Bundesliga side Wolfsburg on Sunday sacked manager Ralph Hasenhuettl, a day after a 4-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund.

The Netherlands attacker Xavi Simons scored twice as RB Leipzig held on to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 to move up to the fourth and final Champions League berth in the German Bundesliga table.

Borussia Dortmund scored three goals in a devastating five-minute spell to beat Wolfsburg 3-1 and end the year in the top six of the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund have been eliminated from the German Cup in the second round with a 1-0 extra-time loss at Wolfsburg on Tuesday

Victor Boniface struck a stoppage-time winner to give Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen a thrilling 4-3 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday

Harry Kane helped drag Bayern Munich to a come-from-behind 3-2 win at Wolfsburg on Sunday in new manager Vincent Kompany's Bundesliga debut.

Nathan Tella and Florian Wirtz scored as Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man Wolfsburg 2-0 on Sunday to edge their team closer to a maiden Bundesliga title.

Patrik Schick scored a first-half hat-trick as Bayer Leverkusen thumped Bochum 4-0 at home to stay four points clear of Bayern Munich, who won 2-1 at Wolfsburg on Wednesday

Leipzig have a rich recent pedigree in the competition, reaching the previous three finals, losing in 2021 to Borussia Dortmund first but winning the last two against Freiburg and Frankfurt.

Croatia international Lovro Majer has moved to Wolfsburg from French side Rennes for a reported fee of 25 million euros ($28 million), the German club announced on Wednesday

England international Jude Bellingham, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent days, now has 13 goals in all competitions this season.

Jamal Musiala now has four goals in three competitive matches to start the season.

Premier League: With the departure of Chris Wood, Burnley have signed Dutch striker Wout Weghorst.

Bundesliga: Erling Haaland scored on his return from injury on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund knocked Bayern Munich off top spot in the league table with a 3-1 win at Wolfsburg.

Bundesliga club Wolfsburg have appealed after being thrown out of the German Cup for using one more substitution than the allowed rules during their first-round match against Preussen Muenster.

Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United romped to a 4-0 victory over Real Sociedad in their Europa League last-32 first leg on Thursday, while Gareth Bale impressed for Tottenham in a 4-1 thrashing of Austrian side Wolfsberg.

Bundesliga: Jadon Sancho capped a fine display having also provided the corner from which Manuel Akanji scored in Borussia Dortmund's win over Wolfsburg.

Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund take on Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday as they try to stay in contention for the title.