Harry Kane scored his second Bundesliga hat-trick of the new season as Bayern Munich downed Hoffenheim 4-1 on Saturday.

Harry Kane scored in each half as Bayern Munich piled the pain on old foe Hamburg in a 5-0 home win on Saturday.

Fierce city rivals Hamburg and St Pauli resume hostilities in the Bundesliga on Friday, 14 years since their last top-flight clash.

Fallen German giants Hamburg won automatic promotion to the Bundesliga after a seven-year absence with a 6-1 home thumping of lowly Ulm on Saturday.

Borussia Dortmund's 1-3 loss to Hamburg has meant that they could slip eight points behind Bayern Munich should the Bundesliga champions win during the weekend.

Lazio have hit out at the "excessive" sanctions handed down by European football's ruling body UEFA that mean they have to play their next two home Europa League games behind closed doors.

Amidst reports here he is set to join Dortmund's rivals Bayern next season, Lewandowski hit his fifth goal in as many league games after 16 minutes.

With six points from their last nine Bundesliga game, Schalke are having a bad run of results and were shocked 2-1 at home by bottom side Greuther Fuerth last Saturday, a week after being held to a goalless draw at strugglers Augsburg.

Neymar beat Corinthians striker Paolo Guerrero, who scored the winning goal in the World Club Cup final against Chelsea, and compatriot Lucas Moura to the prize, reports Xinhua.

Bayern Munich went seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday as the Bavarian giants cruised to a 3-0 win at Hamburg with their Germany stars running riot.

Former Argentine international playmaker Juan Sebastian Veron, 37, played the final match of a distinguished career on Sunday in the final round of games in the country's Closing Championship.

Hamburger SV striker Paolo Guerrero has been banned for eight matches for a tackle from behind during a Bundesliga match.

Bayer Leverkusen's former Germany goalkeeper Rene Adler is poised to sign for Hamburg, the club's sporting director Frank Arnesen told the Hamburger Morgenpost on Thursday.

Striker Paolo Guerrero scored three goals and set up another on Saturday as Peru defeated Venezuela 4-1 to finish third in the Copa America.

While favourites Argentina and Brazil struggle for form, Chile and Peru are awakening from years of slumber at the Copa America after moving to the brink of the quarter-finals on Friday.

Champions Borussia Dortmund will open their Bundesliga title defense at home against Hamburg on August 5, the German Football League (DFL) announced on Tuesday.

Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund needed a late equaliser to seal a 1-1 draw at Hamburg on Saturday to keep on course for their first league title since 2002 with five games remaining.

Hamburg coach Armin Veh will leave the Bundesliga club at the end of the season, he announced on Tuesday.