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Tymoshchuk retires from football

Former Bayern Munchen and Zenit Sankt Petersburg midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk has announced his retirement from football aged 38. He told about it in an interview to TV channel Football 1.

"Not looking for any clubs and calmly finished my football performances. Now decided to take vacation time and rethinking what is happening, and a new status in my life."

Tymoshchuk won the Champions League in 2013 with Bayern, and the UEFA Cup with Zenit in 2008.

Also, Tymoshchuk is 3-time champion of Ukraine with Shakhtar Donetsk (2002, 2005 and 2006) and the winner of the SuperCup of Ukraine in 2005, double champion with Zenit (2008, 2015), 2-time Bundesliga champion with Bayern (2010, 2013), 2-time DFB Pokal winner (2010, 2013) and winner of the Kazakhstan Cup in 2015.

In the national team of Ukraine, Tymoshchuk took part in the final stages of the 2006 World Cup and the European Championships in 2012 and 2016. The midfielder has played 144 matches and scored 4 goals.




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Boschilia season likely to be over after ACL rupture

Gabriel Boschilia is set to miss the remainder of the Ligue 1 season after sustaining a serious injury to his right knee in AS Monaco's victory over Metz on Saturday.

Boschilia twisted awkwardly under a challenge from Jonathan Rivierez in the 66th minute of the 5-0 win at Stade Louis II and was carried off on a stretcher.

Monaco announced on Sunday the Brazilian sprained his knee and ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.

No official timescale for Boschilia's return has been provided, but it is highly unlikely he will return before the end of the season.




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Marseille suffer Gomis blow

Olympique Marseille's hopes of European qualification have suffered a blow with the news captain Bafetimbi Gomis has been ruled out for up to 6 weeks through injury.

Gomis was injured in a 50-50 challenge with Nantes' Diego Carlos in Sunday's 3-2 defeat at the Stade de la Beaujoire, a game in which the on-loan Swansea City striker scored twice before limping off after 66 minutes.

Former Saint-Etienne and Olympique Lyon forward Gomis has been in impressive form since returning to France in July, scoring 17 goals in 27 appearances for Marseille in all competitions this season.

His efforts have helped Rudi Garcia's men climb to 6th in the Ligue 1 table, 4 points behind Lyon, who occupy the Europa League qualification spot.

Galatasaray sack Riekerink

Galatasaray have confirmed the departure of head coach Jan Olde Riekerink, with Igor Tudor expected to be named his successor.

Riekerink secured a Turkish Cup Final victory over Fenerbahce in May last year but the 53-year-old has struggled to find consistent results in the Super Lig, with Galatasaray 5 points adrift of leaders Besiktas after 20 matches.

Club chairman Dursun Ozbek announced on Tuesday that Rierkerink has been informed of his dismissal and confirmed that a replacement coach will be appointed imminently.

Former Juventus and Croatia defender Tudor is the firm favourite to take charge, having impressed at the helm of Karabukspor this season.

Tudor's side have taken 27 points from their opening 20 matches, leaving them comfortably mid-table, and they beat champions Besiktas 2-1 last Friday.




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Bellarabi scores 50,000th Bundesliga goal

Bayer Leverkusen's Karim Bellarabi has scored the 50,000th goal in the history of the Bundesliga.

The winger broke the deadlock 23 minutes into Friday's clash away to FC Augsburg as Germany's top division reached the milestone.

Kai Havertz's low cross from the right created the opportunity and Bellarabi swept home with a first-time finish.

The historic strike was Bellarabi's first of the Bundesliga season.

Bielsa appointed Lille coach from next season

Marcelo Bielsa has signed a 2-year contract to take over as Lille head coach from the start of next season, the Ligue 1 club have confirmed.

The former Argentina coach will return to the French top flight having guided Olympique Marseille to a 4th place finish in 2014-2015.

Only champions Paris Saint-Germain outscored a swashbuckling Marseille that season but Bielsa quit after losing the opening game of the following campaign to Caen.

