Leicester City 1 Norwich 0

Norwich 2 West Ham 2: Mark Noble insists West Ham proved their fighting qualities after battling back from an Ireland one-two to snatch a point at Norwich on Saturday.

Harry Kane scored a brace as Tottenham moved above rivals Arsenal in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory at Norwich.

Wayne Rooney smashed Bobby Charlton’s record and became England’s greatest ever goalscorer with a fine penalty in the 2-0 win over Switzerland at Wembley last night.

Robbie Keane modestly shrugged off his goalscoring feats after establishing himself as the top marksman in European Championship qualifying history.

Miroslav Klose claims the years he spent playing under new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal were the hardest of his career.

Germany’s all-time leading goalscorer, Miroslav Klose, has announced his retirement from international football.

Martin O’Neill now knows that Ireland’s European Championship qualifying group will contain the reigning world champions, after Germany’s 1-0 victory over Argentina in the Maracana on Sunday.

Germany 1 Argentina 0 (after extra-time)

Lazio will not be tempted to cash in on Miroslav Klose’s increased popularity following his record-breaking goal for Germany against Brazil.

Germany’s jubilation at their historic 7-1 World Cup semi-final win over Brazil was kept in check by the realisation that their ambitions will be unfulfilled if they do not triumph in Sunday’s final.

Germany 7 Brazil 1

WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

France 0 Germany 1

USA 0 Germany 1

Miroslav Klose has moved level with Ronaldo as the World Cup’s top goalscorer of all-time — a record the Germany striker now wants all for himself.

Germany 2 Ghana 2

World Cup 2014 kicks off in nine days so Ger McCarthy looks at how some of the contenders and outsiders are shaping up ahead of their final friendlies before boarding the plane to Brazil.

The Premier League title race is pretty much ‘as you were’ following a transfer deadline day in which most of the top eight — even super-wealthy Manchester City refused to pay overinflated prices and saved their money instead for the summer market.

Faroe Islands 0 Germany 3

The mood in the Sweden camp is serious ahead of tonight’s crucial clash with Kazakhstan, with star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic adding his voices to those demanding focus on the tie in Astana rather than speculating about likely play-off opponents.

Germany 3 Austria 0

Miroslav Klose made history in Munich and helped Republic of Ireland group rivals Germany put one foot in Brazil in the process.

Germany 4 Sweden 4

Germany 4 Sweden 4

The only way Republic of Ireland defender Darren O’Dea could describe last night’s record home defeat to Germany was by calling it an embarrassment.

Republic of Ireland 1 Germany 6

Seamus Coleman has been handed his first competitive start as a much-changed Republic of Ireland attempt to halt Germany's charge towards World Cup qualification tonight.

The press conference room in the bowels of the Aviva Stadium has housed many a pantomime moment over its short life, but never was there a chance of Joachim Loew adding to the theatrics.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s Republic of Ireland prepare to enter a brave new world with their manager still extolling the virtues which have characterised his reign to date.

The Republic of Ireland have suffered a significant injury worry ahead of next Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Germany with the news that Kevin Doyle is considered a major doubt after incurring a thigh injury in training at Wolves.

By the time Giovanni Trapattoni finished reading out his 23-man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Faroe Islands yesterday, 17 of the names had been on duty in Poland during the summer.

Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

Tottenham 0 Lazio 0

Germany striker Miroslav Klose is looking to continue his impressive scoring streak against Austria and is confident the team will be better in front of goal than their opening World Cup Group C qualifier tonight (7.35pm).

Not for the first time, Italy have upset the order.

Germany coach Joachim Löw has revealed Bastian Schweinsteiger is fully fit and ready to start tonight’s Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy.

Germany coach Joachim Low has revealed Bastian Schweinsteiger is fully fit and ready to start Thursday’s Euro 2012 semi-final against Italy.

Euro 2012 has been waiting for a team to really stamp its authority on this tournament; and last night Germany grabbed that opportunity in hugely convincing style with a display so powerful and confident they could rightly overtake Spain as favourites to win the trophy.

Germany 4 Greece 2

At the World Cup, Germany scored 13 goals in six games and were widely hailed as a great attacking side – or rather they were a great counter-attacking side.

Oliver Bierhoff has called for his team to break the habit of their traditional second-game slump when the new tournament favourites Germany face the Netherlands in tonight’s Euro 2012 clash.

Germany coach Joachim Loew felt Mario Gomez’s winning goal in the Euro 2012 victory over Portugal justified his decision to start with the Bayern Munich striker ahead of Miroslav Klose.