhere, Ederzito Macedo scored his second goal of the campaign as Academica won 1-0 over Rio ...Full Story »

Israeli striker Itay Shechter snatched an 80th minute equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw for Kaiserslautern against visitors Augsburg on Sunday. The Bundesliga newcomers struck after 10 minutes when Sascha Moelders was sent through to fire in his third goal in two games but new signing Shechter weaved through the defence and released a powerful left-footed low drive to level. The promoted Bavarian...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund made a scintillating start to the defence of their Bundesliga title as they outclassed Hamburg SV 3-1 in opening game of the new season on Friday. Kevin Grosskreutz and Mario Goetze, two of the revelations as Dortmund’s previously underrated squad won last season’s title, scored in the first half as the hosts started where they left off in May. Grosskreutz, 23, ...Full Story »

Gerald Asamoah grabbed the only goal of the game as St Pauli moved clear of the Bundesliga relegation battle while denting Hamburg's European hopes with a 1-0 win at Imtech Arena. The Germany international headed home early in the second half to give the visitors the three points and climb to 11th in the table, five points clear of the bottom three. Hamburg remain seventh, four points off a Eu...Full Story »

BERLIN (AP)—Mario Gomez scored a hat trick to lead Bayern Munich to a 5-3 win at Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Sunday in the last round before the winter break. Gomez opened the scoring against his former club in the 31st minute when he was played through by Thomas Mueller. The striker returned the favor five minutes later to allow Mueller poke the ball past the goalkeeper from close ran...Full Story »

BERLIN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Second-placed Mainz enjoyed a 3-0 win over Nuremberg on Friday to cut Borussia Dortmund’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to four points. Goals from Andre Schuerrle, Nikolce Noveski and Sami Allagui moved Mainz on to 30 points from 14 games, with Dortmund hosting bottom team Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday. Mainz did not have many chances in an evenly...Full Story »

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)—Mario Gomez scored twice and Franck Ribery assisted on a goal in his return from injury as Bayern Munich beat Nuremberg 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday to extend its undefeated streak to five matches. Gomez found the net in the 10th and 75th minutes and Philipp Lahm added a penalty in the 57th to help Bayern bounce back from its draw last week at Borussia Moencheng...Full Story »

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)—Defending champion Bayern Munich came alive with three goals in the second half to beat Freiburg 4-2 in the Bundesliga on Friday. After Martin Demichelis gave Bayern a 1-0 halftime lead, Mario Gomez, Anatoliy Timoshchuk and Toni Kroos added goals after the break to secure Bayern’s 10th straight win over Freiburg.  AP - Oct 16, 11:01 am EDT 1 of 9 Worl...Full Story »