- Women's Champions League launches in 2009
A new UEFA Women's Champions League is to replace the UEFA Women's Cup in 2009/10 with more entrants and a high-profile one-off final held in the same city as the UEFA Champions League final two nights before. - Rotten luck ends Rottenberg's career
Former Germany goalkeeper Silke Rottenberg has retired from football at the age of 36 after being beset by injuries with 1. FFC Frankfurt general manager Siegfried Dietrich saying it is "a great loss to women's football". - Laudehr sidelined for six months
FCR 2001 Duisburg and Germany midfielder Simone Laudehr is out of the UEFA Women's Cup semi-final against Olympique Lyonnais after being ruled out for six months due to surgery on her injured shoulder. - Duisburg put five past Frankfurt
FCR 2001 Duisburg confirmed their current superiority over 1. FFC Frankfurt with a 5-0 win in their Frauen-Bundesliga fixture this weekend, less than a fortnight after ending their rivals' UEFA Women's Cup defence. - Lyon complete job to set up Duisburg tie
Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 ASD CF Bardolino Verona (agg: 9-1)
Despite falling behind early on, the French champions hit back to secure an emphatic overall success and a second successive last-four berth.