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VIDEO: Highlights: Germany 1-0 Argentina (aet)
Germany win the 2014 World Cup thanks to Mario Gotze's superb extra-time winner against Argentina at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
22:46 » BBC SportGermany 1-0 Argentina (aet)
Germany are crowned world champions as Mario Gotze's extra-time winner beats Argentina in the 2014 Fifa World Cup final.
22:37 » BBC SportVIDEO: Gotze wins World Cup for Germany
Mario Gotze scores a brilliant goal to put Germany 1-0 up in the second half of extra time in the 2014 World Cup final against Argentina.
22:34 » BBC SportVIDEO: Higuain wastes fantastic chance
Gonzalo Higuain wastes a fantastic chance after a wayward Germany header puts the Argentina striker through on goal in the 2014 World Cup final.
20:27 » BBC SportDerry secure easy victory over Bray
Patrick McEleney and Rory Patterson score two each as Derry beat Bray 5-0 in the Premier Division at the Brandywell.
18:54 » BBC SportBig win puts Chelsea in semi-finals
Chelsea thrash London Bees 13-0 to join Arsenal, Manchester City and Notts County in the Continental Cup semi-finals.
18:42 » BBC SportVIDEO: Will Germany wreck Argentina's dream?
BBC Sport profiles the rise of Germany football, ahead of the national team's clash with Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final.
18:41 » BBC SportVIDEO: Can Messi seal his place in history?
BBC Sport profiles Lionel Messi, the Argentina forward who will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his compatriot Diego Maradona by lifting the World Cup.
18:40 » BBC SportBarcelona cannot unveil Suarez - Fifa
Barcelona will not be able to publicly unveil Uruguay striker Luis Suarez when he completes his £75m move from Liverpool.
18:07 » BBC SportLatest: Derry City v Bray Wanderers
Derry return to Premier Division action after their European success with a Brandywell clash against Bray Wanderers.
16:48 » BBC SportVIDEO: Pundits pick team of the tournament
BBC pundits Rio Ferdinand, Tim Vickery, Alan Shearer and Chris Waddle choose who should be in the team of the tournament.
15:59 » BBC SportVIDEO: Vote for your goal of the World Cup
Vote for your favourite goal of the 2014 World Cup tournament from this list of spectacular strikes.
15:11 » BBC SportTrabzonspor appoint ex-Algeria coach
Former Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic takens over as manager of Turkish club Trabzonspor for a second time.
14:13 » BBC SportMan City in advanced £32m Mangala talks
Manchester City are in advanced talks with Portuguese side Porto to sign France defender Eliaquim Mangala for about £32m.
13:54 » BBC SportLeeds United sign Tommaso Bianchi and Souleymane Doukara
Massimo Cellini looks to Italy for player recruitment Bianchi and Doukara featured in Serie B last season Continue reading...
12:51 » GuardianWorld Cup final 2014: countdown to Germany v Argentina live!
Rolling coverage of the build-up to the World Cup final Email [email protected] Or if you prefer, Tweet @NickMiller79 Download the latest World Cup podcast here World Cup final: five talking points 12.48pm BST Would you care for a map of where goals have been scored from in this World Cup? You would!? Great! Have Germany's shots and goals... 12.41pm BST Peter Crosby has a task for me, and it's...well it's quite a big one. "If you spread the £48million PSG wasted on D. Luiz (let's say he's actually worth £2million on today's market) around families in the developing…
12:49 » GuardianWhisper it softly: it's OK to like Germany
Many Britons will be cheering for Germany in the World Cup final because we admire their football. But there is much more we can learn from them too Something strange is stirring in Britain this weekend. It's the sound of Brits being nice about Germany. In tonight's World Cup final in Rio, Germany face Argentina at the end of the most memorable tournament in my lifetime. And it seems pretty clear that, for many of us, Germany is the team we will be cheering. A cynic might say this is just because dislike for Argentina exceeds that for Germany. But that's not what is going on. Germany's…
12:40 » GuardianArjen Robben rules out following Louis van Gaal to Manchester United
Robben says Van Gaal offered him a move to United [Moving] is not an option. I will stay at Bayern Munich Dutch winger Arjen Robben has ruled out the possibility of following Louis van Gaal, his national team manager, to Manchester United. The 30 year-old former Chelsea forward told Dutch broadcaster NOS that Van Gaal had offered him a role in a revamped United squad next season. Despite admitting that he shares a special bond with Van Gaal, who made him vice-captain of the Holland team, he will not be joining him at Old Trafford next season. Continue reading...
11:35 » GuardianWorld Cup final 2014: Argentinians flood into Rio ahead of World Cup final, with Germans nowhere to be found
Jeremy Wilson reports from Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, as football celebrations reach fever pitch
11:16 » TelegraphHow a Manuel Neuer penalty could win the World Cup for Germany
Goalkeepers rarely take penalties, even in shootouts, but Germany believe they can rely on their No1, Manuel Neuer, should it go that far in Sundays World Cup final This has been a World Cup of penalty firsts. We have seen Júlio César cry on the pitch before Brazils penalty shootout against Chile, Louis van Gaal bring on a specialist penalty-saving goalkeeper, Tim Krul, before Hollands shootout against Costa Rica, while Theofanis Gekas, the Greece striker who missed the decisive penalty against Costa Rica, starred in an advert in which he missed a spot-kick before he did it in…
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