Marco Reus, the rising star in the German Bundesliga having helped Borussia Mönchengladbach to a respectable fourth place during the winter break, will be leaving the club at the end of the season to play for Borussia Dortmund.

It was announced today on Mönchengladbach's website that the player will remain at the club for the 2011-12 season before signing a five year deal with the current German champions Dortmund for a transfer fee of 17,5 million Euros.

DFB Pokal (German Cup) holders Schalke 04 were dumped out of this season's competition by Borussia Mönchengladbach following the latter's 3-1 home win in Wednesday's Round of 16 tie.

Borussia Mönchengladbach ensured that there would be no repeat triumph for Schalke 04 in this year's DFB Pokal.

Das war dumm. Es war vielleicht ein Elfmeter, aber dann muss ich früher fallen. Ich habe gesehen, ich kriege den Ball nicht mehr. Das ist dumm, das muss ich nicht machen – und Entschuldigung.

Arjen Robben, Stürmer des FC Bayern München, nach dem Pokalspiel gegen den VfL Bochum, in dem er eine gelbe Karte für eine Schwalbe bekommen hat.

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VfL Bochum is a German soccer club based in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team currently campaigns in the second tier of German soccer, the 2. Bundesliga, following its relegation from the German Bundesliga at the end of the 2009/10 season. After finishing in 3rd place in the 2. Bundesliga last season, VfL Bochum is currently [.

U.S. U-23 MNT forward Tony Taylor lives and plays in Portugal, where he caught the eye of Caleb Porter to earn a call up to the training camp here in Germany. The powerful forward came on as a sub in the scrimmage on Friday, scoring one goal and setting up another.

While the U-23's ran out to a 3-1 win against Bochum, Taylor was quick to point out that the goal of the camp was more about building a familiarity with teammates and coaches moving towards 2012.

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover will need to be at their best if they hope to take anything from Werder Bremen while Edson Buddle and Ingolstadt may be in luck against a dismal Bochum.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's Northern Curve celebrates the fact that their club lived to see another year in the Bundesliga, by retelling the story of their epic escape through triptychs, culminating in the 1-1 away draw against Bochum in the relegation play-offs. Set to the soundtrack of the great Italo Western opera Once Upon a Time in the West.

Altro che amichevole, quella tra Inter e Galatasaray è stata una prova di coraggio e di nervi: il primo è da consegnare a Luca Castellazzi, reduce da una brutta botta alla tempia, che gli è costata l'uscita dal campo dopo 5', compreso di svenimento che ha preoccupato pesantemente tutti i presenti.

FIFA Womens World Cup 2011
Quarter-finals
Germany v Japan (Sat)
France v England (Sat)
Sweden v Australia (Sun)
Brazil v USA (Sun)
Norway, the 1995 World Cup winners and one of the traditional powers of the women's game, have missed out on the last eight of the tournament for the first time and also lost their chance to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Another one of those viral sensations has hit the net after a bizarre handball incident in the FIFA Women's World Cup currently being held in Germany.

Australia were playing Equatorial Guinea today in their Group D game at the Ruhrstadion in Bochum when, in the 16th minute, defender Bruna quite clearly handled the ball and kept it in her hands before throwing it away in full view of the referee who left the incident unpunished.

Relativ neu auf dem Markt ist der Podcasts mit dem Namen „Sportpodcast 360″ oder auch „Sportradio 360″. Obwohl das eigentlich so gar nicht stimmt, denn vor vielen Jahren hat das gleiche Team schon einmal versucht, einen Sportpodcast in Deutschland zu installieren. Damals, man sagt selbst dazu, in der Prä-Facebook-Ära, war das gar nicht so leicht [.

Heute Abend gehts um die Wurst. Die Arbeit einer ganzen Saison steht auf dem Spiel. Während Gladbach den Strohhalm Relegation nutzen kann eine schlechte Saison nochmal zu retten, geht es für Bochum darum nicht in zwei Spielen das weg zu werfen, was man sich in einer ganzen Saison erspielt hat. Doch wer ist im Vorteil bei diesen Relegationsspielen, der Bundesligist der viele viele Spiele verloren hat und nicht überzeugen konnte, oder ist es der Zweitligist, welcher eine gute Saison gespielt hat und viele Siege einfahren konnte?

Die Frauen spielen bei unserer Heim-Weltmeisterschaft auch in Bochum vor. Das freut die Chefs der Stadt sehr und das zeigen sie auch mit einem kleinen Stimmungsvideo... Quelle: Youtube (User: wmbuerobochum) Fritten, Fussball & Bier - Ein alternativer Fussball-Blog, der sich um die wirklich wichtigen Themen des Fussballs kuemmert!

It sounds like a major investment in the important battle against match fixing in soccer around the world: "FIFA pledged to donate 20 million euros (17.5 million pounds) to Interpol to help fight match-fixing on Monday," Reuters reported, going on to quote Sepp Blatter's sadness and shock at the continuance of match fixing under his gaze:

"It is crucial for us to go together with political authorities, with police authorities to fight those who want to destroy our game," Blatter said.

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover will look to take a closer step to the Champions League while Edson Buddle and Ingolstadt have a tough task against Bochum if they hope to solidify their 2. Bundesliga status.

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• Visit Tehran's Saint Petersburg museum to see a golden Oliver Kahn statue.

In wenigen Wochen ist es soweit, Deutschland richtet ab dem 26. Juni die Weltmeisterschaft im Frauenfussball aus. An mir jedenfalls, ist das bisher komplett vorbei gegangen und da bin ich sicher nicht der Einzige. Klar geb ich zu das ich Aufgrund der Qualität und Spielweise der Frauen lieber richtigen Fussball gucke, aber da im Sommer eh Pause ist und es keine anderen Spiele gibt, werd ich mich für die Frauen-WM interessieren und unsere deutschen Damen kräftig unterstützen.

Arguably the African-based breakout star of the World Cup in his home country, there was much speculation at the time as to when not if Siphiwe Tshabalala would come to Europe, and which country's commentators would be afforded the chance to say his wonderful name.

And now, eight months later, we know: England.

The big match-fixing trial in Bochum is happening, and so the games themselves are rising to the surface. One such game arose today the above World Cup qualifier between Finland and Liechtenstein back in September of 2009. The fixer, Ante Sapina, said that he requested both goals come in the second half, which they did one off a penalty for absolutely no apparent reason (blind elbow?