02.06.2010- Bayern's Turkey star Altintop extends contract

02.06.2010- Barcelona make official bid for Arsenal's Fabregas

02.06.2010- Marseille ready to splash out on Forlan: report

02.06.2010- Former Croatia defender Kovac hangs up his boots

02.06.2010- Redknapp expects Cole to snub Spurs

02.06.2010- Real's Mourinho eyes Gerrard: report

02.06.2010- Bent anguish at England axe

02.06.2010- Red Knights decide to halt United takeover bid

02.06.2010- Cannavaro signs for Dubai's Al-Ahli

02.06.2010- S.Africans learn tongue twister national anthem

25.05.2010- Veh is new coach at Hamburg, Guerrero to stay

15.05.2010- Bayern Munich win German Cup

15.05.2010- Van Bommel regrets Bayern's 'lost year' under Klinsmann

15.05.2010- Treble-chasing Bayern must be wary of Werder: Robben

13.05.2010- Eigler header gives Nuremberg play-off edge

11.05.2010- Relegated Hertha Berlin and coach part company

11.05.2010- McClaren takes over as coach at Wolfsburg

08.05.2010- Colourful keeper Lehmann bows out after 22 years

08.05.2010- Robben seals Bayern's 22nd German league title

08.05.2010- Van Gaal the renaissance man as he goes from zero to hero

08.05.2010- Bayern's Van Bommel delighted to make history

05.05.2010- Schalke's Royal Blues drop deep into the red

04.05.2010- Bayern can't afford to relax: Van Bommel

03.05.2010- Germany's Kuranyi overlooked for World Cup

02.05.2010- Football: Bayern's van Gaal plans to be a 'party animal'

