Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal secured victory for Bayern with his fourth goal in his past four Bundesliga games.

He met Joshua Kimmich’s cross at the far post and headed it in beyond Frankfurt goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.

Marius Wolf was sent off before a consultation with the Virtual Assistant Referee saw it reduced to yellow.

The referee dismissed the Frankfurt forward for a second-half challenge on James Rodriguez but changed his mind after viewing it again on a monitor.

Bayern’s win means they are guaranteed to be top of the table at Christmas for a record 23rd time.

RB Leipzig were undone by a late Emil Berggreenstrike as they drew 2-2 with Mainz.

Borussia Dortmund have now gone nine games without a win after they were beaten 2-1 by Werder Bremen.

Kai Havertz and Lars Bender both scored as Bayer Leverkusen won 2-0 at Stuttgart. Borussia Monchengladbach drew 1-1 with Schalke, while Hamburg and Wolfsburg played out a goalless draw.

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The 28-year-old will not be considered for his club’s next Bundesliga fixture against VfB Stuttgart on Friday.

Dortmund announced the suspension in response to a supporter’s question on Twitter, but did not elaborate on the reasons behind it.

The Gabon international was also suspended by his club last year for an unsanctioned trip to Italy.

It comes after Dortmund have lost three of their past four league games to drop to third place in the Bundesliga, six points off leaders Bayern Munich.

They host Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Aubameyang, who was linked with summer moves to Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris St-Germain, was absent from a video tweeted by the club showing the squad as they arrived at the airport to fly to Stuttgart.

He started this season by scoring 15 goals in his first 12 matches, including two Bundesliga hat-tricks.

But he has since gone 476 minutes without scoring.

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Bayern dismissed Carlo Ancelotti last week following their 3-0 defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, with his assistant Willy Sagnol taking charge of team affairs. Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel had been linked with the vacancy but Heynckes will be unveiled as the Italian’s successor, taking over until the end of the 2017-18 season.

Bayern are without a win in their last three matches in all competitions and are five points off the Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund.

Following the 2013 treble Heynckes, who has also managed in Spain at Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, as well as in Portugal with Benfica, said: “I can assure you that I’m not going to coach again. I had a worthy farewell.”

Source: The Guardian

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The 31-year-old World Cup winner sustained the same injury to the same foot in April and suffered a repeat in training on Monday.

Bayern are in the same Champions League group as Celtic and Neuer will miss their remaining five games.

“The operation went perfectly, which is the most important thing for now,” said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

“We are now looking to the future. Manuel will be back to his previous best and available in January.”

Bayern, who began their Champions League campaign with a win over Anderlecht, next face Paris St-Germain in France before hosting Celtic on 18 October.

Sven Ulreich, a 29-year-old who has made 12 competitive appearances for the German champions since signing from Stuttgart in 2015, is now favourite to start those games.

Neuer picked up the original injury during the Champions League quarter-final second-leg defeat by Real Madrid in April.

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Reinhard Rauball, the DFL president, wants to move the German deadline to August 1, after the Premier League’s clubs voted to move theirs to August 9, 2018.

The subject will be discussed at a meeting in December and, if the motion is passed, Rauball wants the deadline to be adopted across Europe and will consider putting forward proposals to UEFA.

Reinhard Rauball wants to push forward further proposals to UEFA

Rauball told SportBILD: “I will bring forward a motion to shorten the transfer period. If a corresponding decision is taken, it would be put to vote at the member’s meeting in December.

“If the majority of the 36 professors are in favour, a corresponding application will have to be sent to the international federations via the DFB.

“This year, there has been trading that is no longer justifiable. That’s why a peg must be put in. You can do it that way. ”

The DFB chief has also called for an examination of FFP rules

The December meeting will consist of the DFL, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs and, like the Premier League, changes would come into effect for next summer.

Rauball has also called for Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules to be examined after Paris Saint-Germain, whose transfer dealings are being investigated by UEFA, signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

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The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany’s top flight for 2017-18.

Steinhaus – the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb – has refereed second-tier games for six years.

“I am aware that I will be the first female referee in the Bundesliga and will be closely watched by the media and the public,” Steinhaus said.

“For us all, it’s a dream come true. I’m very much looking forward to the task that awaits me,” she added.

Webb, who is now leading efforts to introduce video technology to Major League Soccer, said he was “absolutely thrilled to bits” and believes it could help to inspire more women to reach the top level.

He told BBC Radio 5 live he did not think it would be too long before the Premier League had female officials taking charge of games.

“We have some good female officials in England, more and more are coming through and if they have the ability it shouldn’t make any difference if they are male or female,” he added.

Steinhaus has faced scrutiny already in German football and admitted: “I have worked very hard for this in the last few years and suffered a few setbacks.”

When fourth official at a Bayern Munich match in October 2014, then Bayern coach Pep Guardiola put his arm around her shoulders as he argued about a refereeing decision. She brushed his arm off but the Spaniard was subsequently criticised in the media.

Fortuna Dusseldorf midfielder Kerem Demirbay was banned for five games in 2015 for saying “women have no place in men’s football” after Steinhaus sent him off for a second bookable offence.

He later apologised but was ordered by his club to referee a girls’ football match as punishment.

DFB president Reinhard Grindel said: “Hopefully the first female referee in the Bundesliga is an incentive for many young girls in this country to try to emulate her.”

Steinhaus will referee the Women’s Champions League final between Lyon and Paris St-Germain in Cardiff on 1 June.

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The ‘Grand Master’ returned to Ghana after his April 9 victory from his latest conquest, but without the prize he worked for.

On Friday morning, the new World Boxing Association (WBA) International light-middleweight title confirmed on Facebook that the boxing body had finally sent him the belt.

In front of his home fans, Anthony Mundine was brutally floored five times by the man from Accra.

For a sport that has the tradition of presenting titles to winners in the ring just after their triumph, the absence of the WBA International belt on the night when Clottey won was strange.

“I raised questions but it seemed to me that they did not expect me to win the title,” Clottey explained to the Daily Graphic when he touched down days after the win.

“I called my manager in the United States over the matter and he spoke to them about it. It was to be delivered within days, but now almost two weeks after the fight, I’m yet to receive the belt,” he said at the time.

Citi Sports understands that Clottey automatically becomes the number one contender to Mayweather Jr’s light-middleweight crown, having won the WBA International title.

Clottey, 36, has a good career record of 38 wins, including 22 knockouts and four losses.

By: Gary Al-Smith/Citifmonline.com/Ghana

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