Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

Benfica 2 Bayern Munich 2, Bayern win 3-2 on aggregate: Arturo Vidal’s thunderbolt and Thomas Muller’s tap-in comfortably put Bayern Munich through to the Champions League semi-finals for the fifth successive season, this time with a 3-2 aggregate win over Benfica.

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has confirmed he will be retiring from the game in 2018.

Louis van Gaal has confirmed Manchester United are in the process of recruiting a new striker.

Bayern Munich 6 Porto 1 (Bayern win 7-4 on aggregate): Pep Guardiola’s reputation as the world’s greatest football coach, under threat this week amid rumours could be jettisoned by Bayern Munich in the summer, has been spectacularly and emphatically revived by a breathtaking 6-1 victory over Porto in the Champions League that sends his side into the semi-finals and keeps the Treble dream alive.

Porto capitalised on a string of defensive mistakes to beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final last night.

German football is like the German economy. Both are normally so strong that an upset can be magnified into a potential crisis, writes David Shonfield.

Champions League Group E

Germany and Argentina lock horns tonight in a repeat of July’s World Cup final but international retirements and injuries mean Joachim Low and Gerardo Martino will field much-changed sides from that memorable night in Rio.

Germany’s World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has retired from international football, a decision he says was made before the tournament in Brazil had even begun.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm has retired from international football.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm is set to announce his retirement from international football with immediate effect, according to Germany’s Bild newspaper.

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

Germany 7 Brazil 1

Philipp Lahm will not be moved back to his previous position of full-back, despite clamour in Germany for changes to be made to the national team for tomorrow’s World Cup quarter-final clash with France.

Germany 2 Algeria 1 (AET) (Score 0-0 after 90 minutes)

USA 0 Germany 1

WORLD CUP GROUP G:

Germany national team head scout Urs Siegenthaler believes coach Joachim Low is on the verge of the crowning moment of his coaching career.

Bayern Munich duo Manuel Neuer and Philipp Lahm were absent from the Germany squad which met for a training camp in South Tyrol today.

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm admitted his side got their tactics horribly wrong in the first half of their Champions League humiliation at home to Real Madrid.

Bayern Munich 3 Manchester United 1 (Bayern Munich win 4-2 on aggregate)

David Moyes put his faith in the old legs of Ryan Giggs once more as Manchester United sought to achieve a positive result against holders Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Old Trafford.

Arsenal 0 Bayern Munich 2

Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Bayern Munich 3

Bayern Munich 2 Manchester City 3

An American driver has been cleared of charges in a fatal crash after a court ruled she had faced “an unforeseen emergency” when one of her passengers untied her bikini top.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP C:

As Germany reached Brazil, it should not be forgotten that someone else reached a career high. Noel King can now always say that he managed his country. That it came against the three-time world champions only deepened the distinction.

Skipper Robbie Keane was missing as the Republic of Ireland attempted to upset the odds by denying Germany World Cup qualification in Cologne.

Manchester City 1 Bayern Munich 3

Germany 3 Austria 0

Jupp Heynckes has all but ruled out a return to coaching.

The Champions League final traditionally ends the football season across Europe, but it doesn’t feel that way this year.

How the players performed at Wembley

Barcelona 0 Bayern Munich 3

The heartbreaking way in which they lost last season’s Champions League final has helped Bayern Munich steel themselves for this campaign, according to manager Jupp Heynckes.