01.05.2010- Bayern assured 22nd league title as Schalke lose

29.04.2010- Bochum sack coach on eve of Bayern clash

29.04.2010- Refreshed Fulham eye fairytale Euro final

27.04.2010- Schalke sign up Germany's Metzelder: report

26.04.2010- Hamburg sack Labbadia after league drubbing

25.04.2010- Hoffenheim humble Hamburg, Schalke level with Bayern

25.04.2010- Schalke's Magath hits back at Bayern taunts

22.04.2010- Home final dream fires up Hamburg for Fulham clash

18.04.2010- Own-goal denies Dortmund third, Bayern stay top

17.04.2010- Rakitic double puts Schalke on top of Bundesliga

17.04.2010- Bayern's Demichelis relishing title run-in

14.04.2010- Contrite Guerrero wants to apologise to fan in person

11.04.2010- Schalke 'too soft' to win German title, says Magath

09.04.2010- Hamburg appeal Guerrero bottle throwing ban

08.04.2010- Guerrero banned for bottle throwing

06.04.2010- German probe into bottle-throwing striker

05.04.2010- Hamburg fine Guerrero record amount for fan attack

04.04.2010- Bayern eye Champions title as Man. United clash nears

03.04.2010- Bayern in driving seat after passing Schalke test

02.04.2010- Robben may miss Schalke v Bayern clash

28.03.2010- Draw keeps Freiburg in Bundesliga drop zone

27.03.2010- Bayern suffer second successive loss as United loom

27.03.2010- Bayern boss eyes treble despite United threat

21.03.2010- Bayern stay top as Schalke held in Hamburg

21.03.2010- Defeat is not a crisis for Bayern's van Bommel

20.03.2010- Leaders Bayern shocked at Frankfurt

20.03.2010- Hertha hit 23 fans with three-year bans after riot

20.03.2010- Bayern Munich begin their trophy bid

14.03.2010- Pizarro strike edges Bremen closer to Europe

14.03.2010- DFB to investigate Berlin fans' rampage

14.03.2010- Bayern were poor admits, goal-scorer Robben

13.03.2010- Hertha closer to relegation after Nuremberg defeat

13.03.2010- Bayern back to business for Bundesliga Freiburg clash

12.03.2010- Kuranyi fires Schalke to Bundesliga summit

12.03.2010- Bayern to miss Ribery, Gomez for Freiburg

07.03.2010- Strugglers Nuremberg stun Leverkusen

06.03.2010- Schweinsteiger saves Bayern's blushes in Clogne

06.03.2010- Schweinsteiger saves Bayern's blushes in Clogne

05.03.2010- Bayern out to consolidate lead against Cologne

28.02.2010- Ribery fires Bayern top of Bundesliga

27.02.2010- Bayern face Hamburg as Bundesliga hots up

26.02.2010- Bayern back Butt amid Neuer interest

26.02.2010- Bayern face Hamburg as Bundesliga hots up

14.02.2010- Schalke beat Cologne to remain in title hunt

13.02.2010- Bayern eye top spot with fit-again Ribery

03.02.2010- Van Nistelrooy needs time: Hamburg coach

31.01.2010- Leverkusen blitz Freiburg to reclaim league lead

31.01.2010- Schalke keep up pressure on league leaders Bayern

30.01.2010- Flying Dutchman Robben puts Bayern back on top

30.01.2010- Bayern must keep winning, says striker Gomez

24.01.2010- Kroos fires Leverkusen back to the top

24.01.2010- Strugglers Cologne stun Wolfsburg

24.01.2010- Hamburg's van Nistelrooy drops Holland hint

23.01.2010- Van Gaal's delight as Bayern go top

23.01.2010- Robben wonder goal sends Bayern top

23.01.2010- Robben wonder goal sends Bayern top

23.01.2010- Fighting-fit Klose keeps the pressure on at Bayern

17.01.2010- Kuranyi proves his worth to fire Schalke second

16.01.2010- Stuttgart down Wolves, Leverkusen regain top-spot

16.01.2010- Leverkusen fight back to regain first place

15.01.2010- Klose breaks goal drought to fire Bayern top

14.01.2010- Robben fit to face Hoffenheim

12.01.2010- Cologne's Podolski set for spell on sidelines

12.01.2010- Schalke make Hoogland third signing of winter break

08.01.2010- Foot injury for Bayern's Robben

08.01.2010- Wolfsburg's Gentner to sign for Stuttgart

06.01.2010- Hamburg's Ze Roberto wants to become a pastor

Hamburg's striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is congratulated by his teammate after scoring during the Bundesliga football match VfB Stuttgart vs Hamburger SV in Stuttgart, southern Germany.

Former Real Madrid and Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was in double form on only his second run out since joining Hamburg on Saturday.

The Dutch forward scored in the 75th and 77 minutes to add to Marcus Berg's first half opener to lift Hamburg to a 3-1 win over Vfb Stuttgart to maintain their hold on fourth place.

Van Nistelrooy left Real Madrid on a free transfer in the January transfer window and has made an instant impression for his new team despite being well short of full fitness after spending much of the season in Spain on the bench.

Elsewhere Bayer Leverkusen held on to the Bundesliga lead with a 2-1 win over Vfl Wolfsburg ahead of Bayern Munich's late kick-off.

Bayern, three points adrift, can claim the summit on goal difference if they notch up their ninth straight league win with a handsome defeat of Borussia Dortmund.

Louis van Gaal's men go into the match on a high after brushing aside second division Furth 6-2 in the German Cup in midweek and with France international Franck Ribery fit to play after a four month league lay off with injury.

Leverkusen, who have topped the table since October, kept up the pressure on the Bavarian giants with this home defeat of the reigning German champions which put them on 48 points

Stefan Reinartz gave them a 48th minute lead with an own-goal from Andre Lenz increasing their advantage on 67 minutes when the Wolfsburg keeper knocked the ball over his own line after a rebound from Eren Derdiyok's header hit his leg.

Yugoslavia striker Edin Drezko gave Wolfsburg reason to hope 11 minutes from time but Leverkusen held on.

This was Wolfsburg's ninth match without a win to leave them in a lowly 13th place.

Bottom club Hertha Berlin grabbed a point against mid-table Mainz 05 but remain four points off the second from bottom side Nuremberg who lost 2-1 to Monchengladbach on Friday.

On Sunday third-placed Schalke 04 are out to maintain their dominant position at home to Cologne.