Heynckes can count on Frederick

Leverkusen -
That was even faster than expected.
Manuel Friedrich has recovered from his calf injury, and mixed again yesterday in the team training with Bayer.
"It was already well off at him. Last Manuel had almost threatened an OP. If he does so on, he will be able to play Saturday against Gladbach, "said coach Jupp Heynckes.
Frederick was absent from the draw in Hanover and Berlin. As demonstrated just how painful it was missing and the value of the defenders for the Werkself is. This is rewarded. The contract extension is imminent. "We are almost in agreement," said club boss Wolfgang wooden houses.
Friedrich will extend his expiring contract to 2013. Bayer will leave for the winter break, however according to de Wit (to Kaiserslautern) and Gekas (probably Berlin) and Richard Sukuta-Pasu.
The Under-19 European Championship goes into the winter break for second division club FC St. Pauli. The 19-year-old is up to 30 June 2011 borrowed. Also a departure on loan from defender Lukas Sinkiewicz is not excluded. Heynckes: "Luke and Richy need match practice."
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Van der Vaart hits - Beckham weak

Amsterdam - vanBommel Without the injured Bayern captain Mark is the national football team of the Netherlands in the prestige duel amMittwochabend not gone beyond a 2-2 draw against England (2-0).
Dirk Kuyt (10) and the ex-Hamburg Rafael van derVaart (37th) scored just under 50,000 spectators at the Amsterdam Arena for the break with the leadership of the Bundesliga legionaries JorisMathijsen (Hamburger SV), and Edson Braafheid (Bayern Munich) lined up "Oranje".
But shot after the break and came through powerfully dieEngländer to substitute the Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe (49./77.) Yet to earn compensation.
Two big error of the English favored the success of Bond dasTeam coach Bert van Marwijk. First erlief a Liverpool striker Kuyt a vague back-pass from Rio Ferdinand and schosszur leadership. Then benefited by his club Real Madridunzufriedene Van der Vaart of a blunder by Gareth Barry undvollendete to 2-0. Other results by Kuyt (30) and Arjen Robben (33) prevented the good English goalkeeper Robert Green.
A disappointing performance in the team by Fabio Capellolieferte David Beckham, who after only 45 minutes for Shawn Wright-Phillips had to make room. In the second set dieEngländer were the better team and have been for their continuing nachlassendenElan rewarded by two goals by Defoe, the got the "Oranje" Abwehrnicht under control.
Before the game, it had come to Amsterdam to Auseinandersetzungenzwischen fans. According to media reports 15 people were arrested nachZusammenstößen of football supporters from both camps.
To prevent violent riots that had taken precautions Polizeischarfe.

Nowitzki is to provide authorization for World Cup wildcard

Bydgoszcz -
In the cabin were crying Germany's basketball giant still bitter tears after the EM-off by 68:70 against Croatia.
The day after the leaders practiced again in the presence of an EM blandish the German team with five defeats in six games.
"The guys have taken the German Basketball phenomenal here," enthused national coach Dirk Bauermann. So phenomenal that it against really big basketball powers such as Macedonia or Latvia clearly lost and won just one game against the lackluster first game even Russians.
Since they missed the exit and the direct qualification for the 2010 World Cup in Turkey, the Germans now hope to one of four wild cards - with Nowitzki during World Association as a valid argument.
DBB president Ingo Weiss: "With the return of Dirk, we will be a good candidate for a wildcard."