Guerrero receives five-match ban

Jose Paolo Guerrero has been banned for the remaining five games of Hamburg's Bundesliga season after throwing a bottle at a fan at the end of his side's 0-0 draw with Hannover on Sunday.

The Peruvian reacted angrily after being verbally abused at the entrance to the tunnel as he left the field. He threw a plastic bottle at a fan, striking him in the face, and has already been punished by his club with a substantial fine.

However, the German Football Association have also decided to take action by suspending him for the remainder of the season. Furthermore, the 26-year-old has been ordered to pay EUR 20,000.

Hamburg have the right to appeal within 24 hours, but given the gravity of the incident and the fact they recognised this by imposing a club record fine on the player, they are expected to accept the sanction.

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Cacau to leave Stuttgart

Germany international Cacau will leave Stuttgart as a free agent at the end of the season after rejecting the club's latest contract offer. The 29-year-old Brazilian-born Germany international has featured regularly for Stuttgart this season, scoring eight goals in 20 appearances.

His solid form persuaded the club to offer the striker a one-year extension on improved terms, but Cacau has turned it down.

"I have thought for a long time about this step, and finally decided that after seven good years I will look for a new challenge," Cacau said on the club's website.

"I have had a great time at VfB and have many friends and have enjoyed great success.

"We have not found an agreement now, but I'll never forget my time here and will keep working in the remaining games to ensure we have a successful season."

Cacau is Stuttgart's longest serving player, having joined the club in 2003. He has scored 57 goals in 172 league games, helping the club to win the Bundesliga title in 2007.

Cacau is not likely to be short of offers in the summer, with Wolfsburg, Schalke, Werder Bremen, Hoffenheim and Sevilla all said to be interested.

Stuttgart, however, must look elsewhere. "We have made Cacau a reasonable offer that was improved twice during the course of negotiations," general manager Horst Heldt said. "Unfortunately, he has decided against staying here, but we wish him well in his future endeavours," Heldt added. Germany World Cup Tickets are now available online. Other than World cup tickets you can also get World cup football tickets, Champions League final tickets, FA Cup final tickets, FA Cup tickets and World cup 2010 tickets from the same spot online without any headache and with guaranteed delivery of tickets at home.

Lehmann confirms retirement

Jens Lehmann will retire from football at the end of the season. The 40-year-old Stuttgart goalkeeper announced at a press conference today he will bring an end to his career when the Bundesliga season finishes on 8 May.

"That is what the family council has decided," said the former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper. Lehmann gave an indication he would hang up his gloves at the end of the campaign earlier this month when he confirmed he would not be extending his contract at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. He said at the time staying on would be unfair on his understudies at Stuttgart: Sven Ulreich and Alexander Stolz.

Lehmann won 61 caps for Germany, and was the first choice keeper at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ and Euro 2008. Lehmann joined Stuttgart from Arsenal in 2008 after winning the Premier League title in 2004 and FA Cup in 2005 with the Gunners as well as reaching the Champions League final in 2006. The German was sent off after just 20 minutes in that game as Arsenal lost 2-1 to Barcelona.

He moved to Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in 2003, with whom he won the Bundesliga title in 2002. He started his career with Schalke, winning the UEFA Cup in 1997, before a brief stint with AC Milan in 1998. Germany world cup tickets for world cup 2010 are available on Ticket4football which provides the fans with the easiest way to get their world cup football tickets online. Other than World cup tickets you can also get Brazil World Cup Tickets , Champions League tickets, Champions League final tickets and World cup 2010 tickets.

USA's Bradley breaks nose

Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Michael Bradley is to have surgery after breaking his nose in training this afternoon.

Gladbach are hoping the United States international can avoid missing any games by wearing a protective mask, but must wait for the results of the operation before making any decisions.

