Another disappointing news arrives for football fans as one more talented player is set to absent from upcoming World Cup 2014 as Borussia Dortmund talented midfielder, Ilkay Gundogan is still far from fully recovered from his back injury.

Real Madrid bright a sigh of relief as they made their way into the semifinals of UEFA Champions League despite suffering a defeat over Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. Already taking a comfortable 3-0 lead in the previous meeting seem to taken away that hunger from Los Blancos as they were overrun by Dortmund since early minutes.

Borussia Dortmund bounced back from their Champions League disappointment as they snatched an important home win against Wolfsburg on Saturday. Playing in front of their home crowd, Dortmund tried to take control of proceedings as they search for an early goal.

Real Madrid take a comfortable lead in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final tie against Barcelona at Santiago Bernebau. Eager to prove their strength in Europe ,Los Blancos immediately took charge of that tie and they got in front after only three minutes through Gareth Bale's effort.

Borussia Dortmund keeping their runners up seat in Bundesliga standings after grabbing a hard fought away win over Stuttgart last weekend. The away team didn't have a bright start on that game as they found themselves going a goal behind after just nine minute of play through Christian Gentner's effort.

Borussia Dortmund keeping their runners up spot in current German Bundesliga standings despite only snatching a point from their latest game against Schalke. Both teams were very determined to grab maximum points from that derby, especially Dortmund as they were playing as home team in that tie.

Germany Bundesliga: Hannover 96 vs Borussia Dortmund Saturday, 22 March 2014 Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: G. Perl Assistants: G. Schalk, M. Emmer Borussia Dortmund got themselves back on winning ways as they defeated Hannover last Saturday at HDI-Arena.

Entering the quarterfinals stage of UEFA Champions League meeting between big clubs can't be avoided anymore as all of those participating in that round are basically the top sides in European football.

UEFA Champions League: Borussia Dortmund vs FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Aggregate: 5-4 Wednesday, 19.03.2014 Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 65,829 Referee: Alberto Undiano Assistants: Raul Cabanero, Roberto Diaz A goal from Sebastian Kehl was enough to put Borrusia Dortmund through into the next round of Champions League, despite suffering a 2-1 defeat against Zenit.

Germany Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Monchengladbach Saturday, 15.03.2014 Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80, 645 Referee: D. Aytekin Two first half goals secured all three points for Borussia Monchengladbach as they snatched a shock win over Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund continue to hold down their current runners up spot in German Bundesliga campaign this season after picking up a slender away victory over Freiburg this past weekend.

Borussia Dortmund got themselves back into the runners up spot in German Bundesliga standings after their success in overcoming Nurnberg this past Saturday. It was not an easy task though for Dortmund as at first, they were forced to play a tough encounter which saw both teams failing to score any single goals.