Bayer 04 left back Michal Kadlec scored for the Czech Republic in a 7-1 win in a warm-up game for Euro 2012...

Hamburg - Hamburger SV have announced two new signings for the summer. German international goalkeeper Rene Adler will sign on a five-year deal from Bayer Leverkusen, while Latvian striker Artjoms Rudnevs is set to arrive from Polish side Lech Poznan on a four-year contract.

Munich - Fortuna DГјsseldorf stole a march on Hertha BSC Berlin in the Bundesliga play-off on Thursday evening with a 2-1 first-leg victory at the Olympiastadion.

Munich - There was little between the two sides in the Bundesliga 2 relegation play-off first leg on Friday evening as Liga 3 hopefuls Jahn Regensburg gave a good account of themselves over the course of a rather scrappy 1-1 draw with Karlsruher SC.

SSV Jahn Regensburg can look forward to playing in Bundesliga 2 again following an eight-year hiatus, after drawing 2-2 with Karlsruher SC at the Wildparkstadion. That left the teams tied at 3-3 on aggregate in the relegation/promotion play-off, with the Liga 3 side, who were reduced to nine men by the finish, edging through on the away goals rule.

Karlsruhe - It was shortly after midnight on Monday, but the away team were still singing heartily in the changing room at the Wildparkstadion, and little wonder. A couple of hours earlier, SSV Jahn Regensburg had held Karlsruher SC to a 2-2 draw, sealing promotion to Bundesliga 2 next season.

DГјsseldorf - In the forthcoming 2012/13 campaign, Fortuna DГјsseldorf will play Bundesliga football for the first time in 15 years. Norbert Meier's side drew 2-2 with Hertha BSC Berlin in a dramatic second leg match on Tuesday evening, gaining promotion thanks to a 4-3 aggregate victory. For one Berlin-born DГјsseldorf player in particular, it rounded off an extraordinary week.

DГјsseldorf - It has been a long and winding road, but after a 15-year absence Fortuna DГјsselsdorf will once again be mixing it up at German football's top table next season.

Tourrettes (France) - Following FC Bayern Munich's heartbreaking Champions League defeat at the weekend, national team coach Joachim Löw has granted special dispensation to the eight Munich-based Germany players to arrive later than planned at the squad's EURO 2012 training camp in southern France.

Tourrettes - Mario Götze had a clear message for his 750,000 Facebook friends and 15,000 Twitter followers on Tuesday: "I'm ready for the summer and preparations are going well. My time has come," wrote the Borussia Dortmund double winner from the German national team's pre-EURO 2012 training camp in the south of France.