Hannover hosted Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Hannover president Martin Kind has apologised for the racial abuse Mainz players Leon Balogun and Anthony Ujah were subjected to before the teams’ Bundesliga game on Saturday.
Balogun said on Twitter: “Ujah and I were racially insulted with ape noises among other things as we warmed up in front of the Hannover fan block. I’m shocked that such behavior exists in 2018 in the Bundesliga, where players of differing backgrounds, skin colors and religions fight daily for their fans.”
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Ihlas Bebou’s brace piled more misery onto Borussia Dortmund, who succumbed to a 4-2 defeat to Hannover at the HDI-Arena.
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Carlo Ancelotti praises Hannover’s strong Bundesliga return but insists the title race is between Bayern and Dortmund.
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Promoted Hannover defeated injury-hit Hamburg 2-0 at home in the “little northern derby” to maintain their fine start to the Bundesliga on Friday.
Second-half goals from Martin Harnik and Ihlas Bebou, on his first home appearance for Hannover, gave Andre Breitenreiter’s side their third win from four games and maintained their unbeaten start.
Breitenreiter, who played for Hamburg in 71 Bundesliga games (12 goals) between 1994 and 1998, is unbeaten as Hannover coach across the top two divisions since…
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The Mayor of Hannover shows no signs of leaving office.
Steve Cherundolo arrived at Hannover 96 in 1999 as an unheralded outside back, and aside from stints with the U.S. national team, he never left. Cherundolo retired from the game in 2014 after making more than 420 league and cup appearances for Die Roten but has stayed with the club in a variety of coaching roles. He is going into his third season as manager of the club’s U-17 team, but he also is taking on a role outside of his coaching…
Hannover fans reportedly caused crowd trouble at Burnley.
Burnley’s preseason friendly at home to Hannover has been abandoned on police advice.
The Clarets were leading 1-0 at half-time thanks to a goal from Ben Mee when the announcement came.
A short statement on the club’s Twitter account read: “Today’s game has been abandoned, on police advice.”
Photographs showed unrest in the stands, with police holding back Hannover fans from Burnley supporters.
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Stuttgart coach Hannes Wolf is soaked in beer as the celebrations begin.
Stuttgart defeated Wurzburg 4-1 at home to return to the Bundesliga as 2. Bundesliga champions on Sunday, and were joined in the top flight by runners-up Hannover.
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Horst Heldt, right, served as general manager at Schalke.
HANNOVER, Germany — German second-division side Hannover have sacked their general manager and sporting director to make way for former Schalke GM Horst Heldt.
Hannover, who were relegated from the Bundesliga last season, say Martin Bader and sporting director Christian Moeckel have been let go “with immediate effect.”
Supervisory board members decided “the club’s sporting leadership needs to be changed” to secure their immediate top-flight return.
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Borussia Dortmund have advanced to the DFB Pokal quarter-finals after an intense penalty shootout against Hertha Berlin.
Borussia Dortmund needed a penalty shootout to overcome Hertha Berlin on Wednesday to reach the DFB Pokal quarterfinals for the sixth-consecutive year.
Dortmund sealed a 3-2 victory on penalties when Hertha’s Salomon Kalou sent his spot kick over the bar, after Fabian Lustenberger’s first effort struck the crossbar and then Dortmund `keeper Roman Buerki saved Vladimir Darida’s penalty.
Christian Pulisic missed for Dortmund but Ousmane Dembele, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Gonzalo Castro all…