Overview
- Paderborn beat TSG Hoffenheim 3–1 on Sunday to record its first Bundesliga victory since January 2020 and to end an early‑season scoring drought.
- Hoffenheim players and goalkeeper Oliver Baumann criticized the team’s lack of intensity, poor ball control and defensive lapses, placing pressure on the club to correct course during the international pause.
- MSV Duisburg closed the weekend by defeating SV Wehen Wiesbaden 4–1 and left for the break as leaders of the 3. Liga.
- Löwen Frankfurt opened the DEL season with a dominant away win in Schwenningen and sat atop the table after matchday one.
- Handball results exposed early‑season instability: SG 09 Kirchhof suffered an 18–37 loss that prompted coach Christian Denk to cancel planned days off, ESG Gensungen/Felsberg surrendered a 30–27 lead in the final seven minutes to lose 34–36, and Edo Mehinagic scored ten goals as HSG Hunte‑Aue defeated HSG Nordhorn II 35–30.