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- Holland heap misery on Brazil with World Cup third-place play-off win
- Brazil v Holland: World Cup 2014 third-place playoff as it happened!
- World Cup 2014: Germany and Argentina's previous finals - in pictures
- World Cup 2014: Brazil v Holland in pictures
- World Cup final viewing: Hansens BBC adieu or ITVs samba sign-off?
- Pelé rates Lionel Messi: 'I have better hair' - video
- Joachim Löw predicts Germany will have dominant future even in defeat
- Lionel Messi faces destiny but German pragmatism may defy sentimentality
- Argentina united in anticipation as football does all the talking
- Southampton confirm signing of Graziano Pellè from Feyenoord
- World Cup 2014: 11 things the tournament taught us
- Sad Footballers: the best of the World Cup's worst moments in pictures
- Hey Maracanã World Cup diary: drunks, stickers and Brazils sad fan
- World Cup 2014: Argentina has Messi and the pope. Can rival Brazil bear to see it lift the World Cup too?
- Argentina fans take great delight in crashing Brazils World Cup party
- Tottenham given green light to start building 58,000-seater stadium
- Germany v Argentina: buildup to the 2014 World Cup final as it happened
- Newcastle United close to signing Montpellier midfielder Rémy Cabella
- World Cup 2014: a ground-hoppers day-by-day diary
- Brazil 2014 has served a feast of World Cup football not easily forgotten
- West Brom sign Belgium defender Sébastien Pocognoli from Hannover
- World Cup 2014: five breakout performances from the USA team
- World Cup Show 2014: Germany v Argentina preview video
- Yaya Tourés greatness not appreciated because of racism, claims agent
| Holland heap misery on Brazil with World Cup third-place play-off win Posted: 12 Jul 2014 03:03 PM PDT Wilful cruelty, needless indignity or sheer torture? Luiz Felipe Scolari and his Brazil players could take their pick after finding the third place play-off anything but a road to redemption. Instead, a second stumble in the space of a week ensured they headed off into highly uncertain futures with the jeers of the Brasília public ringing in their ears. Even victory would have provided a mere fig leaf of respectability, a modicum of consolation, in the wake of Tuesday nights 7-1 humbling at German hands, but such a Brazilian win was never on the agenda. It never deserved to be either; not on the day Louis van Gaal signed off as the over-achieving coach of the Netherlands with a supremely controlled triumph that left his players clutching a bronze medal apiece. Continue reading... |
| Brazil v Holland: World Cup 2014 third-place playoff as it happened! Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:57 PM PDT
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| World Cup 2014: Germany and Argentina's previous finals - in pictures Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:55 PM PDT With Germany and Argentina about to face each other for the third time in a World Cup final, we take a look back at their two previous encounters Continue reading...  |
| World Cup 2014: Brazil v Holland in pictures Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:37 PM PDT The best images of the World Cup third-place playoff match between Brazil and Holland at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil Continue reading...  |
| World Cup final viewing: Hansens BBC adieu or ITVs samba sign-off? Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT For the only time in this World Cup, BBC and ITV go head-to-head on Sunday, with both broadcasters beginning their buildup at 7pm. Who should you choose? Continue reading...  |
| Pelé rates Lionel Messi: 'I have better hair' - video Posted: 12 Jul 2014 01:14 PM PDT Brazil great Pelé says he predicted Germany to make the World Cup final, and admires Lionel Messi, even if he does think he has better hair. Pelé was speaking ahead of Sunday's World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. He incorrectly predicted Spain to feature in the match, but thinks the Germans will be tough to beat follwing their 7-1 demolition of Brazil on Tuesday Continue reading...  |
| Joachim Löw predicts Germany will have dominant future even in defeat Posted: 12 Jul 2014 01:13 PM PDT Löw points to Gündogan, Reus and other young players Germany coach says Argentina much more than Lionel Messi Joachim Löw has suggested Germany can dominate the international game for years as he urged his players to make history by beating Argentina to become the first European team to claim the World Cup on Latin American soil. This golden generation of German players will attempt to secure their first trophy, having reached at least the semi-finals in each of the past four major tournaments, by triumphing at the Maracanã on Sunday. This current team could hardly be deemed aged, with only two outfield players over 30: the World Cups record goalscorer, Miroslav Klose, at 36 and on the verge of retirement after an illustrious career, and the captain Philipp Lahm. There are young players waiting in the wings for their own chance to impress, though. Continue reading... |
