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  "id": 4284187,
  "title": "Tiny Elversberg stun Leverkusen on Bundesliga debut, Dortmund beat Hamburg",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/tiny-elversberg-stun-leverkusen-on-bundesliga-debut-dortmund-beat-4284187",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-29T21:02:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/08/30/tiny-elversberg-stun-leverkusen-on-bundesliga-debut-dortmund-beat-hamburg"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg stunned 2023-24 champions Bayer Leverkusen in a dominant 3-2 home victory on their Bundesliga debut. American striker Cole Campbell scored just 60 seconds after Elversberg's Lukas Petkov, putting the minnows ahead within the first 60 seconds. David Mokwa added another early in the second half, but Leverkusen's Patrik Schick and Christian Kofane struck late, failing to prevent the surprise win for the smallest town ever to have a German top-flight side. Elversberg's 9,307 fans witnessed the victory, which took place in a stadium still under construction.",
  "summary": "Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg stunned Bayer Leverkusen in a 3-2 victory, while Dortmund opened their season with a 2-0 win over Hamburg.",
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/dortmund-win-bundesliga-opener-as-greek-duo-shine-watch",
        "published": "2026-08-29T18:29:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Tiny Elversberg stun Leverkusen on Bundesliga debut, Dortmund beat Hamburg",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/tiny-elversberg-stun-leverkusen-on-bundesliga-debut-dortmund-beat-4285503",
        "published": "2026-08-29T21:02:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Atletico wins without Álvarez, Elversberg beats Leverkusen in 1st ever Bundesliga match",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/atletico-wins-without-alvarez-elversberg-beats-leverkusen-in-1st-ever",
        "published": "2026-08-29T22:00:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}