GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) _ Bundesliga leader Schalke gave coach Mirko Slomka a new contract Thursday that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2008-09 season.
Slomka, 39, was promoted to head coach in January 2006, following Ralf Rangnick's departure. It was Slomka's first job as head coach in the Bundesliga.
Schalke has a three-point lead in the Bundesliga but has not won in four games. The ...
Schalke will be bidding to become the first team in four weeks to retain its lead in the Bundesliga when it plays VfL Bochum on Friday.
Schalke has 26 points and replaced VfB Stuttgart last week to move two clear. Stuttgart had taken over from Werder Bremen, also on 24. In all, six teams have occupied the top spot through 13 rounds.
The lead has changed so many times because ...
Schalke will reportedly close a 100
million euro (US$125 million) sponsorship deal with Russian natural
gas giant OAO Gazprom on Tuesday.
Under the deal _ one of the biggest in Bundesliga history _
Schalke will receive bonuses if it qualifies for the Champions
League, Bild newspaper reported Saturday.
Schalke is already one of Germany's biggest clubs and the deal
would help it become more competitive against its richer league
rival and defending champion Bayern Munich.
Gazprom hopes to gain ...
Hertha Berlin became one of five teams at the top of the Bundesliga when it drew 2-2 against visiting Stuttgart on Sunday.
Also, Bayer Leverkusen beat Schalke 3-1 and ruined Schalke's chance of taking sole possession of the lead.
Berlin, Nuremberg, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Schalke all have 10 points after six rounds. Berlin leads on goal difference.
Stuttgart took an early lead when Mario Gomez put the visitors ...
Christian Gimenez scored two goals Sunday to put Hertha Berlin in first place in the Bundesliga after a 2-0 win over Schalke.
The Argentine striker, signed this year, scored in the 39th and 52nd minutes as Berlin jumped from 10th to first and capped a weekend of upsets by beating the second-place team.
Berlin took control of the match in the 30th, with its combination play delighting the 60,500 at ...
A tax evasion case at Schalke revolves around the
Bundesliga club's purchase of its old stadium for one euro, the
investigating district attorney said Thursday.
Schalke business manager Peter Peters, head financial officer
Josef Schnusenberg and former manager Rudi Assauer are the targets
of the five-month investigation, said Willi Kassenboehmer.
Kassenboehmer said Schalke, one of Germany's biggest clubs,
didn't face a general investigation into its finances, despite
speculation in the German media.
``I can't do anything about the reports,'' ...
Schalke's management denied any wrongdoing Wednesday after its offices were searched for evidence in an investigation of the Bundesliga club's accounting.
The district's attorney office used 30 officials Tuesday to search the city hall in Gelsenkirchen, where Schalke is based, in a five-month-old investigation.
German reports said the district attorney was investigating whether Schalke overvalued land sold to it by the city in 2003 and if it was done to ...
An investigation into Bundesliga club Schalke's finances led to a search by the district attorney's office on Tuesday.
Spokesman Martin Schulmann of Gelsenkirchen, the home of Schalke, confirmed to WDR television that city hall was searched, and said it centred on the finance offices.
German reports said one of Germany's biggest clubs was suspected of overvaluing the land of its former stadium.
Gelsenkirchen, the reports added, sold the Parkstadion property ...
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