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Monday 26 August 1996 23:02 BST
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Football

Reinhard Libuda, known as the greatest winger in German football, died of a heart attack on Sunday, aged 52. Libuda, whose dribbling skills earned him the nickname "Stan" after Stanley Matthews, was capped 26 times for Germany and played in the 1970 World Cup team which reached the semi-finals.

Jason Wilcox, the England winger, could be back in time for Blackburn's next fixture against Leeds on 4 September having made a quicker than expected recovery after a knee operation

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