Bundesliga

FC Cologne sporting director Jorg Schmadtke unleashed his inner schoolboy this weekend when, just after Hoffenheim scored a 90th minute equalizer against Cologne, he threw gum at Hoffenheim manager Julian Nagelsmann.

Yes you read that right. Gum. Like, the thing you chew in your mouth that either makes your breath smell better or allows you to blow bubbles with it.

This wasn't just any gum. This was what we in elementary school would refer to as "ABC gum." 

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that David De Gea was not his first choice keeper after the retirement of Edwin Van Der Sar. Instead, it was World Cup champion and Bayern Munich stalwart Manuel Neuer who caught the eye of the legendary manager.

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez is having a career season in Germany right now. The Bayer Leverkusen/Mexico National Team striker has 25 goal in 35 games for Leverkusen.

The Little pea spoke to Bundesliga.com about his transition to Germany and the factors that have made him so successful this year. 

From Bundesliga.com:

After two Sudanese refugees who play for Deinster SV in Germany were targets of racial abuse, the team decided to speak out, digitally altering the team photo so the players appeared to be in blackface and posting it on Facebook.

The Facebook post read (translation via Goal.com):

With only a handful of games remaining across the top divisions in England, Spain, Germany and Italy, clear title favorites are beginning to emerge while pretenders are falling by the wayside. With the finest of margins separating this season’s elite, predicting the title winners in Europe’s top four leagues remains a tricky process. 

Nowadays Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominate every single individual trophy there is, so much so that any other  player has a very hard time competing with them, and rarely robs them of praise.

Only outstanding performances by Luis Suarez and Neymar, Messi’s mates at Barcelona, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have managed to recently steal some limelight.

German international Max Kruse made headlines this week after it had publicly emerged that he’d left over $85,600 in poker winnings in the backseat of a taxicab. Not only has that money not been returned to Kruse, but he was subsequently fined a further $28,500 by Wolfsburg for his conduct.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has a rare combination of ability and speed, and now it seems he may bring this combination to Real Madrid. In a recent interview with beIN Sports, we learn Aubameyang promised his grandfather that he would play for Los Blancos one day.

The game between Dortmund and Mainz on Sunday was overshadowed by the tragic death of a Dortmund fan who suffered a heart attack in the stadium. After news of the tragedy started to break around the stadium, the game took a backseat as both players and fans alike were visibly shaken by the event. The usually boisterous atmosphere of the Westfalenstadion was eerily quiet as everyone paid their silent respects to the fan who lost his life.