Serie B club Juve Stabia has been hit with an additional two-point deduction, bringing their season total to four points, following a fraud investigation into patron Alfredo Guerri.
Osnabrück claimed a decisive 3-1 win against Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga, with all four goals arriving in the second half. Daniel Kofi Kyereh, Bjarke Jacobsen, and Robin Meißner scored for the hosts.
Lars Gindorf’s second-half penalty earned Hannover a 1-0 victory against Darmstadt, who played over an hour with ten men following Aleksandar Vukotic’s early dismissal.
1. FC Heidenheim staged a remarkable late comeback to defeat Dynamo Dresden 5-3 in the 2. Bundesliga, scoring five times in the final 25 minutes after Thomas Keller saw red.
The Italian Football Federation has formally withdrawn its backing for FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the 2027 elections, citing concerns over his plans to sell stakes in competitions to private investors.
SV Hemelingen and Hannover 96 have named their starting elevens for the DFB-Pokal first-round tie. The 2. Bundesliga side seeks its first victory of the season against in-form lower-league opposition.
FC Nantes are contemplating the dismissal of head coach Michel Der Zakarian following a disastrous start to their Ligue 2 campaign that has left them bottom of the table.
The 2. Bundesliga club will expand from 36,000 to 50,000 seats. Completion is targeted for the 2031/32 season, requiring a temporary venue during construction.
LNZ Cherkasy will make their European debut against Gent, completing a remarkable rise from Ukraine’s fourth tier in 2021 to the Conference League qualifiers.
VfB Stuttgart’s planned promotion of Dennis Seimen to first-choice goalkeeper has been delayed after the 20-year-old suffered a hamstring injury expected to sideline him until the end of September.