Germany - Kaiserslautern announced the signing Saturday of Bosnian international Dario Damjanovic from Russian first division side Luch-Energiya Vladivostok on a deal until 2011.

Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Istanbul - Besiktas Istanbul are looking to sign former German international Fabian Ernst from Schalke 04, the German television station NTV reported Saturday, citing Turkish media sources.

According to the report, a deal is expected to be signed in the coming days for the defensive midfielder although Schalke have denied Ernst is going anywhere.

"So far there have been no enquiries from clubs about signing Fabian Ernst," a Schalke spokesman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Nuremberg, Germany - German second division club Nuremberg

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Thick fog and priority for a men's downhill on the same piste led to the cancellation of a women's super-g World Cup ski race on Saturday.

The women's race was due to follow the men's event on the newly inaugurated Kandahar course for the 2011 world championships, but the conditions forced delays in the men's speed race which was yet to be started by the time the women's event was called off.

Hamburg - The German Bundesliga is an example of how to run a professional football league, according to a London sports marketing expert.

"In economic terms and considering income and costs, the Bundesliga is the most profitable league in Europe," Emmanuel Hembert said in an interview published Saturday in the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.

The 39-year-old pointed to the league's modern stadiums, its booming corporate hospitality sector and the fact that the Bundesliga now makes as much money from sponsorship as the English Premier League.

Hamburg - SV Hamburg paid a heavy price for their 1-0 win over Bayern Munich