Hamit Altintop has signed a new one-year contract with Bayern Munich, ending speculation about his future.

A cheetah at a zoo in Nuremberg has died after contracting an illness similar to mad cow disease, becoming the first confirmed case in Germany of feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE), city authorities said today.

Champions Bayern Munich continue to set the pace at the top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at home to Hannover giving them a maximum 15 points from five matches.