All posts tagged "World Cup"

  • German players celebrate with the trophy after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Germany won the match 1-0. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
    Germany wins fourth World Cup

    Germany won its fourth World Cup title, another one at the expense of Argentina, as Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner sank the resilient South American side led by Lionel Messi. The final at Estadio Maracana seemed destined for...

    • Posted July 14, 2014
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    Korean footballers partied after World Cup exit

    It appears members of the Korean World Cup team drank and partied hard after their disappointing campaign in Brazil. The video of the players drinking, dancing and mingling with women did not go too well in their...

    • Posted July 10, 2014
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    Hong Myung-bo quits

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Hong Myung-bo, the embattled head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, announced his resignation from the post on Thursday (KST) in the wake of the country’s winless World Cup, a stunning...

    • Posted July 9, 2014
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    Argentina in World Cup final

    Outlasts Netherlands 4-2 in penalty kicks  SAO PAULO (AP) — 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...

    • Posted July 9, 2014
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  • Brazil soccer fans cry as they watch their team get beat during a live telecast of the semi-finals World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Germany, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 08, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
    7-1 Shocker in Brazil

    Germans reach their eighth World Cup final as the host nation suffers its worst loss since 1920 BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Germany poured in the goals Tuesday to hand Brazil its heaviest World Cup loss ever...

    • Posted July 8, 2014
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    KFA rejects Hong Myung-bo’s resignation offer

    (Yonhap) — South Korea’s football governing body announced Thursday (KST) it has rejected a resignation offer by men’s national team head coach Hong Myung-bo in the wake of the country’s winless FIFA World Cup in Brazil. At...

    • Posted July 3, 2014
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  • A lone U.S. supporter dressed as 'Captain America' sits in the stands after Belgium defeated the U.S. 2-1 in extra time to advance to the quarterfinals during the World Cup round of 16 soccer at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
    U.S. bounced out of World Cup by Belgium

    SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne turned a heroic night for U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard into defeat on Tuesday with an extra-time goal and an assist that gave Belgium a 2-1 victory and a quarterfinal match...

    • Posted July 1, 2014
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