PREVIEW: Bundesliga summit showdown as Leverkusen take on Hamburg
Hamburg - Leaders Bayer Leverkusen travel to second-placed SV Hamburg in a Bundesliga summit clash between the German league's only two unbeaten sides on Saturday. Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia comes up against the side he led last season and meets a ...
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Babbel gets Stuttgart backing
Stuttgart - Markus Babbel was given the backing of the VfB Stuttgart board on Wednesday to carry on as coach of the Bundesliga side despite a poor start to the season and exit from the German Cup on Tuesday. Babbel led team training on Wednesday and ...
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Stuttgart, Dortmund crash out of German Cup
Hamburg - Pressure continues to build on under-fire VfB Stuttgart coach Markus Babbel after his Bundesliga side suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to second-division Greuther Fuerth Tuesday in the third round of the German Cup. Borussia Dortmund were also s...
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Castelen becomes Hamburg's latest injury concern - Summary
Hamburg - SV Hamburg's injury disaster continued on Tuesday with the Bundesliga club saying that Romeo Castelen will likely require a another knee operation, sidelining him indefinitely. The Dutchman Castelen went to Heidelberg for medical examinatio...
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Dutt extends contract at Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany - Bundesliga club SC Freiburg Friday extended coach Robin Dutt's contract until the end of the 20011/2012 season. Dutt, 44, last season won promotion with Freiburg in his second season in charge of the team after succeeding Volker F...
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Bundesliga leaders Leverkusen crush Frankfurt 4-0
Leverkusen, Germany - Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen wasted no time in a 4-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday night. Leverkusen led 3-0 after 11 minutes, from Stefan Kiessling's short-range effort, a header by Stefan Reinartz and Toni ...
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PROFILE: Robert Enke: The quiet goalkeeper
Hamburg - Robert Enke, who committed suicide on Tuesday at the age of 32, seemed to overcome all hardship in his life when he was between the posts of a football goal. The captain of Bundesliga club Hanover 96 showed his class for the last time on Su...
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Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke - Update
Hamburg - Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke has died, the president of his Bundesliga club Hanover 96 Martin Kind announced on Tuesday. No reasons for the death of the 32-year-old have been given. ...
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Bremen go top as Hanover and Bundesliga remember Enke - Summary
Hamburg - Robert Enke was remembered Saturday as his club Hanover 96 returned to Bundesliga action against Schalke 04 while Werder Bremen continued their winning ways with a 6-0 demolition of SC Freiburg to go top of the table. It was an emotional oc...
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Bremen go top as Hanover and Bundesliga remember Enke - Update
Hamburg - Robert Enke was remembered Saturday as his club Hanover 96 returned to Bundesliga action against Schalke 04 while Werder Bremen continued their winning ways with a 6-0 demolition of SC Freiburg to go top of the table. It was an emotional oc...
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Hanover remember Enke as Bremen power to the top
Hamburg - Robert Enke was remembered Saturday as his club Hanover 96 returned to Bundesliga action against Schalke 04 while Werder Bremen continued their winning ways with a 6-0 demolition of SC Freiburg to go top of the table. It was an emotional oc...
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German football rejects move to allow club takeovers - Summary
Frankfurt - The German Bundesliga Tuesday kept the door closed on wealthy investors effectively buying up a club. The 36 first and second division clubs at the German Football League's general assembly voted down a move to scrap a rule which prevents...
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German football rejects move to allow club takeovers
Frankfurt - The German Bundesliga Tuesday kept the door closed on wealthy investors effectively buying up a club. In a vote at the German Football League's general assembly, the 36 first and second division clubs voted down a move to scrap a rule whi...
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Dortmund left back Dede undergoes knee surgery
Dortmund, Germany - Borussia Dortmund left back Dede has undergone knee surgery and is not expected back this year, the Bundesliga club said. Dede, 31, damaged the meniscus and a ligament in his right knee during Dortmund's 1-1 league draw at Werder ...
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Schalke and Bremen smile as leading clubs draw - Summary
Hamburg - Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 on Saturday were the big winners in the Bundesliga as they won their league matches and then saw table-topping SV Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen play to a goalless draw. Schalke won 2-1 at VfB Stuttgart to move to...
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Kuranyi rescues point for Schalke in thriller with Hamburg
Hamburg - A last-minute Kevin Kuranyi goal rescued a point for Schalke in a 3-3 thriller against SV Hamburg who missed the chance of going top of the Bundesliga on Sunday. Hamburg had looked to have survived a red card on the hour for defender David ...
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PREVIEW: Schalke ready to stake claim; Bayern seek consistency
Hamburg - Leaders Bayer Leverkusen take on Borussia Dortmund while third-placed Schalke 04 are up against second-placed SV Hamburg in the top games of the weekend Bundesliga programme. Leverkusen, level on 21 points with Hamburg, could go three point...
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Wolfsburg close gap on Bundesliga leaders - Summary
Hamburg - Defending champions VfL Wolfsburg moved up to fifth in the Bundesliga Sunday with a 2-1 win at home to struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach while VfL Bochum crashed away to Borussia Dortmund. Edin Dzeko twice hit the woodwork for Wolfsburg ...
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Wolfsburg up to fifth after win against Moenchengladbach - Update
Hamburg - Defending champions VfL Wolfsburg moved up to fifth in the Bundesliga Sunday with a 2-1 win at home to struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach. Edin Dzeko twice hit the woodwork for Wolfsburg and Obafemi Martins also missed a great opportunity...
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Wolfsburg up to fifth after victory against Moenchengladbach
Hamburg - Defending champions VfL Wolfsburg moved up to fifth in the Bundesliga Sunday with a 2-1 win at home to struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach. Edin Dzeko twice hit the woodwork for Wolfsburg and Obafemi Martins also missed a great opportunity...
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Bayern Munich expect to reduce squad size
Munich - Bayern Munich are ready to reduce the size of their squad in the Bundesliga winter break, general manager Uli Hoeness has indicated. The squad will certainly be smaller, Sport Bild weekly on Wednesday quoted Hoeness as saying. ...
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Herrlich put in charge at Bochum
Bochum, Germany - Former Germany striker Heiko Herrlich was Tuesday appointed coach of struggling Bundesliga side VfL Bochum. Herrlich, 38, has been released as coach of Germany's under-19 side to join Bochum, who are second last in the German league...
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Munich held 1-1 by Schalke as teenager Matip scores
Hamburg - Teenager Joel Matip scored in his Bundesliga debut as Schalke 04 played to a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich on Saturday. Matip, 18, headed home a freekick from Lukas Schmitz shortly before halftime to cancel out Daniel van Buyten's opening goal ...
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Schalke teenager scores as Schalke hold Munich 1-1 - Summary
Hamburg - Teenager Joel Matip scored in his Bundesliga debut as Schalke 04 played to a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich on Saturday. Matip, 18, headed home a free-kick from Lukas Schmitz shortly before halftime to cancel out Daniel van Buyten's opening goal...
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