From his seat in the stands along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel nd the other VIPs, Loew watched Ballack open the scoring four minutes after the break, after Andreas Ivanschitz had fouled Philipp Lahm 22 meters from goal.

CNN: Ballack thunderbolt puts Germany through

Berg fired wide after the break and PSV keeper Andreas Isaksson saved well from Kyle Bartley's header for the visitors.

BBC: PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Rangers

Mizuno headed the third from an Andreas Hinkel cross after the break.

BBC: Boruc shines in Brisbane victory

The Task Group includes the First Church Commissioner, Andreas Whittam-Smith, an unusually saintly and numerate erstwhile hack - who gave me my big break in journalism, by recruiting me to help launch the Independent newspaper in 1986 (goodness it feels such a long time ago).

BBC: Holy pension hole