Fifa World Cup Update
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FIFA World Cup: Argentines hold heads high after World Cup loss
Football | Jul 14, 2014, 04:55 AM ISTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina : Pain-stricken Argentines held their heads high after watching their national team give it all against a powerful Germany but come up short in extra time, losing 1-0 in the country's first
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FIFA World Cup: Lionel Messi wins award as best player
Football | Jul 14, 2014, 07:22 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Lionel Messi has received the award for best player of the World Cup, minutes after his Argentina team lost the final 1-0 to Germany. Messi was selected ahead of Thomas Mueller
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FIFA World Cup: Goetze scores late to give Germany the World Cup
Football | Jul 14, 2014, 03:59 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : With two quick touches, Mario Goetze ended Germany's 24-year wait for another World Cup title.Goetze scored the winning goal in extra time to give Germany a 1-0 victory over Argentina on
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FIFA World Cup: match goes on to 'extra time' as 90 minutes fails to see a goal
Football | Jul 14, 2014, 02:39 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: The World Cup final is going to extra time with Argentina and Germany even at 0-0 after 90 minutes Sunday. Both teams had their chances in regulation. Benedikt Hoewedes' header hit the
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FIFA World Cup: The day is here! Brazil celebrates final
Football | Jul 14, 2014, 12:11 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Football's big day is finally here! Tens of thousands of fans flocked to the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina on Sunday, joining millions around Brazil and across South America
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FIFA World Cup: Netherlands blank Brazil 3-0 in play-off
Football | Jul 13, 2014, 07:09 AM ISTBrasilia: Brazil lost its face, its pride one more time in the space of four days after the Netherlands embarrassed the hosts 3-0 in the third-place play-off match of the World Cup, as boos and
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FIFA World cup: Germany wants history and title in South America
Football | Jul 13, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : No European team has ever won a World Cup played in the Americas. Just one more source of motivation for Germany ahead of Sunday's final against Argentina."We know we can write
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FC Barcelona sign Uruguayan striker Suarez
Football | Jul 11, 2014, 10:42 PM ISTBarcelona: FC Barcelona announced Friday they had reached a deal with England's Liverpool to sign Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for the next five seasons.The agreement, which is likely to top $95.2 million, is pending on
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil look to rescue pride in game nobody wants to play
Football | Jul 11, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTBrasilia: Neymar has urged his Brazil team-mates to rescue some of their battered pride after their humiliating World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany by beating the Netherlands in tomorrow's third-place play-off in Brasilia.It is the
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil collapse can happen to anyone says Aguero
Football | Jul 11, 2014, 11:02 AM ISTBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Germany's 7-1 thrashing of five-time champion Brazil has left no doubt among Argentina's players about the challenge they face in the World Cup final on Sunday. Striker Sergio Aguero says he
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Barcelona: Brazil's Neymar progressing very well
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 11:03 PM ISTBARCELONA, Spain: Neymar is progressing "very well" from the back injury that caused the Brazil striker to exit the World Cup, according to Barcelona. The Spanish league club said on its website that officials visited
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FIFA World Cup: Germany vs Argentina comparison before the final
Football | Jul 11, 2014, 07:53 AM ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: The best player in the world goes up against the ultimate team machine, on the world's biggest stage. When Lionel Messi's Argentina takes on Germany in Sunday's World Cup final, it looks
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FIFA World Cup: I taught Romero how to stop penalties says van Gaal
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTSAO PAULO : Louis van Gaal took some credit for showing Argentina's Sergio Romero how to stop penalties, advice that cost the Netherlands coach dearly on Wednesday.Romero stopped two spot kicks as Argentina beat Van
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FIFA World Cup: Argentina soccer fans delight in final berth
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 06:05 AM ISTSAO PAULO : It's Argentina's greatest delight and Brazil's worst nightmare. Argentina's soccer team has beaten the Netherlands to win a berth into the World Cup championship match -- on archrival Brazil's soil, and just
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FIFA World Cup: Mascherano, Zabaleta play on after blows to head
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 05:55 AM ISTSAO PAULO : Javier Mascherano and Pablo Zabaleta both stayed in the game for Argentina after being knocked down by blows to their heads during Wednesday's World Cup semifinal. Mascherano looked discombobulated after he clashed
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FIFA World Cup: Argentina will face Germany in final after defeating the Dutch
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 09:51 AM ISTSAO PAULO : Goalkeeper Sergio Romero saved two penalties Wednesday to send Argentina into the World Cup final with a 4-2 shootout win over the Netherlands after the game finished in a 0-0 stalemate.A day
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil trying to shift focus to 3rd-place match
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 04:46 AM ISTBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and his players are trying to put the devastating semifinal loss to Germany behind them as quickly as possible, turning their focus to the farewell match
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FIFA World Cup: Netherlands-Argentina semifinal goes to extra time
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 03:38 AM ISTSAO PAULO : The Netherlands and Argentina are heading to extra time in their World Cup semifinal after finishing the regulation 90 minutes locked at 0-0. A day after Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1, the goals
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FIFA World Cup: Netherlands holds Argentina 0-0 at halftime
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 02:34 AM ISTSAO PAULO : The Netherlands and Argentina are level at 0-0 after the first half of the second World Cup semifinal. In stark contrast to Tuesday's German goal spurt against Brazil, the closest either team
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FIFA World Cup: De Jong back in Dutch lineup for Argentina
Football | Jul 10, 2014, 12:59 AM ISTSAO PAULO : Midfielder Nigel de Jong has recovered from a groin injury the Netherlands team feared would end his World Cup and will start Wednesday's semifinal against Argentina. Striker and captain Robin van Persie