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FC Augsburg started the Bundesliga season with two wins and is currently leading the table. Never in the club's history had the team celebrated three wins at the start of the season.
After two opening wins, FC Augsburg wants to improve in the Bundesliga and defend its surprise lead in the table. Coach Manuel Baum's team welcomes Bayer Leverkusen this Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky). The Augsburg team had never managed to celebrate three wins at the start of the season in their first division history. “Let yourself be surprised,” announced Coach Baum before the home game. After a 3-0 win against Schalke, FCA recently outplayed Frankfurt 4-1 away.
The guests from the Rhineland surprisingly lost in Elversberg at the start of the season, but then celebrated a clear 4-0 win against Union Berlin at home. “We know what brutal quality Leverkusen has,” emphasized Baum. “At the same time, we want to show throughout the season that no opponent likes to come to Augsburg.”
VfB Stuttgart would like to end its first English week with a third win against pointless TSG Hoffenheim. After victories against Cologne and in the Champions League against Viking Stavanger, Stuttgart are heading into the game stronger. Freiburg also faces Gladbach with no points, while the Breisgauers have won all five games of the season.
The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) has announced that it will not support FIFA President Gianni Infantino's candidacy again because the allegations against him have neither been clarified nor refuted. The ÖFB thus follows the position of UEFA and other European associations that want to prevent Infantino's re-election.
Alexander Zverev has reached the final of the US Open and is the first German since Boris Becker in 1989 to win the men's singles title. He defeated Karen Khachanow in the semifinals 6:3, 7:6 (9:7), 7:6 (8:6) and will meet the winner of the US duel between Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe in the final.
Alexander Zverev won the semifinals of the US Open against Karen Khachanow 6:3, 7:6 (9:7), 7:6 (8:6) and is now in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Blinding sunlight from the open glass doors in the VIP area disrupted his serve several times.

Alexander Zverev has reached the final of the 2026 US Open and insists his improved game got him there. He will face either Ben Shelton or Frances Tiafoe in the final and wants to prevent the “American Dream”. The semi-finals were dedicated to the 25th anniversary of 9/11. A win would allow him to take first place in the world rankings.
The German hammer thrower Merlin Hummel has won the newly created Ultimate Championship in Budapest. With a distance of 81.46 meters, he secured the prize money of 150,000 US dollars and prevailed against the Hungarian European champion Bence Halasz. The competition, which was held for the first time, is intended to reposition athletics and offers a total of ten million US dollars in prize money.