Borussia Dortmund sack manager Favre

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF LUCIEN FAVRE AND BORUSSIA DORTMUND

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1. LUCIEN FAVRE ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE, AFTER BEING UNVEILED AS THE NEW BORUSSIA DORTMUND COACH, ALONG WITH BORUSSIA DORTMUND CEO, HANS-JOACHIM WATZKE AND SPORTING DIRECTOR, MICHAEL ZORC

2. PHOTOGRAPHERS

3. (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): WATZKE, FAVRE AND ZORC POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

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4. FAVRE WITH MEMBER OF COACHING STAFF, EDIN TERZIC AT TRAINING SESSION

5. DORTMUND PLAYERS JOGGING

6. VARIOUS OF FAVRE TALKING TO COACHING STAFF

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7. FAVRE STANDING NEXT TO SOCCER BALLS ON TRAINING PITCH

8. TRAINING SESSION IN PROGRESS

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9. FAVRE JUGGLING BALL DURING TRAINING SESSION AT THE PARC DES PRINCES

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10. FAVRE TALKING TO MEMBER OF COACHING STAFF

11. FAVRE WALKING ON PITCH

12. FAVRE WATCHING ON AS PLAYERS WARM UP

13. JUDE BELLINGHAM DURING WARMING UP

14. ERLING HAALAND TRAINING

15. JADON SANCHO TRAINING

DORTMUND, GERMANY (FILE - JULY 9, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

16. FAVRE WATCHING ON AT TRAINING SESSION

17. TRAINING SESSION IN PROGRESS

DORTMUND, GERMANY (FILE - NOVEMBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

18. FAVRE MOVING TRAINING APPARATUS

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19. BORUSSIA DORTMUND CAPTAIN, MARCO REUS AT TRAINING SESSION AT CAMP NOU

20. PLAYERS STANDING IN HUDDLE

21. FAVRE TALKING TO PLAYERS

22. DEFENDER, MATS HUMMELS WARMING UP

23. FAVRE TALKING TO TERZIC AT TRAINING SESSION

24. PLAYERS WARMING UP

25. FAVRE WITH HIS ARM AROUND MIDFIELDER, AXEL WITSEL

26. PLAYERS JOGGING

27. FAVRE TALKING TO ASSISTANT COACH, MANFRED STEFES (LEFT) AND TERZIC (BACK TO CAMERA)

STORY: Borussia Dortmund have sacked manager Lucien Favre following Saturday's 5-1 loss at home to promoted VfB Stuttgart, the German Bundesliga club said on Sunday (December 13).

"We are all grateful to Lucien Favre for his excellent work over the past 2-1/2 years, in which he and his team won two runner-up championships. As a professional and as a person, Lucien Favre is beyond any doubt," Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said in a statement.

Favre, who previously worked at Hertha Berlin and Borussia Moenchenglabdach in the Bundesliga, had taken over two years ago.

But Borussia Dortmund have failed to seriously challenge Bayern Munich for the domestic title, and Favre's contract ran out this summer.

The side had also failed to win any of their last three league games, dropping to fifth in the league. They have, however, advanced to the Champions League round of 16.

Assistant coach Edin Terzic will be in charge until the end of the season, the club said.

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