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• Former Germany goalkeeper will not extend Stuttgart stay• 'I am planning to retire, but you just never know'The VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is likely to retire in the summer after confirming he will not be extending his contract at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.The 40-year-old has opted...

The pod squad is suited and booted for your brand new Football Weekly.We start with the FA Cup, where Harry Redknapp could be set for another encounter with Portsmouth, and Aston Villa came from behind against Reading to set up a semi-final with Chelsea – for whom John Terry was the perfect...

The only person who doesn't believe Magath can work his title-winning magic two seasons running is the man himselfAfter Schalke's 4

It was the game all Italy had been waiting for but after Silvio Berlusconi's lunch with Leonardo, Milan's tactics were tweakedEven in the changing rooms there was no escaping the din. "Well, you brought these people here," sighed Claudio Ranieri to his players as the walls reverberated to the...

Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga in dramatic style after Rafael van der Vaart's winner in stoppage-time sealed a 3-2 victory over Sevilla at the Bernabéu. After Barcelona were held 2-2 against Almeria, Madrid took to the field knowing that a win would send them into first place, but the...

Another late comeback recalls the Capello days and Real take a giant step forward in the title battle with BarcelonaThe phoney war was over. Xerez, Tenerife and Valladolid had departed broken and battered, so too Zaragoza, Málaga and Racing, 21 goals conceded, two scored, and barely an eyebrow...