- 2d ago
Dortmund defeat Hamburg 2-0 on opening weekend as Konstantelias suffers knee injury
Borussia Dortmund opened their Bundesliga campaign with a 2-0 victory against Hamburger SV on Saturday, though a suspected knee ligament injury to debutant scorer Giannis Konstantelias dampened the result.
- 3d ago
Berlin-Hamburg rail line faces overnight closure for post-refurbishment track adjustments
Deutsche Bahn will shut the high-speed line between Berlin and Hamburg from Saturday evening at 21:10 until Sunday morning at 11:00 to resolve residual defects following its ten-month renovation.
- 3d ago
Marcel Rapp demands FC St. Pauli response against Kaiserslautern after cup defeat
Following a 0:2 DFB-Pokal exit against third-tier Essen, FC St. Pauli head coach Marcel Rapp is seeking the team's first competitive win since late February in Sunday's match against Kaiserslautern.
- 4d ago
Owen Ansah rejects four-year doping ban and requests sports arbitration
German European sprint champion Owen Ansah has rejected a four-year suspension from NADA over an alleged missed test on 9 July, sending the case to the German Court of Arbitration for Sport after ending his season with an injury.
- 6d ago
German housing deficit reaches 1.35 million units as construction drops to 206,600
A study by the Pestel Institute reveals that Germany lacks 1.35 million apartments, reducing tax receipts by roughly €7 billion and trimming 0.6 percentage points from gross domestic product.
- 6d ago
German holidaymakers confront lagging domestic infrastructure and digital services after European travels
Returning summer tourists report superior transport, mobile connectivity, and digital payments across Europe, challenging long-held assumptions of German technical superiority.
- 6d ago
Twenty-three passengers rescued from 30-meter height after Hamburg carousel stalls
A three-hour emergency operation at the Hamburger Sommerdom fair concluded safely after technicians restarted the stalled Nordic Tower ride just past midnight, freeing 23 uninjured passengers.
- 6d ago
Slovak police thwart arson attack on drone factory and detain three foreign suspects
Slovak authorities and German police detained three foreign suspects who planned an incendiary attack on an unmanned aircraft production facility in eastern Slovakia, seizing improvised napalm and operational plans.
- Aug 24
Hamburger SV signs Nigerian striker Terem Moffi from OGC Nice for two million euros
The 27-year-old forward arrives from Ligue 1 on a reported two million euro fee ahead of Hamburger SV's Bundesliga opener against Borussia Dortmund.
- Aug 24
German logistics billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne dies in Switzerland at 89
Billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne, majority owner of Kühne + Nagel and Germany's second wealthiest person, died Sunday at his home in Switzerland, transferring his $44 billion estate to his charitable foundation.
- Aug 24
German school bus overturns on Dutch A28 motorway near Wezep, leaving eight hospitalized
A coach carrying 54 high school students from northern Germany struck a delivery van and overturned on the A28 motorway near Wezep early Monday, sending eight people to the hospital.
- Aug 24
Hamburg CDU demands disciplinary law and student expulsions over campus antisemitism
The opposition CDU in the Hamburg Parliament has called for a graduated disciplinary law to penalize antisemitism at universities, proposing penalties ranging from formal warnings to exmatriculation.
- Aug 24
Northern German cities replace vulnerable trees to withstand extreme weather
Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein, including Kiel, Lübeck, and Norderstedt, are overhauling their urban tree stock to handle intensifying heat, droughts, and severe storms.
- Aug 24
Hamburg police arrest 22-year-old suspect after woman found dead in park
Officers in Hamburg detained a 22-year-old woman in Alsterdorf on Saturday evening following the discovery of a deceased 60-year-old woman showing signs of violence in Poppenbuettel.
- Aug 23
Rot-Weiss Essen eliminates FC St. Pauli from DFB-Pokal with 2:0 victory
Third-tier Rot-Weiss Essen advanced to the DFB-Pokal second round on Sunday with goals from Marek Janssen and Semir Telalovic, extending FC St. Pauli's winless start to three matches.
- Aug 23
Volkswagen plans 25% management cut as CEO Oliver Blume tours German plants
Chief Executive Oliver Blume defended a comprehensive restructuring package across nine factory assemblies, warning that German labor costs are double those of European rivals.
- Aug 23
Cyclist severely injured after car collision at Hamburg intersection
A 29-year-old cyclist sustained severe injuries overnight into 22 August 2026 after riding through a red light at the Neuer Pferdemarkt intersection in Hamburg and colliding with a car.
- Aug 23
Arthur Fils beats Tiafoe and Coco Gauff defeats Pegula to win Cincinnati titles
Arthur Fils defeated Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati on Sunday, while Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 for the WTA 1000 crown.
- Aug 22
Germany defeats Croatia 96-87 to claim basketball Supercup in Hamburg
Oscar da Silva scored 22 points in front of 9,583 spectators at the Barclays Arena as Germany secured its seventh Supercup title ahead of World Cup qualifiers.
- Aug 22
Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 to win German Supercup
Nathaniel Brown and Michael Olise scored in the first half as Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup on Saturday.
