Football news - Bundesliga to resume on May 15

The Bundesliga is to resume on May 15, the German Football League (DFL) confirmed the date to German news agencies on Wednesday.

• German government grants Bundesliga permission to return in mid-May
• Bundesliga's restart: How will it work?

The Bundesliga was given the green light to start up again behind closed doors by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a video conference call earlier on Wednesday.

But now the league's organisers have confirmed the exact start date, recommencing with Matchday 26 from the original calendar.

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Dortmund extend highly-rated Reyna's deal to 2025

20/11/2020 at 13:16

The first match will be Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Paderborn on the Friday evening.

The announcement of the return of Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga is part of wider measures that mark the easing of the country’s lockdown.

Bundesliga will be the first of Europe's major five leagues to return to competitive match action.

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Schalke held by Stuttgart as winless run stretches to 22 games

30/10/2020 at 21:48

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Dortmund captain Marco Reus still injured, to miss pre-season start

30/07/2020 at 14:44

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Bayern Munich interested in Norwich defender Max Aarons - report

27/07/2020 at 18:29