
Spare a thought for German football fans over the holidays. Not only did their national team's World Cup end embarrassingly early in the group stage, they face a long wait to see any club games.
The German Bundesliga doesn't return from its post-World Cup break until Jan. 20. That's by far the latest resumption of the big five European leagues and comes nearly a month after the English Premier League restarted with its traditional Boxing Day program on Dec. 26.