| Lionel Messi faces destiny but German pragmatism may defy sentimentality Posted: 12 Jul 2014 12:18 PM PDT Argentinas perfect 10 has the world at his feet, although head and heart will be tested by the pressure of expectation Back in Buenos Aires, a video has surfaced over the past few days of the victorious Argentina team after their game against Switzerland and the celebrations in the dressing room as Alejandro Sabellas players stood on their benches, banged the lockers, twirled their towels and belted out a song that probably offers a good insight into what it would mean to them to win the World Cup this side of the border. It is called Brasil decime que se siente Brazil, tell me how it feels and the supporters who made it up, and can now be found in that cavalcade of beaten-up vans and sleepers along Copacabana, will tell you they came up with the lyrics specifically for this tournament. Continue reading... |
| Argentina united in anticipation as football does all the talking Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:54 AM PDT A nation has revealed its sentimental side as Alejandro Sabellas team became the inspiration for poets and guitar-playing teens Life as we know it has stopped. Everyone in Argentina is simply waiting for Sunday. People have even stopped saying goodbye or see you later. Every conversation whether it is on the street or in a shop and whether it is with strangers or close friends now ends with a cheer and a good luck wish, a cmon for Sunday. Even the people the very few who are not interested or do not like football end up talking about the final now. It is the only topic in town. In a hospital waiting room on Friday a surgeon came out to tell worried relatives about a major operation that had gone well. First there was relief, of course, but within three minutes the group of people had returned to a conversation they had been engrossed in before the surgeon came out, which was a very specific and detailed assessment of Germanys midfield. Continue reading... |
| Southampton confirm signing of Graziano Pellè from Feyenoord Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:51 AM PDT Pellè rejoins Ronald Koeman at St Marys Striker scored 50 goals in 57 games at Feyenoord Graziano Pellè has joined Southampton on a three-year contract, following the clubs new manager Ronald Koeman from Feyenoord to St Marys for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £9m. The 28-year-old Italy striker spent the past two seasons working under Koeman in the Eredivisie, scoring 50 goals in 57 appearances, and has been earmarked as a replacement for Rickie Lambert. He becomes the clubs second signing of the summer after Dusan Tadic joined from FC Twente on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: 11 things the tournament taught us Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:05 AM PDT Brazil 2014s lessons: Argentina dont care what you think; Van Gaal likes a gamble; the science of penalties; and diving is good #PorSiNoLoViste La creatividad mexicana hace de las suyas y crea la piñata de Arjen Robben http://t.co/7vbAE93w38 pic.twitter.com/ZzRnZvSq4m Continue reading... |
| Sad Footballers: the best of the World Cup's worst moments in pictures Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT For the past month, the Guardian has featured World Cup players' moments of loss and despair on a Tumblr, Sad Footballers. We rounded up the most heartbreaking pictures and then offered them up for all the world to see. Dozens of matches and thousands of followers later, its nearly time to wrap up the blog. But before we go, weve compiled some of the players best and by best, we mean worst moments. So go ahead, indulge in some schadenfreude. Germany are in the final, after all.  |
| Hey Maracanã World Cup diary: drunks, stickers and Brazils sad fan Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Also featuring: Angela Merkel as Christ the Redeemer, the rise and fall of Axelle Despiegelaere, and a decent life lesson Continue reading...  |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2014 09:47 AM PDT Brazilians have at least another 90 minutes of agony before they find out whether their hallowed football ground will see an arch-rival crowned as champion "How does it feel, Brazil, to have Daddy at home?" When this taunt part of the unofficial anthem of Argentina's irrepressibly raucous fans echoes around Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium, many in the host nation may well feel that, yes, even after being beaten 7-1 in the semi-final, this World Cup can actually get worse. Continue reading... |
| Argentina fans take great delight in crashing Brazils World Cup party Posted: 12 Jul 2014 09:24 AM PDT Hosts brace themselves as 100,000 Albiceleste supporters expected in Rio for Sundays final against Germany It could not be a more symbolic takeover. Ready for a final in which they hope to win in the house of their hosts, as their incessantly catchy song to the refrain of Creedence Clearwater Revivals Bad Moon Rising has it, thousands of Argentinians have set up camp in Rios Sambadrome. The Oscar Niemeyer-designed rows of grandstands were built to seat 18,000 for Rio de Janeiros annual carnival parade, but are now home to a growing band of mildly dishevelled Argentinians, who have driven for days to be here. Continue reading... |
