Wolves confirm Solbakken as manager

Wolverhampton Wanderers have appointed former Cologne and FC Copenhagen boss Stale Solbakken to take charge of them next season having been relegated to the Championship.

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Cologne Apologise for Fan Attack on Leverkusen's Kadlec

Cologne issued an official apology on Monday after two club supporters attacked Bayer Leverkusen’s Michal Kadlec and broke the defender’s nose.

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Leverkusen's Kadlec breaks nose in attack

Bayer Leverkusen says defender Michal Kadlec suffered a broken nose after being attacked by two men in a Cologne nightclub on Saturday.

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Leverkusen's Michal Kadlec breaks nose in attack

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen says defender Michal Kadlec suffered a broken nose after being attacked by two men in a Cologne nightclub on Saturday night.

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Cologne fires coach Solbakken as relegation looms

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Cologne has sacked coach Stale Solbakken four games before the end of the Bundesliga season.

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Germany: 10-man Bremen ties M'Gladbach

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Werder Bremen battled with 10 men to earn a 2-2 draw at home against Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Tuesday, while Cologne lost 4-0 at Mainz to worsen its hopes of avoiding relegation.

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"King Otto" toppled by Köln – again

Cologne – Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Hertha BSC Berlin on Matchday 25. A 1-0 defeat at fellow strugglers 1. FC Köln , complete with one late chance that hit the post and another glaringly missed, left the club from the capital in the relegation play-off place, and now just a single point clear of second-bottom Freiburg.

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"King Otto" toppled by Köln – again

Germany: Bender lifts Leverkusen past Cologne

BERLIN (AP) — Lars Bender scored twice for Bayer Leverkusen to beat Cologne 2-0 in the Bundesliga’s Rhine derby on Saturday.

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Leverkusen move up thanks to Bremen loss

While the league leaders await their fate in Sunday’s matches, Leverkusen made a move up the table on Saturday, beating Cologne and moving past Werder Bremen, who lost at home to Nuremberg.

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BERLIN — Jose Paolo Guerrero's late strike was enough to give Hamburger SV a 1-0 win at Cologne and overtake the home …

Guerrero scored in the 88th minute after Mladen Petric sent the ball over the Cologne defence for the Peru striker to shrug off a defender and chip goalkeeper Michael Rensing from a tight angle.

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BERLIN — Jose Paolo Guerrero's late strike was enough to give Hamburger SV a 1-0 win at Cologne and overtake the home …

Japan’s Bundesliga fans with great expectations

Cologne – All set to run out for Borussia Dortmund in their DFB Cup tie at Fortuna Düsseldorf just before the winter break, Shinji Kagawa was sidelined virtually at the last moment with a stomach problem. The occurrence was, in many ways, symbolic of the entire first campaign-half for the attacking midfielder, whose many fans back in his native Japan would have loved to have seen more of, in the outstanding form that helped BVB to the title last season.

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Magath happy after Cologne win

Felix Magath enjoyed Wolfsburg’s Bundesliga start to 2012 with victory over Cologne, but he believes his team can get even better in the second half of what has so far been a disappointing season.

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Clearout at cellar-dwellers Freiburg

Freiburg – SC Freiburg have terminated the contract of Yacine Abdessadki with immediate effect. The club from the South West, currently bottom of the Bundesliga, confirmed that the 30-year-old attacking midfielder has been let go following an incident at a hotel in Cologne during the trip to the city for the Matchday 16 meeting with 1. FC Köln.

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Clearout at cellar-dwellers Freiburg