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Lewandowski’s 41st goal of the season breaks Müller’s Bundesliga record
Champions Bayern Munich finish season with 5-2 win over Augsburg
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Jimmy Greaves: A working-class hero who defined a generation
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Football the poor relation at the end of summer where complaining is true national sport
Rugby statistics: Why is Brian O'Driscoll's 13 jersey so unlucky?
Chris Farrell not blessed with good fortune and latest in long list of Ireland casualties
Battle for year’s top goalscorer could be decided in Saturday’s clásico
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both scored 53 goals for club and country this year
America at Large: Miami not so keen on Beckham United
Former Manchester United player’s proposed franchise has faced numerous problems
Absence of fresh talent a worry as Robbie Keane bows out
Martin O’Neill stresses importance of Oman game as ideal preparation for visit to Serbia
Emotional set-pieces as Robbie Keane prepares for final Ireland game
Dubliner talks with candour about his 18-year international career ahead of final outing
Brian Kerr: Special Cruyff personified Total Football
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Johan Cruyff’s 1974 turn: the symbol of Total Football
Netherlands captain’s turn on Jan Olsson comes to represent great Dutch side
Neymar number crunching adds up to a double Wayne Rooney
Forward retains essentially Brazilian trait of treating the game as a matter of fun
Ken Early: Robbie Keane thriving as a big fish in a small pond
Skipper plays better surrounded by bad players, so he revels in MLS while Pirlo flops
Ireland back in the chase after good day all round
Robbie Keane scores two goals in comfortable victory over Gibraltar in Faro
More than a numbers game for Robbie Keane
Ireland captain not paying attention to the record books just yet
Germany striker Miroslav Klose retires from international football
Record German and World Cup goalscorer says victory in Brazil marked time to go
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