Hamburg  - Bundesliga leaders Hoffenheim left it late to snatch a 1-1 draw at bottom club Borussia Moenchengladbach while Hamburg were stunned by a stoppage-time goal as they went down 3-2 at lowly Karlsruhe on Saturday.

With Hertha Berlin also failing to get a win on Friday, the results could benefit champions Bayern Munich who will go second if they beat Borussia Dortmund at home on Sunday.

Hamburg  - Bundesliga leaders Hoffenheim snatched a late goal for a 1-1 draw at bottom club Borussia Moenchengladbach while Hamburg threw away a two-goal lead as they went down 3-2 at lowly Karlsruhe on Saturday.

With Hertha Berlin also failing to get a win on Friday, the results could benefit champions Bayern Munich who face Borussia Dortmund at home on Sunday.

Hamburg  - An arch-conservative bishop whose remarks on the Holocaust plunged the Vatican into crisis is refusing to recant, according to an interview with a German magazine released Saturday.

Bishop Richard Williamson told the news weekly Der Spiegel he wanted first to examine the historical evidence against his claims that no Jews were gassed in the Holocaust.

"And if I find such evidence then I will correct my remarks. But that will take time," the controversial member of the traditionalist St Pius X Society said.

Hamburg - Belgian cycling talent Frederieck Nolf died in his sleep in Qatar where he was taking place in the Tour of Qatar, his team and race organizers announced on Thursday. He was 21 years old.

Hamburg - Biathletes who submitted positive doping tests at the World Cup season-opener in December have requested the examination of the b-sample, the ruling body IBU said on Wednesday.

IBU secretary general Nicole Resch made the announcement in a telephone interview to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa, saying the examination would tale place "as soon as possible" which will likely be before the world championships starting February 13.

Hamburg - Two biathletes tested positive for doping subst