They made the Borussia Dortmund Twitter account regret one particularly premature tweet, too.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes striker Daniel Sturridge needs to put aside any concerns he may have about his place in the side for the good of the club's season.

Having made the breakthrough, the first woman referee in any of Europe’s top soccer leagues is asking how long it will take for other countries to follow Germany’s example.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes striker Daniel Sturridge needs to put aside any concerns he may have about his place in the side for the good of the club’s season.

Jurgen Klopp and “best friend” David Wagner will occupy opposing dugouts at Anfield this afternoon, but only one would be on the bench when they first met at Mainz 26 years ago.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has laughed off suggestions it was his dream to take charge of Manchester United.

Robert Lewandowski scored both goals as Bayern Munich made it two wins from two in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 victory at Werder Bremen.

Hamburg beat Wolfsburg 2-1 in dramatic fashion to secure their Bundesliga status and plunge the Wolves into a relegation play-off.

Last time Colin Bell experienced a labour dispute putting a game in jeopardy, the matter was solved by an envelope pushed under a hotel room door

Manchester United will play Belgian side Anderlecht in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Colin Bell doesn’t quite go so far as to declare that the girls in green need to turn it up to 11 but, as a fan of Jurgen Klopp’s brand of ‘heavy metal football’, the new manager of the Irish women’s team certainly places a high value on intensity.

Bayern Munich lost their first game of the season on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund's 1-0 win at the Westfalenstadion left top-flight new boys Leipzig top of the table.

Bayern Munich pulled three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga today, with Hertha Berlin and Hoffenheim now the teams in pursuit after defeats for Cologne and Borussia Dortmund.

Three-time champions Inter Milan face a battle to get through Europa League Group K after a second successive defeat.

And has Wenger earned another deal? Our writers ask the burning questions after the Premier League weekend.

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny says he has no regrets about missing out on glamour opposition as yesterday’s Europa League draw placed the Irish champions in a testing and long-haul group comprising Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg, Dutch side AZ Alkmaar and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Darmstadt, Hoffenheim and Augsburg were the big winners in the Bundesliga today as they each pulled away from the bottom three with significant victories.

Liverpool have confirmed the appointment of former Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp as their new manager.

Young refugees accompanied Bayern Munich players onto the pitch and took centre stage to the applause of 75,000 fans before a Bundesliga game on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp has put Premier League clubs on alert after announcing he will leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season.

Southampton have completed the deadline-day loan signing of Benfica’s Filip Djuricic.

Newcastle expect to complete the process of identifying potential replacements for Alan Pardew within the next 48 hours.

If Sligo can complete the job against Rosenborg after their shock 2-1 win in Norway yesterday they will face Turkey's Kardemir Karabukspor in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Germany owes a lot to Lothar Matuschak.

France were held to a 1-1 draw with Paraguay after a dramatic finish to Les Bleus’ penultimate warm-up game for the World Cup.

Germans are as patriotic as anyone, but outside Bavaria there is no great love for Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich warmed up for next week’s Champions League showdown with Barcelona by thumping Hannover 6-1 in the Bundesliga.

Swedish coach Erik Hamren has warned that Ireland will set out to be party poopers in Stockholm when the countries meet in a World Cup qualifier on Friday week.

Arsenal are ready to stretch their rigid pay structure to push through a new deal for Theo Walcott, which could be signed ahead of this weekend’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester City.

Arsenal are ready to stretch their rigid pay structure to push through a new deal for Theo Walcott, which could be signed ahead of this weekend’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester City.

AC Milan picked up an important victory and did their city rivals Inter a favour by beating Juventus 1-0 at the San Siro last night.

Germany rode their luck to beat Austria 2-1 and continue their perfect start to World Cup qualifying Group C in Vienna.