Augsburg will play Bundesliga football for the first time in their history next season after gaining promotion thanks to a 2-1 win over FSV Frankfurt yesterday.

Hamilton 0 Rangers 1

Ralf Rangnick has returned to Schalke to become their new coach following Felix Magath’s departure yesterday.

GERMANY: Steve McClaren’s future as Wolfsburg boss came under further scrutiny last night as his side were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) by Bundesliga 2 side Energie Cottbus.

Werder Bremen clinched second place in the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at the BayArena which ended Bayer Leverkusen’s European dreams.

Bayer Leverkusen leapfrogged Hamburg to climb to third in the German Bundesliga standings courtesy of a 3-2 win at relegation-threatened Energie Cottbus.

Nigeria coach Berti Vogts has named eight English-based players in his squad to face Australia in an international friendly at Fulham’s Craven Cottage on November 17.

A late goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger enabled Bayern Munich to stretch their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to six points with a 2-1 win at Bochum.

SEVILLA showed they are in fine shape ahead of Wednesday’s tough Champions League match against Arsenal with an impressive 4-1 home win over Recreativo Huelva last night.

Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and Eintracht Frankfurt all suffered defeats and missed the chance to go top of the German Bundesliga.

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Bayern Munich took a major step towards the Bundesliga title today without kicking a ball.

JUVENTUS striker Alessandro Del Piero has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter-final, first leg away to Arsenal.

Bayern Munich virtually closed out the race for the Bundesliga title by extending their lead to nine points.

Hamburg completed a notable double over Bayern Munich but it is unlikely to deny the Bavarians another Bundesliga title.

Bayern Munich maintained their seemingly relentless charge towards the Bundesliga title with a 2-1 away win at Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern Munich’s title charge hit a hurdle when they were held to a goalless draw by Stuttgart.

Bayern Munich opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a 3-1 home win over high-flying rivals Werder Bremen.

BAYERN MUNICH chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says he cannot fathom why Michael Ballack would want to join Manchester United.

Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga today with a 4-0 thrashing of Duisburg.

Conservative challenger Angela Merkel is still pressing hard to replace Gerhard Schroeder as chancellor of Germany after the two opponents held another meeting to try to hammer out a coalition accord.

THE referee at the centre of the German match-fixing scandal has confessed to successfully fixing four fixtures, according to the German Football Association.

Bolton midfielder Stig Tofting was today jailed for four months after being found guilty of assault at a Copenhagen restaurant.