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BASTIAN Schweinsteiger scored a second-half equalizer to give German Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich a 1-1 draw at Cologne on Saturday and extend its unbeaten run to 18 matches in all competitions.  

Germany and Argentina meet in a prestigious international friendly in Munich Wednesday with numbers high on the agenda for both coaches. Diego Maradona needs to finally trim his World Cup squad ahead this summer's finals in South Africa while Joachim Loew's Germany players will likely use the time also to hammer out a payment deal with the German football federation (DFB) for the tournament. The friendly was due to take place last November but was cancelled following the suicide of German goalkeeper Rob

The Argentinians are a very attractive and strong opponent, who will certainly demand everything of us   -Joachim Loew

 

In recent tournaments it's been clear who the best goalkeeper in the country is and who should be given Germany's No.1 jersey. But as Loew contemplates who should be in the squad he will take to South Africa, it seems that he cannot decide on which out of the three candidates available should be his first choice. Loew has named all three in his squad for the friendly against Argentina next week - Germany's biggest test before the main event gets underway in June. Bayer Leverkusen's Rene Adler, Manuel Ne  

Chile has called of next week's double bill of friendlies against Costa Rica and North Korea after the massive earthquake which hit the country in the early hours of Saturday. "Football cannot remain indifferent to the catastrophe which has hit our country and certainly not to the pain and tragedy of thousands of Chileans," soccer federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls said on his organisation's website (www.anfp.cl). The players said in a statement: "At this moment, it is more important to look af

Football cannot remain indifferent to the catastrophe which has hit our country and certainly not to the pain and tragedy of thousands of Chileans   -Harold Mayne Nicholls