World Cup 2014

Germany is World Champion

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13: Germany beat Argentina at the historic Maracana in the 2014 World Cup final after Mario Gotze scored a 113th minute goal. The European giants won their fourth Cup after a 24-year wait. Incidentally, this is the first trophy for unified Germany, the previous three having been won by West Germany in 1954, 1974 and 1990. This is also the first time a European team has lifted the trophy on South American soil.

Its Argentina Vs Germany on Sunday

SAO PAULO, July 10: Argentina reached their first World Cup final in 24 years on Wednesday, beating the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties after the first scoreless semi in the tournament's history, with old foes Germany awaiting them in Sunday's showpiece.

Germany defeat Brazil 7-1 to reach final; Klose gets record 16th goal

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9: Germany poured in the goals on Tuesday to hand Brazil its heaviest World Cup loss ever with an astounding 7-1 rout in the semifinals that stunned the host nation.

Miroslav Klose scored a record-setting 16th career World Cup goal in a five-goal spurt in the first half as Brazil's defense was torn apart.

The Germans reached their eighth final and will face either Argentina or the Netherlands on Sunday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Previously, Brazil's biggest World Cup loss was 3-0 to France in the 1998 final. This matched their biggest ever margin of defeat in any competition, equaling a 6-0 loss to Uruguay in 1920 in the South American championship, the predecessor of the Copa America.

"We wanted to make the people happy... unfortunately we couldn't," defender David Luiz said. "We apologize to all Brazilians."

It's also Brazil's first loss in a competitive match on home soil since 1975, when Peru won 3-1 at the very same Mineirao Stadium in the Copa America. Its last loss at home came in a friendly with Paraguay in 2002.

Brazil's attack was weakened by the loss of Neymar, who fractured a vertebra after getting kneed in the back in the quarterfinal win over Colombia. But it was Brazil's porous defense that was the biggest problem in the first half as the host also sorely missed suspended captain Thiago Silva.

On Tuesday, with Bernard playing as the third striker, Brazil attacked from the start. But they failed to get any solid chances, and it wasn't long before the Germans opened up the defense and started the rout.

Toni Kroos and Andre Schuerrle scored two goals each, while Thomas Mueller and Sami Khedira added the others.

Oscar pulled a late goal back for Brazil.

It was Germany's biggest World Cup win since routing Saudi Arabia 8-0 in a group match in 2002.