Borussia Dortmund got back to winning ways after two consecutive draws to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 13 points thanks to a 2-0 win in a one-sided game against St Pauli.

Cologne’s hopes of making a successful start to 2011 have been dealt a blow by an outbreak of the swine flu virus at the club.

A judge today ordered that a Lebanese student suspected of planting one of two bombs that failed to explode on German trains be held in custody pending possible terrorism charges, prosecutors said.