Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu will serve a four-month ban imposed by FIFA for breach of contract.

The 22-year-old Turkey international must also pay €100,000 in compensation to Turkish club Trabzonspor, for whom he agreed to sign as a teenager, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Thursday.

Calhanoglu was a youth player at Karlsruher when he was paid €100,000 after agreeing to sign for Trabzonspor in the future. But he never joined the club, instead extending his...

Augsburg have completed the signing of left-back Philipp Max from Karlsruher SC, paving the way for Chelsea target Baba Rahman's exit.

Max, 21, moves to the Bundesliga side on a two-year contract, with an option to extend the agreement, after agreeing a fee reported to be in the region of €3.6 million.

Der #FCA verpflichtet Philipp #Max vom @KarlsruherSC! 2-Jahres-Vertrag mit Option! http://t.co/MZ7XPsPWqc pic.twitter.com/EfMBvz9guY

- FC Augsburg (@FCAugsburg) August 4, 2015

Augsburg director...

Hamburg celebrated avoiding relegation from the Bundesliga into the early hours of Tuesday morning, while Karlsruher "felt like somebody had torn their heart out" following the 2-1 playoff defeat.

Ninety-one minutes into the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff on Monday, Hamburg looked set to be relegated from the Bundesliga after 52 years in the division.

They had fallen behind to a 78th-minute goal by Reinhold Yabo, but Marcelo Diaz then converted a free-kick deep into injury time --...

Rafael van der Vaart is set to make his final start for Hamburg in the second leg of the Bundesliga relegation/promotion playoff against Karlsruher on Monday.

With the tie poised at 1-1 heading in to the crucial match at the Wildparkstadion, Bruno Labbadia's Hamburg must score in order to avoid being relegated to the second tier on the away goals rule.

Hamburg's injury and suspension problems mean 32-year-old Van der Vaart -- who will be leaving the club this summer whether or not they survive in...