Eintracht Frankfurt won 2-1 in Bochum on Friday for its second straight Bundesliga victory. Brazilian midfielder Caio secured Eintracht's victory in the 69th minute, finding the target form 25 meters (yards) out. Lewis Holtby had put Bochum ahead after 10 minutes when he was left unmarked, but Marco Russ headed an equalizer from a free kick after 29 minutes.
Chile's Gary "Pitbull" Medel was nursing a bitten finger but also lapping up the praise on Friday after his match-winning performance for Boca Juniors against River Plate in Argentina's "Superclasico".
A new Caribbean league involving clubs across the region will be launched next year, the Puerto Rico football federation said on Friday. Clubs from Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Kitts, Haiti, Bermuda, Antigua, Guyana, Dominica and others will participate, though it is too early to say what the format will look like or how many games will be played each year.
Paraguay footballer Salvador Cabanas, who is staging a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head two months ago, has been out taking free kicks and shooting baskets in a rehabilitation clinic in Buenos Aires. Neurologist Celso Fretes, hired by the Paraguay federation to aid Cabanas, said Friday he was with the footballer this week and watched him take free kicks from 15-meters (yards) out.
Eintracht Frankfurt won its second straight Bundeliga game, rallying Friday night for a 2-1 victory at Bochum. Lewis Holtby put the home team ahead in the 10th minute, but Marco Russ tied it with a header off a free kick in the 29th and Caio scored on a 25-yard shot in the 69th. In a match that finished in a downpour, Bochum lost its fourth straight.