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DORTMUND, Germany — Niclas Füllkrug scored a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund continued its winning start to the new year by beating local rival Bochum 3-1 in the Bundesliga. Dortmund takes fourth spot from Leipzig and ends a round of games inside the Champions League qualifying places for the first time since November. Füllkrug scored two penalties and a header to give Dortmund its third straight win to start the new year and hand 14th-place Bochum its first loss of 2024. Union Berlin won 1-0 against Darmstadt despite having coach Nenad Bjelica banned from the bench for striking Bayern Munich's Leroy Sané on Wednesday.
