Borussia Dortmund game called off after bomb explosions hit team bus

Borussia Dortmund's Champions League game against Monaco has been postponed until Wednesday after three explosions around the team bus.

The German club announced a bomb exploded on their bus before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, the incident believed to have happened around three kilometres away from the stadium.

A statement on the club's Twitter account said: "Bomb explosion on the team bus at the team hotel. Players are safe."

Dortmund and European governing body UEFA said shortly after 1930BST that the match had been called off, and would instead kick off at 1745BST on Wednesday.

The local police force - Polizei Nordrhein-Westfalen Dortmund - then stated on Twitter: "We can confirm that there have been three explosions in the area of b b the @BVB team bus."