DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — A long-running German soccer dispute seems to have finally come to an end Monday as Bundesliga club Bochum was allowed to keep a win it was awarded after its goalkeeper was struck by a lighter thrown from the stands.
It may not be enough to save his team from relegation.
Monday's ruling by a German soccer tribunal rejected an appeal from Union Berlin more than four months after its game with Bochum ended in bizarre circumstances.
The two teams were heading for a 1-1 draw in Berlin on Dec.