RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mario Gotze is not a professional actor, which might explain why his range of expressions is somewhat limited. There's a grin, a broad smile, pain and, presumably, anger too. And then there's the blank, trance-like mask he showed after scoring the goal that made him and 22 other Ge...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Three points on the World Cup final that saw Mario Gotze's goal secure a 1-0 win for Germany over Argentina.
1. Gotze's golden goal
Enthralling, absorbing, end-to-end and looking like it would end goalless, a pulsating first half gave way to over an hour where human failings kept t...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Germany claimed its fourth World Cup title, defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time thanks to Mario Gotze's goal in the 113th minute.
Germany's victory marks the first time that a European country has won a World Cup that was played in the Americas.
As the score line would suggest, i...
The last time Brazil finished in fourth place, in 1974, the 1-0 loss appeared to be even more deflating than Saturday's 3-0 thrashing from the Netherlands -- especially since the team won in 1970. However, that team had the excuse of playing in West Germany.
The Seleção now once again ends...
Three points on the third-place playoff that saw Netherlands beat host nation Brazil 3-0 with ease.
1. Brazil's misery compounded
The punishment did not end with Germany. Luiz Felipe Scolari, powerless, had his head in his hands as time ebbed away on a campaign that will be recalled as a tear-soaked...
SAO PAULO -- Two-hundred and twenty-seven minutes of league football. Plus half a dozen cup games. That's how much Sergio Romero played last season for Monaco.
And now he's the hero of a semifinal penalty shootout that leaves Argentina 90 minutes and 11 Germans (possibly up to 14) away from winning ...
