Schalke hire Thomas Reis as coach

GELSENKIRCHEN, Oct 28: Schalke hired Thomas Reis as its coach with a mission to save the team from relegation, the German club said Thursday.
Reis joins just over a month after he was fired by Bochum, Schalke’s local rival and a key opponent in the relegation fight.
Schalke is last with one win from 11 games as it tries to build on promotion back to the Bundesliga last season, hampered by ongoing financial problems. Reis succeeds Frank Kramer, who was fired last week after just four months in charge on a run of five successive defeats. Schalke said Reis took charge of training Thursday (AP)