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Brazil's Neymar on shortlist for World Cup's best player

Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano and Angel Di Maria from Argentina are on the list announced by FIFA

Nicola Rizzoli to referee Germany-Argentina final

He is the second Italian to referee the final in the past four World Cups

Germany to wreck Messi's dream

Germany are attempting to become the first side from Europe to win a World Cup in the Americas

Chess (#1104)

The former world champion is running for President against the incumbent Kirsan Illyumzhinov

Date with destiny in Brasilia

One has to concede that Germany has looked like the most complete outfit in the tournament

Barcelona buy World Cup biter Suarez

Barcelona pushed ahead to sign Suarez reportedly on condition he apologise for biting Italian defender

Germany counting on 'secret plan' to defend Messi's attack in WC final

Germany's assistant coach Hansi Flick said that there is a special plan to cope with Messi

Brazil look to rescue pride in game nobody wants to play

Brazil will play Netherlands for third-place play-off tomorrow

Germany have World Cup final edge, says Argentina boss

The fact that Germany have had an extra day's rest and effectively had their 7-1 win over Brazil wrapped up inside half an hour could be crucial: Sabella

Goalie Romero takes Argentina to World Cup final

The semifinal between the two teams ended scoreless in the regulation 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time and its result had to be decided via penalty shootout

Dutch media mourns defeat in World Cup 'chess game'

"It's over:The Oranje won't go to the World Cup final after penalty drama with Argentina," popular tabloid Algemeen Dagblad said on its website

Focused Germans want title after Brazil rout

Want to end their country's 24-year wait for a fourth World Cup title

Germany rout 'worst day of my life': coach Scolari

The 65-year old takes responsibility for Brazil's biggest ever defeat on home soil

We will be scarred for life: Brazilian striker Fred

Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany was the heaviest defeat ever suffered by a World Cup host

One prediction that Goldman Sachs got wrong

For this prediction, Goldman Sachs constructed a stochastic model that generated a distribution of outcomes for each of the 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup

Germans send Brazil into mourning with 7-1 humiliation

Klose becomes highest scorer in World Cup history with 16 goals

FIFA will not take disciplinary action against Zuniga for Neymar challenge

Neymar broke a vertebra in his spine during his side's quarterfinal win on Friday

Dutch captain van Persie doubtful for World Cup semi-final

Is down with an intestinal problem, says coach

Reliance in World Cup ticket controversy

Rio police say tickets sold to Reliance made their way into black market; firm says it is probing the allegations

Schumacher is slowly progressing: Wife

The former seven-times F1 world champion is currently being treated in a rehab clinic near his family home in Lausanne, Switzerland