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1. Bayern and Wolfsburg remain on top Four games have been canceled due to weather and pitch conditions in the women’s Bundesliga again, but Bayern and Wolfsburg were able to play. Bayern remain unbeaten and unstoppable after their expected 7-0 win against Werder Bremen (even Marina Hegering got in on the act). Wolfsburg though, had a much tougher time of it against Hoffenheim at home. Svenja Huth’s lucky goal gave the hosts all three points. Bayern are still league leaders with 42 points, five more than Wolfsburg. Hoffenheim (28 points) are third and will now have to focus on defending third spot, which is just as important considering it secures a Champions League qualifying spot. Marina Hegering scored a diving header in a big win for Bayern 2. Almuth Schult back with DFB The German women's national team is going to play its first games of the year in February, against Belgium and then the Netherlands. Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg selected 26 players for … [Read more...] about Bayern and Wolfsburg stay on top, Weir scores wonder goal

WOLFSBURG, Germany: VfL Wolfsburg battled their way past Schalke 04 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the German Cup quarter-finals along with RB Leipzig, who crushed second division VfL Bochum 4-0 with a double from Yussuf Poulsen. The in-form Wolves, in third place in the Bundesliga, have won their last four games in all competitions without conceding a goal. Schalke keeper Ralf Faehrmann did well to save Wout Weghorst's 40th-minute penalty but the Dutchman stabbed in on the rebound for the winner. The Royal Blues, in last place in the league, should have equalised on the stroke of halftime but American teenager Matthew Hoppe was denied from close range by keeper Koen Casteels with a sensational reflex save. Schalke battled hard and had their share of chances after the break, going close again through Mark Uth midway through the second half, but the striker failed to connect with a cutback in front of goal. Despite a frantic finale and pressure from Schalke, Wolfsburg managed to … [Read more...] about Football: Wolfsburg battle past Schalke, Leipzig also reach German Cup last eight

BERLIN: US international John Brooks and Dutch striker Wout Weghorst netted as Wolfsburg jumped to third in the Bundesliga on Sunday (Jan 31) with a 3-0 home win over mid-table Freiburg. Wolfsburg remain unbeaten at home this season and Brooks fired them into an early lead before Weghorst showed great finishing to make it 2-0 at the break. Weghorst has netted 12 league goals this season and forced Freiburg goalkeeper Florian Mueller into a string of brilliant saves in sub-zero temperatures. Midfielder Yannick Gerhardt celebrated signing a contract extension in midweek by tapping home Wolfsburg's third goal four minutes from the whistle to move them up from sixth to three points behind second-placed RB Leipzig. However they are 10 points behind league leaders Bayern Munich. At the other end of the table, Cologne earned their first home league win for 11 months to climb out of the relegation play-off spot with a 3-1 win over fellow strugglers Arminia Bielefeld. Cologne … [Read more...] about Football: Wolfsburg up to third with home win over Freiburg

LONDON: Jadon Sancho scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season as Borussia Dortmund returned to the top four with a 2-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday (Jan 3). The hosts, who were looking to rebound from a 2-1 loss to Union Berlin last month, took the lead at the Signal Iduna Park when Swiss centre back Manuel Akanji headed home a Sancho corner in the 66th minute. Sancho secured all three points on a counter-attack in stoppage time, slipping past Wolfsburg defender Paulo Otavio's challenge before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Koen Casteels. "It wasn't an easy match. Wolfsburg started the game well but we found our way into it more after 15 minutes," Akanji said. "We created a few opportunities for ourselves and might have scored one or two goals. Defensively, we were solid. "I'm happy that Jadon played in such a good cross for me and I was able to get the goal. We're happy with the three points." Both sides had opportunities to score in the first half, … [Read more...] about Football: Sancho ends scoring drought as Dortmund beat Wolfsburg 2-0

REUTERS: A solitary goal from a Josip Brekalo free kick gave VfL Wolfsburg a 1-0 victory over VfB Stuttgart on Sunday to return them to the Bundesliga's top four. The hosts had a goal disallowed in the first half before they found the breakthrough in the 49th minute which moved them fourth, six points behind leaders Bayern Munich heading into the league's winter break. The result extended their unbeaten record at home in the league to seven games while Stuttgart, seventh, lost for the first time on the road this season. Wolfsburg's German midfielder Yannick Gerhardt had earlier found the back of the net with a header but the goal was disallowed for a foul in the build-up. Stuttgart's best opportunity to equalise came in the 70th minute when Nico Gonzalez nearly scored from a tap-in only to see his miscued shot cleared off the line. Earlier, Freiburg thrashed Hertha Berlin 4-1 to record their third successive league win to move up to 10th after Italian winger Vincenzo … [Read more...] about Wolfsburg beat Stuttgart 1-0 to move into Bundesliga top four