Germany eased ominously into the semi-finals of Euro 2012 - where they will meet either England or Italy - with a 4-2 win over Greece at the Gdansk Arena on Friday. Having set out to frustrate from the off, once they fell behind to Philipp Lahm's goal just before half-time the 2004 champions were always up against it. Having equalised somewhat unexpectedly through Celtic forward Giorgios Sam...Full Story »

BERLIN (AP)—Germany striker Miroslav Klose faces four weeks out after injuring a left thigh muscle while training with his club Lazio on Thursday. The German Football Federation says the Italian club confirmed the extent of the injury Friday. Klose flew back to Munich Thursday evening for treatment by Germany team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt. Klose has 63 goals in 114 appear...Full Story »

Lazio ended a difficult week on a high with a narrow 1-0 win over Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico. Miroslav Klose scored the only goal of the game in the 36th minute as Lazio got back to winning ways after defeats to Atletico Madrid and Palermo over the last seven days. The result was just what the Biancoceleste fans needed after a turbulent week at the club, which saw coach Edy Reja offerin...Full Story »

Lazio failed to take full advantage of Udinese's defeat at Napoli as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Catania, missing the chance to go top of the Serie A table. Miroslav Klose put the hosts in front in the 17th minute but Gonzalo Bergessio equalised shortly after the hour mark to hand his team a deserved point. The result has left the Romans third in the standings, level on 15 points w...Full Story »

Miroslav Klose grabbed a late winner to hand Lazio an impressive 2-1 victory at Fiorentina. Fiorentina took an eighth-minute lead through Alessio Cerci but Hernanes equalised before the half-hour mark and although Fiorentina looked the most likely to snatch all three points, it was Germany international Klose who headed in the winner with seven minutes remaining. Lazio went into the game on th...Full Story »

Champions AC Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Lazio at the San Siro to kick off the new Serie A season on Friday following the player strike that postponed the original start two weeks ago. Miroslav Klose and Djibril Cisse both scored on their Lazio league debuts to give the visitors a dream start but Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Antonio Cassano struck back to snatch a point for the hosts. Lazio p...Full Story »

ROME, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The delayed Serie A season finally kicked off on Friday as champions AC Milan and Lazio shared four first half goals in an exciting 2-2 draw at the San Siro. Lazio were first to get off the blocks as new strike force Miroslav Klose and Djibril Cisse wasted little time in opening their Serie A accounts with a left-foot strike and header, respectively, to put the visitors...Full Story »

Experienced attacker Miroslav Klose has joined Serie A outfit Lazio on a two-year deal after passing his medical, the Italian side have confirmed on their official website. The capital club were eager to add some more depth to their front line ahead of the 2011-12 campaign in order to be ready to compete in three competitions following their Europa League qualification, and head coach Edy Reja ...Full Story »

He was the star man on the Internazionale team that won the Champions League last season before helping the Netherlands reach the World Cup final last summer. Yes, there is no doubt that Wesley Sneijder is a quality player; it would be understandable if Manchester United fans were excited by a back page exclusive in today's Mirror which has the headline: "Sneijder: I want to join Man Utd." B...Full Story »

* Klose strikes twice to close in on Gerd Mueller record* Germany have maximum 15 points Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose both scored twice as Germany eased to a 4-0 victory over Kazakhstan to open up a commanding eight-point lead in Euro 2012 Group A qualifying on Saturday. Germany have maintained the momentum from their third place World Cup finish last year, winning all five of their qua...Full Story »