Dortmund, Germany - Borussia Dortmund confirmed Thursday that they are to extend the contract of coach Juergen Klopp by a further two years until the end of the 2012 season.

"The season so far has shown us that it works between ourselves and Juergen Klopp," said Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke.

"We wanted some continuity in this very important area."

Klopp joined Dortmund at the end of last season and the 41-year- old and has helped the club to a stable ninth place in the Bundesliga.

Paris - Triple Olympic champion and men's 100-metre and 200m world record holder Usain Bolt will compete in the Golden League meeting at the Stade de France in Paris on July 17, organizers confirmed Thursday.

It remains unclear whether the 22-year-old Jamaican will compete in the 100m or 200m. Bolt will make his European season debut in Manchester on May 17 in a 150m race in the city centre.

Frankfurt - Lukas Podolski returns to the Germany set-up for upcoming qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Wales after being named Thursday in coach Joachim Loew's 23-man squad.

Arne Friedrich of Bundesliga leaders Hertha Berlin and SV Hamburg's Marcell Jansen also return while Rene Adler, Tim Wiese and Robert Enke will battle it out for the goalkeeping position.

Berlin - Bundesliga leaders Hertha Berlin confirmed Thursday that they have suspended German Under-21 international Patrick Ebert following a late-night incident in the German capital in which several cars were damaged.

Ebert and former Hertha player Kevin-Prince Boateng, who is now with Borussia Dortmund, were allegedly seen scratching at least one car and damaging the wing mirrors of five others as the pair were on a night out celebrating Ebert's 22nd birthday.

Trondheim, Norway - Michael Greis enjoyed his second win of the biathlon World Cup season and the 11th of his career Thursday when the German claimed victory in a men's 10-kilometre sprint in Trondheim.

The three-time Olympic champion produced perfect shooting in the range to win in a time of 26 minutes 11.3 seconds.

Munich
- Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel has extended his contract with
the German champions by a further season, the club confirmed Thursday.

"We have reached an agreement with Mark to extend his contract by a year," Bayern general managher Uli Hoeness said.

Van Bommel's current contract was due to run out at the end of the
season but the 31-year-old midfielder will now stay with Juergen
Klinsmann's side until the end of the 2010 season.