Perfect farewell

Sometimes, there really is a fairytale ending. In his last international game in a 13-year career, Lukas Podolski struck a brilliant winning goal to sign off by giving Germany a 1-0 win over England in a friendly yesterday. Podolski led the side out as captain for the first time in his last international, and he hammered the ball home from 25m with little more than 20 minutes remaining.