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Bundesliga leader extends contract of coach Slomka

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 club is seeking its first German championship in 49 years.

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