There was further evidence of the 61-year-old's infamous volatility when he was named Lazio coach in July last year, only to resign 2 days later amid claims the Serie A side had made no progress towards his requested transfer targets.

Last week, Lille appointed Franck Passi - a former assistant to Bielsa at Marseille - as interim head coach until the end of this season.

Passi replaced Patrick Collot, who took charge after Frederic Antonetti was sacked in November.

Schone renews for 2 years at Ajax

Denmark international Lasse Schone has signed a 2-year contract extension with Ajax.

The fresh terms keep Schone with the Eredivisie giants until June 2019, with the option of a further 12 months. His previous deal was due to expire at the end of this season.

The 30-year-old joined Ajax on a free transfer from NEC Nijmegen in 2012, going on to win the Eredivisie title in each of his first 2 seasons at the club.

Schone has played 183 times for Ajax across all competitions, scoring 44 goals.

Demirbay earns 2-year Hoffenheim extension

Kerem Demirbay has signed a 2-year contract extension that will keep him at Hoffenheim until 2021 after a strong start to life at the club.

The 23-year-old joined from SV Hamburg in a reported £1,5 million deal in July 2016 after spending the previous 2 campaigns on loan at FC Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Dusseldorf in the second tier.

So far the midfielder has enjoyed a seamless transition to top flight football, making 15 starts from a possible 21 for a Hoffenheim side sitting 4th in the Bundesliga.

Demirbay has 3 goals and 5 assists in the league this term and is one of several younger players to have caught the eye for Hoffenheim, alongside Nadiem Amiri, Jeremy Toljan and Niklas Sule, the latter of whom is set to join Bayern Munchen at the end of the season.




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Wolfsburg part ways with Ismael

VfL Wolfsburg have parted ways with head coach Valerien Ismael following the Bundesliga side's 2-1 loss at home to Werder Bremen on Friday.

Ismael was appointed on a permanent basis by Wolfsburg in November 2016 after a successful period as caretaker, but he took charge of only 17 competitive matches, of which 6 were wins.

With Wolfsburg 2 points above the Bundesliga's relegation zone, the club confirmed the departure of the Frenchman, with a successor due to be announced on Monday.




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Jonas extends Benfica deal



Benfica have announced that Jonas has signed a new contract.

The Brazil striker, who joined from Valencia 2 years ago, has extended his deal until 2019.

Jonas has scored 9 goals in 16 appearances this season, despite having missed nearly 4 months of football with an ankle injury.

The 32-year-old has won 2 league and cup doubles since his move to Estadio da Luz.




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Leverkusen fire Schmidt



Bayer Leverkusen have sacked head coach Roger Schmidt after a poor run of form.

The BayArena side have underachieved this season and sit ninth in the Bundesliga after 23 games - they will drop to 10th if Freiburg get a draw against Eintracht Frankfurt later on Sunday.

Leverkusen were hammered 6-2 by Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in what proved the final straw for the club's board.

The 49-year-old took charge of Leverkusen in 2014 after impressing during his time in charge of RB Salzburg. He led them to 4th place in the table in his first season at the club, before going one place better in 2015-2016.

Leverkusen have failed to build on that progress this season, though, and Schmidt has now paid the price for their poor form.

Dortmund without Reus until early April

Borussia Dortmund will have to make do without the services of Marco Reus for the remainder of March due to a thigh injury.

The Germany international suffered the problem in Dortmund's 6-2 Bundesliga win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday and was forced to make way for Christian Pulisic in the closing stages of the first half.

Head coach Thomas Tuchel stated in his post-match press conference that Reus would miss Wednesday's Champions League clash with Benfica and Dortmund have now announced the winger will be sidelined until early April.

Reus, 27-year-old, has been ravaged by injuries in recent years and Saturday's game represented just his 11th Bundesliga appearance from a possible 23 this season.

He could make his comeback in the derby against Schalke on 1 April.

Mbappe beats Henry, Martial & Benzema to Ligue 1 milestone

AS Monaco forward Kylian Mbappe has become the youngest player in the last 30 years to score 10 Ligue 1 goals after netting against Nantes on Sunday - a record previously held by Ousmane Dembele.