| Tottenham given green light to start building 58,000-seater stadium Posted: 12 Jul 2014 09:07 AM PDT Spurs can start work on site next to White Hart Lane Tottenham hope to move into new ground in 2017 Tottenham Hotspurs plans to build a new 58,000-capacity stadium on a site next to their White Hart Lane home are set to go ahead following government approval. Spurs, who have played at White Hart Lane since 1899, hope to move into the new ground in 2017. This is a very significant step, the club said on their website, before adding that they had refined a detailed design of the stadium to fully develop its potential for the future. Continue reading... |
| Germany v Argentina: buildup to the 2014 World Cup final as it happened Posted: 12 Jul 2014 08:13 AM PDT |
| Newcastle United close to signing Montpellier midfielder Rémy Cabella Posted: 12 Jul 2014 07:29 AM PDT 24-year-old seen as ideal replacement for Yohan Cabaye Right-back Daryl Janmaat also a target for Alan Pardew Newcastle Uniteds eight-month pursuit of Rémy Cabella is drawing to a close. The 24-year-old Montpellier midfielder, who was part of Frances World Cup squad, is expected to interrupt a holiday in Corsica to undergo a medical on Tyneside on Monday and finalise personal terms. Reports in France claim Newcastle will pay £12m for Cabella a sum that may disappoint Mike Ashley, the clubs owner, who originally had a much more modest figure in mind. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: a ground-hoppers day-by-day diary Posted: 12 Jul 2014 06:56 AM PDT Brazil in brief, from Dutch fans treated as heroes and one of the most extraordinary half-hours, to Fifas bloated Rio bubble Continue reading...  |
| Brazil 2014 has served a feast of World Cup football not easily forgotten Posted: 12 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT There may not have been a standout team or player but as a whole, Brazil 2014 has presented a summer treat to remember A consensus was being reached, in the days before Germany redefined what might be possible in a World Cup semi-final, that while entertaining, open and full of surprises, the 2014 tournament was falling some way short of being considered the best ever. No great technical innovations, you see. No new way of playing, no new football faces announcing their greatness on the world stage, no strength in the closing rounds to match the all-European last four in 1982 and, above all, no single team as scintillating as soaraway Brazil in 1970. All true, and still applicable now after the seismic shudder that was Brazil 1 Germany 7 in Belo Horizonte. While the 2014 tournament gets to claim one of the greatest upsets of all time, arguably in any sport, and for that reason alone will be remembered for decades, the extinguishing of a myth in this case innate Brazilian supremacy can never elevate a major event in the way that the making of a myth or discovery of a new sporting phenomenon has done in the past. Continue reading... |
| West Brom sign Belgium defender Sébastien Pocognoli from Hannover Posted: 12 Jul 2014 05:21 AM PDT 26-year-old left-back joins club for undisclosed fee Hes joined us with a real hunger to prove himself The Belgium defender Sébastien Pocognoli has joined West Bromwich Albion on a three-year contract from Hannover. The Baggies announced on Saturday they had paid an undisclosed fee for the 26-year-old left-back whoses chances of going to the World Cup were ended by injury. The 12-cap international has also played for Genk, AZ Alkmaar and Standard Liège. He is the new manager Alan Irvines fourth summer signing and replaces Billy Jones, who signed for Sunderland. Sébastien is an experienced left-back who has played at a high level for many years, Irvine said. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: five breakout performances from the USA team Posted: 12 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT As the buildup to Sunday's World Cup final continues, we consider those players who stood out and those who did not Continue reading... |
| World Cup Show 2014: Germany v Argentina preview video Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:36 AM PDT Nat Coombs is joined by Julien Laurens to preview the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. Julien identifies his five to watch, among them are Schweinsteiger v Messi, Höwedes and Demichelis as the game's two weakest links and a special focus on Müller and Mascherano. Don't forget to check out our new YouTube channel Continue reading...  |
| Yaya Tourés greatness not appreciated because of racism, claims agent Posted: 12 Jul 2014 04:06 AM PDT Dmitri Seluk complains that midfielder suffers discrimination If he was white, 100% he would have won top awards Racism is to blame for Yaya Tourés failure to win any of footballs top awards, according to the agent of the Manchester City midfielder. Continue reading... |
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