GERMAN coach Joachim Low has revealed Kevin Kuranyi will not play for the national team again as long as he is in charge.

Germany coach Joachim Low has revealed Kevin Kuranyi will not play for the national team again as long as he is in charge.

LUKAS PODOLSKI netted both goals against the country of his birth to give Germany a winning start to their Euro 2008 campaign against Poland in Klagenfurt last night.

Barcelona 1 Schalke 0 (Barcelona win 2-0 on aggregate)

BARCELONA took a significant step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League with a hard-fought win over Schalke in Gelsenkirchen.

Schalke 0 Barcelona 1

MANUEL NEUER was FC Schalke 04’s hero, capping an outstanding performance with two penalty saves as the Bundesliga side won through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of ten-man FC Porto.

GERMANY striker Kevin Kuranyi fired his side a step closer to a Champions League quarter-final berth as his early goal was enough to seal a 1-0 first-leg win over FC Porto last night.

Schalke 1 Porto 0

Chelsea 2 Schalke 0

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan makes four changes to his side for their Champions League clash with Benfica at the Stadium of Light tonight.

Wayne Bridge makes his first start of the season in Chelsea’s Champions League clash against Schalke at Stamford Bridge.

CZECH REPUBLIC booked their spot in next summer’s European Championships last night with a 3-0 victory over Germany in Munich.

THIS week we have been offered a glimpse as to how the other half live.

Jens Lehmann is being backed to regain the number one spot with Arsenal following a miserable start to the season.

Rosenborg 0 Schalke 2

Wales 0 Germany 2

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson has lashed out at the Tottenham board for their treatment of coach Martin Jol after a nightmare England performance against Germany.

England 1 Germany 2

Germany 6 San Marino 0

GERMAN coach Joachim Low believes his country made a “giant stride” towards qualification for Euro 2008 with their impressive 2-1 away victory against Group D rivals, Czech Republic, on Saturday.

Germany held off a late rally by the Czech Republic to clinch a well-deserved victory in the battle of the Group D leaders in Prague.

STAND-IN strikers Kevin Kuranyi and Mario Gomez led Germany to a 3-1 win over Switzerland in a friendly international last night, but there was bad news for Chelsea as Michael Ballack limped off injured a minute before the break.

REAL MADRID qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League with two games to go last night when they beat Rosenborg Trondheim 2-0 in Group F.

Liverpool start Peter Crouch tonight, as Damien Duff returns from injury to start on the bench for Chelsea. Here are tonight's Champions League teams.

Tonight's Champions League teams.

ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has played down suggestions Manchester United’s Alan Smith does not have a future with the national team.

Brazil 4 Argentina 1

Argentina 2 Germany 2

Teams for Holland v Latvis and Germany v Czech Republic

Germany coach Rudi Voller has fulfilled his promise to pick a more attacking line-up for the Group D match with Latvia at Porto’s Estadio do Bessa as he sought the goals that could give his side a crucial edge in what is considered to be the tournament’s “Group of Death”.

Latvia defender Igors Stepanovs believes his country’s Euro 2004 match with Germany will be another step on the learning curve for the big-stage debutants.

Rudi Voller was pleased with Germany’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Holland and is unlikely to make many changes to that line-up for the match at Porto’s Estadio do Bessa.

THE NETHERLANDS salvaged their pride and resurrected their Championship prospects at Euro 2004 with a vigorous second half comeback, provided a fitting climax to UEFA's 50th Anniversary celebrations in Porto last night.

Germany have kept themselves very much to themselves since setting up camp on the Algarve, and held their most recent training sessions in secret.

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