Bradley has a little extra time to recover as he is already suspended for Sunday's clash with Hamburg in the Bundesliga. The 23-year-old has missed only four games all season for Gladbach, whom he joined from Heerenveen in September 2008. Germany World Cup Tickets are now available online. Other than World cup tickets you can also get World cup football tickets, Champions League final tickets, FA Cup final tickets, FA Cup tickets and World cup 2010 tickets from the same spot online without any headache and with guaranteed delivery of tickets at home.

Maniche strike rescues Cologne

Goals by Marko Reus and Maniche meant Cologne and Borussia Monchengladbach shared the points in a result that was of little use to either side as they look to climb up the table.

Reus put Monchengladbach ahead 11 minutes into the second half with a fine individual goal before Maniche levelled with a little over ten minutes remaining, with the draw keeping the visitors three points ahead of Cologne.

Gladbach started the game on the back of two heavy defeats, but it was Michael Frontzeck's team that took the initiative at the RheinEnergieStadion, Rob Friend spurning a free header after just five minutes.

Lukas Podolski nearly hit back for the hosts, sending a left-footed shot wide from 30 yards before he then fired another left-footed shot into the bottom left of the goal, but the Germany striker was judged to have fouled a defender and the goal was disallowed.

Cologne almost went ahead seven minutes into the second half when Petit unleashed a powerful shot from 20 yards that went past the left post. However, just four minutes later Gladbach were ahead, Reus drilling a shot from 20 yards that went into the bottom left of the goal.

Monchengladbach were just 11 minutes from victory when Maniche equalised for Cologne. Zoran Tosic sent in a pass from the right which reached Maniche and the Portuguese midfielder hit a powerful shot from 20 yards that went into the top right of the goal to secure a point for the hosts.

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Kiessling signs new Leverkusen deal

Germany international Stefan Kiessling has extended his contract with Bayer Leverkusen until 2015.

Kiessling, who currently leads the Bundesliga scoring charts with 16 for the season, has signed a new, more lucrative deal even though his current contract still had more than two years left on it.

"My family and I are very happy in Leverkusen and the club has excellent long-term potential," said the 26-year-old on the club's website. "Therefore, there is no reason for me to change anything."

Kiessling arrived at Leverkusen from Nurnberg in 2006 and his steady improvement has been recognised with his inclusion recently in the Germany national team.

He is almost certain to be part of Joachim Low's squad for the FIFA World Cup™ this summer and Leverkusen director of sport Wolfgang Holzhauser is particularly proud to have such a player in his squad.

"We are extremely happy that, with Stefan Kiessling, we will continue to have one of the best German strikers among our ranks," he said. "We had been in agreement for a while, and now we have concluded the formalities."

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Hannover reassure Slomka

Mirko Slomka has been assured his job as Hannover manager is safe for the match against Freiburg this weekend, despite losing his sixth straight game yesterday.

A 1-0 defeat at home to Lower Saxony neighbours Wolfsburg means Slomka has seen his side lose every single game since he replaced Andreas Bergmann as coach last month, but the club is sticking with him, at least for the time being. "Slomka will be our coach in Freiburg," said club president Martin Kind to Sky television.

When pressed on whether Slomka would still remain in the event of a record seventh-straight defeat against the fellow Bundesliga strugglers, Kind added: "I am assuming that we will win in Freiburg."

Only five other coaches in the history of the Bundesliga have endured such a poor start, but Slomka was happy with some positive signs in yesterday's defeat. "We played very passionately and, at times, some exciting football going forward," he said.

Nevertheless, he still has a challenge on his hands convincing the fans at the Niedersachsen Stadion not to head for the exits as soon as his side concedes a goal. "We need to change that," he said. "It is not good when they want to go home so quickly."

The Wolfsburg fans would have stayed there all week celebrating a derby victory which moved them back above Borussia Monchengladbach into 11th place. "We played well overall," said their coach Lorenz-Gunther Kostner. "And it was also good that we did not concede and then we scored our goal at just the right time." Keeping the eagerness of the viewers ticket4football.com provides football fans with the facility to get Germany world cup tickets and football tickets for other soccer events online you can also buy England world cup tickets, World cup tickets, Champions League tickets and Champions League final tickets.