The France youth international broke into the Monaco team last season, scoring once in the league, and had already struck 7 times in the French top tier this term ahead of the clash at Stade Louis II.

And Mbappe, who impressed in his side's Champions League thriller against Manchester City, fired another two fine efforts past Nantes' Maxime Dupe before half-time to take his overall league tally to 10.

The 18-year-old is now the youngest player to reach that number in the past 30 seasons, while his record in all competitions in this campaign stands at 15 goals from 29 games.

Mbappe is in esteemed company with his return in front of goal at such a young age, taking the record from Borussia Dortmund's Dembele, who last year topped World Cup winner Thierry Henry's efforts.

Anthony Martial, Eden Hazard and Karim Benzema are among the other players to net 10 Ligue 1 goals before their 20th birthdays, while David Trezeguet - also a member of France's World Cup-winning squad - has now been pushed down to 10th youngest to the milestone since 1987.




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Xabi Alonso confirms retirement

Bayern Munchen midfielder Xabi Alonso have confirmed that he will retire from football at the end of the season.

The former Spain international, who won a World Cup and 2 European Championships with La Furia Roja, had reportedly announced his retirement from football at the start of the year.

However, there was no official confirmation from Bayern or Alonso, although that changed today when both parties announced his departure from the game at the end of the season.

Alonso, who this week helped his Bayern side thrash Arsenal 10-2 over two legs in the Champions League, has enjoyed a glittering career in the game.

After starting his career with Real Sociedad's B team back in 1999, the central midfielder spent 4 years there in the first team - he also had a spell on loan with Eibar - before joining Liverpool in 2004.

Alonso won the Champions League with the Reds - he netted in the famous comeback against AC Milan in Istanbul - as well as the FA Cup, Community Shield and SuperCup under Rafa Benitez, before a move to Real Madrid.

The 35-year-old won the Champions League, 2 Copa del Reys and La Liga during his time in the Spanish capital, before moving to Germany in 2014 where he has won 2 Bundesliga titles and a DFB Pokal.

Leverkusen appoint Korkut

Bayer Leverkusen have appointed Tayfun Korkut as interim coach until the end of the season, the club announced on Monday.

After parting company with Roger Schmidt on Sunday, Leverkusen confirmed the arrival of former Hannover and FC Kaiserslautern coach Korkut on a short-term deal less than 24 hours later.

After coaching junior teams in Spain and Germany as well as a brief stint as Turkey's assistant coach, Korkut's first major role in the dug-out came when he took over from Mirko Slomka at Hannover in December 2013.

Coincidentally, he lost his job with the 96ers following a 13-game winless run, the final match of which was a 4-0 defeat to Leverkusen in April 2015.

Korkut, 42-year-old, returned to football when he took over as head coach at FC Kaiserslautern last summer, but resigned on 27 December.

Lewandowski joins Bayern's 100 club

Poland star Robert Lewandowski brought up a century of Bayern Munchen goals with his second of the match against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

Carlo Ancelotti's league leaders survived some dicey moments early on in the contest before Lewandowski tapped home from Thomas Muller's low cross in the 38th minute.

Douglas Costa doubled the champions' lead before the break and Lewandowski brought up his milestone with a clinical control and finish in the 55th minute when Arjen Robben picked him out from the right.

It was the 28-year-old's 21st Bundesliga strike of the season and 33rd in all competitions.

Lewandowski also reached three figures for Borussia Dortmund, scoring 103 in 187 games before joining Bayern in 2014.

He now has 100 in 137 outings for Bayern although he remains someway short of club icon Gerd Muller - the Bavarians' all-time top scorer with an astonishing 525 across all competitions.




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Cyprien ruled out for season with ACL injury

Nice midfielder Wylan Cyprien will miss the rest of the Ligue 1 season after sustaining a serious knee injury.

The 22-year-old was withdrawn in the 57th minute of his side's 2-2 draw with Caen on Friday following a heavy challenge.

