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Gerd Muller hails 'gigantic' Lionel Messi after seeing 40-year-old record broken by Barcelona forward
Monday 10 December 2012
Two goals last night see Messi reach 86 goals for the calender year
International round-up: Germany lose four-goal lead as Ibrahimovic inspires Sweden fightback
Wednesday 17 October 2012
Germany squandered a four-goal advantage with 30 minutes to play as Sweden fought back to claim a 4-4 draw last night.
International Football in Brief: Ronaldo to join 100 club; Rodwell out for England; Klose turns over new leaf
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Portugal v Northern Ireland
International Football: Cristiano Ronaldo to join 100 club; Jack Rodwell out for England; Miroslav Klose turns over new leaf
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Portugal v Northern Ireland
Poland's 'Big Lewandowski' is a wanted man all over Europe but ...
Monday 15 October 2012
Striker is deadly for Dortmund but patchy for the Poles, as Robin Scott-Elliot explains
Trapattoni refuses to throw in towel
Sunday 14 October 2012
Giovanni Trapattoni insisted he would not walk away from the Republic of Ireland job, despite overseeing the country's worst competitive defeat on home soil.
Trapattoni in crisis after Germans run riot in Dublin
Friday 12 October 2012
Republic of Ireland 1 Germany 6
Balotelli seizes moment to send Germany packing
Friday 29 June 2012
The fireworks, the impromptu prison visits – even the studs-up challenge on Alex Song and the arguments with Roberto Mancini. All these things contributed to make a reputation for Mario Balotelli but what no one can argue with is the kind of performance that takes a tournament by the throat and changes it.
Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger fit for Italy semi-final
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Germany coach Joachim Low has revealed Bastian Schweinsteiger is fully fit and ready to start Thursday's Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy.
It's a sprint, not a marathon, as 'Jogi' presses fast forward to put Germany ahead of the rest
Sunday 17 June 2012
Coach Löw's methods have changed the nature of national side's game to produce a slick machine
Germany striker Mario Gomez issues riposte to critics of his work-rate
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Mario Gomez has hit back at criticism of his performance in Germany's 1-0 victory over Portugal in their opening game of Euro 2012.
Germany v Portugal player ratings
Sunday 10 June 2012
Man-for-man marking from the Euro 2012 match at the Arena Lviv in Lviv
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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