Tom Bischof was 16 years, eight months and 19 days old when he came off the bench for Hoffenheim at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 19 March 2022. In doing so, he became the youngest player to ever represent TSG. He has now firmly established himself in the senior squad and is getting regular game time. “Four months ago, I was still thinking a lot about whether I would be in the squad and I was hoping to be used in some capacity. Now I’m thinking about whether I’ll be in the starting XI,” said the midfielder, as he reflected on the developments of the past few months.

RBL take on the Foals (Saturday, 15:30 CET) | Gladbach’s Bensebaini misses the game through suspension | RBL have strong record at home

Mainz got their Bundesliga campaign up and running on Saturday afternoon with a well earned win over VfL Bochum. Karim Onisiwo headed FSV into the lead in the 26th minute, before former Zerofiver Kevin Stöger leveled for the hosts 13 minutes later. It would prove to be Onisiwo’s day, however, as he scored another header in the 77th minute to give his side all three points.

VfB took advantage of the international break to play a friendly against 1. FC Heidenheim, which they won 2-0 at the Robert-Schlienz-Stadion in front of around 1,000 fans.

1. FSV Mainz 05 started the new season with 14 new arrivals, convincingly winning their DFB Pokal match against Erzgebirge Aue 3:0. They then got off to a good start in the Bundesliga, beating VfL Bochum 2-1. In the 2021/22 season, Mainz came 8^th, guaranteeing themselves a place in the Bundesliga for the 14th time in a row.

Following back-to-back coronavirus-enforced cancellations, the Volkswagen Arena grounds will once again host a green-and-white celebration for supporters young and old on Saturday 23 July. The VfL Family Festival and VfL Kids Day will offer an exciting, fun-packed programme of activities between 11am and 4pm local time, when the Wolves face Brentford in a pre-season friendly at the AOK Stadion.

Ajax have a reputation of one of the best ran clubs in Europe and United are keen to get Van der Sar on board.

Olschowsky back in training Jan Olschowksy took part in the Foals’ first training session of the...

On Saturday afternoon, SVW beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 at the wohninvest WESERSTADION. The first half started rapidly, as both SVW and Wolfsburg created lots of pressure and contributed to what was an action-packed first half. After the first minutes, in which the guests set the tone, Werder grew into the game and created good chances. Niclas Füllkrug (24’ and 77’) put the home side in front with a penalty. Werder deserved their lead largely due to winning their challenges and their bold style of play. In the second half, the fast pace continued and both teams wanted the next goal. In the end it was Füllkrug again who scored the second goal that would be enough for Werder to be victorious. The final minutes were incredibly tense again, in which Paredes made it 2-1 (90’). After ten minutes of additional time, the job was done.

No less than six VfL Bochum 1848 pros still have to go into “extra time” after...