A much-expected raucous atmosphere inside MHPArena set the stage, however, Stuttgart endured a nightmare start. Just six minutes in, Bradley Barcola capitalised on a flicked overhead pass from Desire

After the Champions League excitement, it's back to business in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, while Borussia Dortmund hopes incoming coach Niko Kovač can help spur a stop to its slide.

After the Champions League excitement, it’s back to business in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, while Borussia Dortmund hopes incoming coach Niko Kovac can help spur a stop to its slide.

Of his seven strikes so far, four have given Stuttgart a 1-0 lead, while the other three have come as a substitute – the latter a joint-league-high this term – showing how decisive he's been in key moments of games.

German Bundesliga results on Friday: Stuttgart v Freiburg, Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg, Heidenheim v St Pauli, Bochum v RB Leipzig, Holstein Kiel v Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1730)

German Bundesliga result on Friday: Mainz v Stuttgart, RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen, Augsburg v Heidenheim, Freiburg v Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen, Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bochum (1730)

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich bounced back from a mid-week defeat with a 2-1 win at Freiburg on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund started life without coach Nuri Sahin playing with 10 men in a 2-2 draw with Werder Bremen.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has made significant changes to the Black Stars’ technical team following a thorough review of the team's performance during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

Leading the new additions is seasoned German tactician Winfried Anton Schäfer, who takes on the role of Technical Advisor to head coach Otto Addo. Schäfer, a highly experienced coach with over four decades in football management, brings a wealth of expertise, having guided Cameroon to victory in the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations.

FC Augsburg have loaned centre-back Maximilian Bauer out to FC Kaiserslautern. The 24-year-old heads to the 2. Bundesliga on a six-month loan after making 11 league appearances for his Bundesliga

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the appointment of German coach Winfried Anton Schäfer as the Technical Advisor of The post Winfried Schäfer Appointed as Black Stars Technical Advisor and GFA Director of Football first appeared on Africa Top Sports.

Harry Kane scored for the first time from open play since November and Bayern Munich stretched its Bundesliga lead to six points by winning in Freiburg 2-0 on Saturday.