The German football federation has opened proceedings against Cologne sporting director Jorg Schmadtke for throwing chewing gum toward the Hoffenheim coaching area during a Bundesliga game on Sunday. Schmadtke reacted furiously when Kevin Volland scored a late equaliser for Hoffenheim to salvage a 1-1 draw while a Cologne player, Lukas Kluenter, was lying on the pitch after what appeared to be a foul from Eduardo Vargas. Hoffenheim sporting director Alexander Rosen said Schmadtke phoned to apologise for his actions after the game and with that the issue is closed for us.But the Cologne director, who has already found himself in trouble with the authorities once this season, faces further investigation.Schmadtke was fined 6,000 euros by the federations sports tribunal in January for insulting match officials at half-time during Colognes game at Werder Bremen on December 2, when he shouted: You eggheads are getting worse from week to week! Also See: Bundesliga: Gladbach go fourth Hannover sack Schaaf Gotze must prove worth Steve Young Jersey .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Brent Jones Jersey . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. https://www.49ersjerseysale.com/ .S. Open champion Justin Rose birdied the first hole with a blind shot he hit to a foot of the pin, and he stayed in front Tuesday until he completed a 4-under 67 for a two-shot lead over Jason Dufner in PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Garrison Hearst Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Clyde Conner Jersey . Westbrook has missed 27 games since having a procedure on Dec. 27 to deal with swelling in his injured right knee — the third operation on the knee in nine months. England one-day allrounder Liam Dawson has signed up at the last minute for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League.He becomes the latest English player to reject advice from the Professional Cricketers Association not to take part in the tournament for security reasons.Dawson, unused on Englands ODI tour of Bangladesh, will travel to Dhaka later this week and will remain for the entire tournament.The Rangpur franchise is coached by former Bangladesh batsman Javed Omar and captained by Shahid Afridi, who featured alongside Dawson for Hampshire in the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast.Englands tour of Bangladesh went ahead only after detailed security arrangements were put in place following a terrorist attack on a Dhaka cafe frequented by Westerners in July..ddddddddddddThat led the PCAs chief executive David Leatherdale to advise all English cricketers to stay away from the BPL, which runs from November 4 until December 9, because the same levels of security could not be promised for a Twenty20 domestic competition.Dawson joins former England players Ravi Bopara and Samit Patel, among others, in accepting security assurances from the Bangladesh Cricket Board.Its going to be a good challenge, Dawson said. Theres some very good overseas players in the competition, so itll be hard work from a cricket point of view, but I hope I can put in some good performances and do myself proud. ' ' '