Dynamo Dresden defender Marc Wachs underwent emergency surgery on Tuesday following a shooting incident that left the player's aunt dead.

The second-tier German club said Wachs was not in immediate danger following the surgery.

Police told German wire service DPA that the aunt's husband was also injured in the shooting, which occurred near a store she ran in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt.

"We are shocked, stunned and deeply affected," Dresden sporting director Ralf Minge said in statement.

"The entire...

Dynamo Dresden will appeal against a €60,000 German Football Federation (DFB) fine and partial stadium closure after fans threw a severed bull's head near the pitch during a match against RB Leipzig.

The incident, which happened in a DFB Pokal game in August, saw the second tier club punished by the German football authorities.

RB Leipzig are bankrolled by Austrian soft drink company Red Bull and have faced criticism from rival fans for undermining the "German" idea of football.

Dresden had...

Dynamo Dresden have been fined after their fans threw a severed bull's head near the pitch during a match against Leipzig, a team bankrolled by the Red Bull energy drink maker.

The incident happened Aug. 20 during a DFB Pokal game between second-division Dynamo and Leipzig.

Leipzig were promoted into the top tier this season and are equal on points with Bayern Munich after 10 rounds. The team routinely meets with hostile reception from rival fans who object to its commercial links to Red Bull.

Dynamo...

East Germany and Dynamo Dresden legend Reinhard Hafner has died at the age of 64.

Hafner was part of East Germany's greatest success when they won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, contributing the final goal in the 3-1 win over Poland in the final.

After joining Dresden from Rot-Weiss Erfurt in 1971, Hafner went on to appear in 519 competitive matches for Dynamo, the second most of any players in the club's history. He won four national titles as well as four cups, and after...

RB Leipzig have slammed Dynamo Dresden fans as "tasteless" after a severed cow's head was thrown from the stands during Saturday's DFB Pokal clash.

The cities of Dresden and Leipzig are separated by only 100 kilometres and, when the sides met in the first round of the cup, Dresden fans snuck the head into the Stadion Dresden and threw it toward the pitch from the stands. 

Supporters of eight-time East German champions Dynamo appeared to be showing their distaste for their big-spending local...