Bundesliga
Bayern batter Freiburg to extend title lead
Bayern Munich warmed up for Wednesday's Champions League last 16, first-leg clash at Arsenal by trouncing Freiburg 4-0 on Saturday to stretch their Bundesliga lead to 16 points.
Bayern beat Frankfurt in 5-0 home win
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich maintained their 13-point lead with a 5-0 home romp against Eintracht Frankfurt to extend their record 44-match unbeaten run on Sunday.
Bayern leave it late to keep unbeaten record
Two late goals preserved champions Bayern Munich's record unbeaten league run on Wednesday night as they came from behind to beat Stuttgart 2-1 and extend the streak to 43 matches.
Bundesliga scores record profit
Germany’s football league broke economic records last season with profits increasing to €383.5 million on the back of Champions League success.
Hanover 96 force fans to pay for UEFA fines
Bundesliga side Hannover 96 successfully took two of its supporters to court on Friday to reclaim €8,500 of UEFA fines handed to the club due to the fans' misbehaviour.
Hannover hire first Turkish boss
Tayfun Korkut made Bundesliga history on Tuesday after being named coach of Hannover, the first time a Turk has managed a club in Germany's top division.
The Local’s top ten sport stories of the year
With an all-German Champions League final and a comfortable World Cup qualifying campaign, 2013 was a strong year for German football. But there were also success stories in F1, tennis and athletics.
Bayern Munich coach vows to smoke out mole
Bayern Munich’s head coach Pep Guardiola has warned "heads will roll" after one of his players apparently leaked details of the team's strategy to the Bild newspaper before the biggest game of the season against their title rivals.
Football chiefs dismiss 'ghost goal' case
The German Football Association rejected a complaint from Hoffenheim on Monday about a "ghost goal" scored in the Bundesliga a week ago. The referee allowed a header to stand despite the ball slipping in through a hole in the net.
Football hooliganism falls in top leagues
Football hooliganism has declined in Germany’s top leagues but is on the march in lower divisions and is putting extra strain on police forces.
Hamburg rout Nuremberg 5-0
Hamburg powered out of the Bundesliga's bottom three with a stunning 5-0 win at Nuremberg on Sunday to give Bert van Marwijk his first victory as their coach.
Stuttgart hammer struggling Braunschweig
VfB Stuttgart moved up to sixth in the Bundesliga with an emphatic 4-0 rout of bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday.
Bayern Munich close gap on rivals
Jerome Boateng believes Bayern Munich will only get better having closed the gap at the top of the Bundesliga by sending Schalke crashing to their worst home defeat in over 30 years.
U21 captain Volland shines with fourth goal
Germany Under-21 captain Kevin Volland hit his fourth goal in as many Bundesliga games with the winner in Hoffenheim's 2-1 home victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday.
Dortmund keep unbeaten record to go top
Borussia Dortmund knocked Bayern Munich off the top spot in the Bundesliga on Sunday as new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored both goals in their 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Munich trumps Berlin as Euro 2020 candidate
Munich has beaten Berlin in the race to represent Germany in bidding to host Euro 2020 football matches.
Big names struggle in flurry of red cards
There was a record number of red cards in the Bundesliga this weekend with eight sending offs in a weekend in which tensions ran high.
Ribery, Robben strike as Bayern win again
Bayern Munich earned their third straight win at the start of the season, beating Nuremberg 2-0 on Saturday, but still found themselves third in the Bundesliga on goal difference.
Dortmund down Bremen to stay top of Bundesliga
Last season's Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund strengthened their position as early Bundesliga leaders with a 1-0 win at home to Werder Bremen on Friday.
Arsenal target Gustavo signs for Wolfsburg
Brazilian international midfielder Luiz Gustavo has completed his transfer from European champions Bayern Munich to Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg, thwarting London club Arsenal in their hunt for the 26-year-old.
Dortmund show title intent with first day romp
New-signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit a hat-trick as Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund kicked off their Bundesliga season with an emphatic 4-0 win at Augsburg on Saturday.
Guardiola starts Bayern reign with victory
Pep Guardiola began his tenure as Bayern Munich coach in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach as the new German league season kicked-off on Friday.
Bundesliga players to be screened for doping
Bundesliga players will undergo blood tests for the first time this season, it was announced late on Wednesday.