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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso joined the group of football representatives in Germany to call for a firm stance against right-wing extremism. "We need to be clear and stand up to our values with our democratic positioning in those terms. I think that we, not just here at Bayer Leverkusen, but in the whole society, we a very open and international," Alonso said. "We must believe that we are in a very open society, that everyone has the right to come here and bring the best they can bring and

Bayer Leverkusen started where they left on Saturday as their Bundesliga season resumed with another victory, but this time it was a last-gasp 1-0 win at Augsburg thanks to Exequiel Palacios. The Argentina World Cup winner struck on 90 minutes to leave Xabi Alonso's side four points clear of champions Bayern Munich, who had returned from the mid-season break with a 3-0 home victory over Hoffenheim on Friday. Bayern also have a game in hand. Like all Bundesliga matches this weekend, the game in A

Hoffenheim coach Pellegrino Matarazzo expects a highly emotional game when they visit Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga restart on Friday, the first game since the death of Bayern and German football icon Franz Beckenbauer. "The first game after his death will surely be a very emotional moment for the whole stadium and the while world of football," Matarazzo said on Wednesday. "He was a name and a personality in football. The whole world knew him, that's why it is a sad moment for the whole world,

Guinea and VfB Stuttgart forward Serhou Guirassy has suffered no serious injury but it remains unclear if he can feature in the first match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday against Cameroon. The Guinea federation said on platform X in MRI scan revealed that Guirassy suffered "only minor strain" in Monday's 2-0 win over Nigeria in a tune-up match in Abu Dhabi. "He is feeling no pain but continues to be monitored by the medical staff, who will assess the situation on a day-to-day basis," the

The nature of VfB Stuttgart and Guinea forward Serhou Guirassy's thigh muscle injury is to be determined via an MRI scan, Stuttgart sporting director Fabian Wohlgemoth said on Tuesday. Guirassy sustained the injury in Monday's 2-0 win over Nigeria in an Africa Cup of Nations tune-up match in Abu Dhabi. The almost month-long continental tournament in Ivory Coast starts on Saturday, and Guinea's first game is on Monday against Cameroon. Wohlgemuth refused to speculate on the injury before scan res