Overview
- Schalke beat Paderborn 2–1 to take the 2. Bundesliga lead, with captain Kenan Karaman and coach Miron Muslic urging restraint and focus despite rising optimism.
- A 52-year-old man suffered severe injuries after a fall inside Schalke’s Block N1; police say current evidence points to an accident and life-threatening injuries cannot be ruled out.
- Large protests against the founding of a new AfD youth group in Gießen led to confrontations, water-cannon deployments and 10 to 15 lightly injured officers, as thousands of police secured the area.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated that his pension package will go to a vote unchanged and said a commission will deliver reform proposals by the end of 2025, rejecting taboos on possible options.
- In the Bundesliga, Bayern edged St. Pauli 3–1 with stoppage-time goals from Luis Díaz and Nicolas Jackson, while Heidenheim stunned Union Berlin with a 90th-minute equalizer and a winner in added time.