Ralf Rangnick uses a spinning wheel to determine punishments for players.As they continue to aspire to Bundesliga domination, RB Leipzing have concocted a novel way of keeping their squad in line.Rather than fines, the German club have instead installed a "wheel of misfortune" to help determine any punishment that a player might incur.The spinning wheel is the brainchild of Leipzig coach Ralf Ragnick, who installed it to cut down on transgressions such as players being late, or using their phones during training, or reporting back to training a few kilos overweight."Fines...

ESPN FC's Shaka Hislop and Alejandro Moreno laud Kylian Mbappe's maturity and leadership following his performance against the Netherlands. FIFA could punish RB Leipzig striker Jean-Kevin Augustin after he rejected a France under-21 call-up by text message.Augustin sent a message to U21 coach Sylvain Ripoll a day before he had been due to join the squad in which he said "muscle fatigue" meant he could not play.Ripoll said that was not an acceptable excuse, but Leipzig counterpart Ralf Rangnick backed the 21-year-old forward.Augustin, who has scored five times for his club this season, may face a ban from playing for them if FIFA's...

Jean-Kevin Augustin's international future with France is in doubt after the RB Leipzig striker sent a text message to under-21 coach Sylvain Ripoll saying he was rejecting a call-up.Augustin was excluded from the squad a year ago after a heated exchange during a game with Ripoll. He returned in March and scored twice in UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019 qualifying wins over Kazakhstan and Montenegro, and was selected for upcoming games against Bulgaria and Luxembourg.However, Ripoll told L'Equipe former...

Borussia DortmundRB Leipzig41FTGame DetailsLive football odds with bet365. Bet Now »GameCastLineups and StatsBorussia Dortmund eased past RB Leipzig 4-1 on Sunday after coming from a goal down, to make a winning Bundesliga start under new coach Lucien Favre and confirm their status as preseason title contenders.Following a nervous beginning during which Jean-Kevin Augustin scored for Leipzig after only 31 seconds, Dortmund got down to business, grabbing three goals in 22 minutes.Mahmoud Dahoud's acrobatic header in the 21st minute pulled them level and Marcel Sabitzer's own goal after heading in a Marco...

A goal and an assist from Gareth Bale against Getafe got Julen Lopetegui's side off to a perfect start in La Liga. Relevent Sports chairman Charlie Stillitano explains his vision to build and promote the La Liga brand through games played in the U.S. The FC panel answer your tweets on Real Madrid's needs, Bayern Munich's UCL expectations and whether Higuain or Ronaldo will score more this season. Following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, the ESPN FC panel question if Real Madrid will have the pieces necessary to win La Liga this season. RB Leipzig have said Germany forward Timo Werner is not on sale amid reported interest from Real Madrid.Werner, who has two years left to run on his RB Leipzig contract, was linked with a move to the European champions by Marca at the weekend.However, RB Leipzig coach and sporting director Ralf Rangnick rejected all speculation that he could still leave during the final days of the transfer window."That's just not an issue for us," Rangnick said to Sky. "Timo has made it clear to us as well as...

Jesse Marsch has said he is looking forward to taking the "next step" at Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, with the former New York Red Bulls coach saying his eventual ambition is to return to the United States as national team coach.Marsch, 44, left his role at Red Bulls last week to become assistant to new head coach Ralf Rangnick at Leipzig.The former U.S. international had been touted as a potential head coach, but on Tuesday told reporters he was delighted to be part of Rangnick's staff."It's...