Overview

• Schalke 04 under new coach Miron Muslic stunned Hertha BSC 2-1 in the 2. Bundesliga opener as Muslic’s high-intensity approach reinvigorated the side.
• Isac Lidberg scored a hat-trick to power SV Darmstadt 98 to a 4-1 victory over VfL Bochum amid reports of transfer interest from abroad.
• Late goals shaped several matchday-one results, including Filip Bilbija’s stoppage-time strike for SC Paderborn, Lilian Egloff’s 88th-minute winner for Karlsruher SC, and Maximilian Rohr’s 90th-minute header securing SV Elversberg’s 1-0 win.
• TSV 1860 München opened their 3. Liga campaign with a 1-1 draw at Rot-Weiss Essen, while Hertha BSC’s promotion hopes suffered a setback after their loss at Schalke.
• At the Beachvolleyball-EM in Düsseldorf, Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler kept alive their round-of-16 hopes by winning a second match, as reigning champions Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann bowed out in the semifinals.