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German football referees will start making announcements to the crowd to explain video review rulings starting this week. Bayern Munich and German champion Bayer Leverkusen are among nine clubs taking part in a trial program at their home games from Saturday onward, the German league said Monday. Following on from a trial in the English…
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz scored twice and set up another goal as he steered the German champion to a comfortable 3-1 victory over visiting Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday to stay four points behind leader Bayern Munich. Last season’s domestic double winner has now won 11 straight matches across all competitions ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League…
Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-0 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday for its third straight Bundesliga defeat that deepened the crisis at the Ruhr Valley club. The result piles more pressure on already-embattled Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin, who still enjoyed the backing of club bosses after its midweek defeat by struggling Holstein Kiel. The…
Struggling Holstein Kiel scored three times in a dominant first half but had to survive a late comeback from Borussia Dortmund before beating the visitors 4-2 on Tuesday, a second straight Bundesliga loss for the Ruhr Valley club. The result saw Dortmund, which had also lost 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, drop to eighth…
German footballclubs must pay their share of increased policing costs during high-risk matches, the country’s federal Constitutional Court said on Tuesday, ending a more than decade-long dispute over who should shoulder the additional financial burden of such games. The court ruled that a 2014 law of Bremen, whereby clubs must pay their share of such…
Borussia Dortmund defenders Waldemar Anton and Almugera Kabar are doubtful for Friday’s Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen due to illness, coach Nuri Sahin said. “We’re having a bit of a flu wave so we’ll have to wait and see,” Sahin told a press conference on Wednesday. Sixth-placed Dortmund’s defence will also be without Niklas Sule…
