体坛英语新闻：Frankfurt and Hamburg share spoils in German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hamburg were held to a goalless draw by Frankfurt at the opener of the 22nd round in the German Bundesliga on Friday.

Frankfurt stopped their two-game losing streak after securing one point on home soil against wasteful Hamburg, who reaped the sixth draw of the season.

The "Eagles" staged a weak first-half performance and were lucky that Hamburg squandered a couple of promising opportunities through Artjoms Rudnevs, Gotoku Sakai and Nicolai Mueller.

After the restart, the hosts made amendments and turned up but neither Makoto Hasebe nor Stefan Aigner was able to overcome Hamburg's goalkeeper Rene Adler.

However, both sides pressed without success for the winner in the closing period.

With the result, 14th placed Frankfurt stay in touching distance to the drop zone whereas Hamburg climb on the 10th position of the standings for the moment.

The following fixtures are scheduled for Saturday: front-runners Bayern Munich host newly promoted Darmstadt, Monchengladbach see Cologne, Berlin face Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim encounter Mainz and newly promoted Ingolstadt clash with relegation threatened Bremen.