02.06.2010- Bayern's Turkey star Altintop extends contract

02.06.2010- Barcelona make official bid for Arsenal's Fabregas

02.06.2010- Marseille ready to splash out on Forlan: report

02.06.2010- Former Croatia defender Kovac hangs up his boots

02.06.2010- Redknapp expects Cole to snub Spurs

02.06.2010- Real's Mourinho eyes Gerrard: report

02.06.2010- Bent anguish at England axe

02.06.2010- Red Knights decide to halt United takeover bid

02.06.2010- Cannavaro signs for Dubai's Al-Ahli

02.06.2010- S.Africans learn tongue twister national anthem

15.05.2010- Bayern Munich win German Cup

15.05.2010- Van Bommel regrets Bayern's 'lost year' under Klinsmann

15.05.2010- Treble-chasing Bayern must be wary of Werder: Robben

13.05.2010- Eigler header gives Nuremberg play-off edge

11.05.2010- Relegated Hertha Berlin and coach part company

11.05.2010- McClaren takes over as coach at Wolfsburg

08.05.2010- Colourful keeper Lehmann bows out after 22 years

08.05.2010- Robben seals Bayern's 22nd German league title

08.05.2010- Van Gaal the renaissance man as he goes from zero to hero

08.05.2010- Bayern's Van Bommel delighted to make history

05.05.2010- Schalke's Royal Blues drop deep into the red

04.05.2010- Bayern can't afford to relax: Van Bommel

03.05.2010- Germany's Kuranyi overlooked for World Cup

02.05.2010- Football: Bayern's van Gaal plans to be a 'party animal'

01.05.2010- Bayern assured 22nd league title as Schalke lose

27.04.2010- Schalke sign up Germany's Metzelder: report

25.04.2010- Hoffenheim humble Hamburg, Schalke level with Bayern

25.04.2010- Schalke's Magath hits back at Bayern taunts

18.04.2010- Own-goal denies Dortmund third, Bayern stay top

17.04.2010- Rakitic double puts Schalke on top of Bundesliga

17.04.2010- Bayern's Demichelis relishing title run-in

14.04.2010- Contrite Guerrero wants to apologise to fan in person

11.04.2010- Schalke 'too soft' to win German title, says Magath

08.04.2010- Guerrero banned for bottle throwing

06.04.2010- German probe into bottle-throwing striker

05.04.2010- Hamburg fine Guerrero record amount for fan attack

04.04.2010- Bayern eye Champions title as Man. United clash nears

03.04.2010- Bayern in driving seat after passing Schalke test

02.04.2010- Robben may miss Schalke v Bayern clash

28.03.2010- Draw keeps Freiburg in Bundesliga drop zone

27.03.2010- Bayern suffer second successive loss as United loom

27.03.2010- Bayern boss eyes treble despite United threat

21.03.2010- Bayern stay top as Schalke held in Hamburg

21.03.2010- Defeat is not a crisis for Bayern's van Bommel

20.03.2010- Leaders Bayern shocked at Frankfurt

20.03.2010- Hertha hit 23 fans with three-year bans after riot

20.03.2010- Bayern Munich begin their trophy bid

14.03.2010- Pizarro strike edges Bremen closer to Europe

14.03.2010- DFB to investigate Berlin fans' rampage

14.03.2010- Bayern were poor admits, goal-scorer Robben

13.03.2010- Hertha closer to relegation after Nuremberg defeat

13.03.2010- Bayern back to business for Bundesliga Freiburg clash

12.03.2010- Kuranyi fires Schalke to Bundesliga summit

12.03.2010- Bayern to miss Ribery, Gomez for Freiburg

07.03.2010- Strugglers Nuremberg stun Leverkusen

06.03.2010- Schweinsteiger saves Bayern's blushes in Clogne

06.03.2010- Schweinsteiger saves Bayern's blushes in Clogne

05.03.2010- Bayern out to consolidate lead against Cologne

28.02.2010- Ribery fires Bayern top of Bundesliga

26.02.2010- Bayern back Butt amid Neuer interest

26.02.2010- Bayern face Hamburg as Bundesliga hots up

14.02.2010- Schalke beat Cologne to remain in title hunt

13.02.2010- Van Nistelrooy at the double for Hamburg

13.02.2010- Bayern eye top spot with fit-again Ribery

31.01.2010- Leverkusen blitz Freiburg to reclaim league lead

31.01.2010- Schalke keep up pressure on league leaders Bayern

30.01.2010- Flying Dutchman Robben puts Bayern back on top

30.01.2010- Bayern must keep winning, says striker Gomez

24.01.2010- Kroos fires Leverkusen back to the top

24.01.2010- Strugglers Cologne stun Wolfsburg

23.01.2010- Van Gaal's delight as Bayern go top

23.01.2010- Robben wonder goal sends Bayern top

23.01.2010- Robben wonder goal sends Bayern top

23.01.2010- Fighting-fit Klose keeps the pressure on at Bayern

17.01.2010- Kuranyi proves his worth to fire Schalke second

16.01.2010- Stuttgart down Wolves, Leverkusen regain top-spot

16.01.2010- Leverkusen fight back to regain first place

15.01.2010- Klose breaks goal drought to fire Bayern top

14.01.2010- Robben fit to face Hoffenheim

12.01.2010- Cologne's Podolski set for spell on sidelines

12.01.2010- Schalke make Hoogland third signing of winter break

08.01.2010- Foot injury for Bayern's Robben

08.01.2010- Wolfsburg's Gentner to sign for Stuttgart

06.01.2010- Hamburg's Ze Roberto wants to become a pastor

Bundesliga strugglers Bochum sacked coach Heiko Herrlich on Thursday, after six months in charge, with immediate effect and just two days before their showdown with league leaders Bayern Munich.

With two games left this season, Bochum are 16th in the table and if they finish in the same position on May 8, they will face a play-off against the team third in the second division for their place in the Bundesliga.

Bochum play Bayern at Munich's Allianz Arena, then fellow relegation contenders Hanover on May 8 and former Germany international Darius Wosz, who coaches Bochum's junior team, will step up into a caretaker role.

Having gone ten games without a win, picking up just three points in the process, Bochum's board have lost patience with Herrlich who was appointed last October.

Bochum have now had four coaches this season after Swiss boss Marcel Koller was sacked in September, just four games into the season, before Frank Heinemann took over as caretaker for five games to be replaced by Herrlich.