Nice, who are second in Ligue 1, have now confirmed that scans showed Cyprien has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.

Cyprien is now set to undergo surgery, with Nice stating only that he will miss the remainder of the campaign.

The ex-Lens man has been a key performer for Nice in their surprise title challenge as they lie second in the table, 5 points behind leaders AS Monaco ahead of third place Paris Saint-Germain playing Lorient on Sunday.




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Dortmund hand Castro 3-year deal

Borussia Dortmund have handed midfielder Gonzalo Castro a new 3-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2020.

The 29-year-old joined Dortmund from Bayer Leverkusen for €11 million in 2015 and has become a key part of head coach Thomas Tuchel's plans at Signal Iduna Park.

Castro has made 31 appearances across all competitions this season and follows star duo Julian Weigl and Christian Pulisic in signing new deals.

Castro has not played for Germany since winning the last of his 5 caps in 2007, but Tuchel has led calls for him to be recalled due to his Dortmund form.




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Advocaat to retire at end of season

Former Holland and South Korea coach Dick Advocaat announced he would retire once he leaves Fenerbahce at the end of the season.

Advocaat, 69-year-old, has been in charge of the Turkish club since August last year, having resigned at Sunderland in October 2015.

The Dutchman said on Friday he was retiring, with Fenerbahce sitting 4th in the Turkish Super Lig.

"Finally, I will leave here at the end of the season", Advocaat said.

"I don't mind announcing my decision early."

A former midfielder and defender, Advocaat was Holland coach on two occasions, from 1992-1994 and 2002-2004.

He was also at the helm of South Korea, Russia and Belgium internationally, while most of his success came at club level.

Advocaat led PSV to an Eredivisie title, helped Glasgow Rangers to two league crowns and numerous cups and also won the league with Zenit Sankt Petersburg in Russia.

He also saw Zenit to the 2008 UEFA Cup crown when they beat his former club Glasgow Rangers 2-0 in the Final in Manchester.

Gisdol extends contract with struggling Hamburg

SV Hamburg have announced that head coach Markus Gisdol has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2019.

The 47-year-old took charge in September but only agreed a deal to stay at Volksparkstadion until the end of the season.

Gisdol and his backroom staff have now finalised renewals that will remain valid even if the club are relegated to the 2.Bundesliga this term.

Hamburg's 0-0 draw with Eintrach Frankfurt last week left them in the relegation play-off position, 2 points behind VfL Wolfsburg. They face FC Koln on 1 April.




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Neuer undergoes foot operation

Manuel Neuer has undergone a minor foot operation and will miss Bayern Munchen's next 2 Bundesliga fixtures.

The Germany goalkeeper pulled out of the World champions' squad for the recent internationals against England and Azerbaijan with a calf problem cited as the reason.

Bayern claim he has subsequently sustained a foot injury in training ahead of Saturday's game with FC Augsburg at the Allianz ArenA.

That would clear Neuer - who has not missed a top flight game since 2015 - to return for the visit of Borussia Dortmund on 8 April.

Dortmund missing Germany quartet for Schalke derby

Borussia Dortmund will be without a quartet of Germany internationals for Saturday's Ruhr derby clash with Schalke.

Thomas Tuchel expected to be without Marco Reus and Mario Gotze for the trip to Gelsenkirchen but has been dealt another blow with the news winger Andre Schurrle and full-back Erik Durm, as well as former Bayern Munchen midfielder Sebastian Rode, will also be absent.

On the plus side, Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa is fit, while Tuchel will wait on Christian Pulisic to see how the United States international looks after a long midweek journey.

Celtic have now won 6 consecutive Scottish Premiership titles.

Brendan Rodgers arrived at Parkhead with many anticipating a fierce title battle as Glasgow Rangers made their top flight return, but his side have been utterly ruthless this term.

The Bhoys remain unbeaten in the league and victory at Hearts of Midlothian was their 28th in 30 games this season - only Rangers last month and Inverness in September have taken points off Celtic.