Despite a strong field thegoldendive.com decided there had been one stand-out performer in Brazil 2014.

Rihanna showed her support for Germany in last night's FIFA World Cup final clash with Argentina.

German star’s unusual moves.

These American supporters had to face a sea of German flags when Thomas Mueller scored yesterday.

Germany hotshot Thomas Mueller gave an unsuspecting bystander a taste of the shooting skills that have him favourite for the Golden Boot in this World Cup.

Arsenal 0 Bayern Munich 2

Arsenal’s Premier League surge is in marked contrast to their rivals in Champions League Group D.

Ireland’s Group C rivals Germany eased past lowly Kazakhstan 3-0 last night without deploying any strikers for the first time in a competitive match under coach Joachim Loew as they stayed top of the group.

Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 3

Valencia and Bayern Munich both progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla last night.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm has branded the mole leaking team line-ups to the media as a “disgrace” and admits the spy could be damaging their chances of winning Euro 2012.

Germany 1 Portugal 0

The odds are on Spain to retain their European crown for good reason.

I will never forget the sunny evening of June 14, 2006. I sat in a café on Berlin’s Kurfuerstendamm watching Germany play Poland in a World Cup match in Dortmund: an intense, low-quality game. In injury time, Germany broke down the right and Oliver Neuville stabbed in the winning goal at the near post.

Extra Virginity: The Scandalous and Sublime World of Olive Oil

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has revealed that Owen Hargreaves will miss the start of the season after suffering another setback following a series of knee problems.

SO we will have new world champions for the first time on Sunday, when Spain meet the Netherlands in Soccer City, but will we have a world-class game?

Germany coach Joachim Loew has defended his captain Philipp Lahm ahead of their World Cup semi-final encounter against Spain in Durban later today.

Germany coach Joachim Low believes that neutralising Andres Iniesta and Xavi will be the key to his side's hopes of upsetting Spain in tomorrow's World Cup semi-final in Durban.

CESC FABREGAS does not anticipate a repeat of the mind games that dominated the build-up to the Germany-Argentina clash when Spain take on Joachim Löw’s side in the World Cup semi-final tomorrow.

ROLL UP! Roll up!

GERMANY playmaker Mesut Ozil and Spain striker David Villa are the surprise omissions from Opta’s team of the World Cup so far.

GERMANY manager Joachim Low pinpointed his team’s ability to hit England on the counter-attack as the reason for their 4-1 last-16 win in Bloemfontein.

FABIO CAPELLO insisted hewould not resign after England’smiserable 4-1 defeat to Germany sent them out of the World Cup but such is the blame culture in English football that it may yet be impossible for the Italian to remain in charge for the European Championships, so disappointing was the nature of yesterday’s capitulation.

Germany 0 Serbia 1

GERMANY boss Joachim Low has warned his players not to be caught out by a Serbia backlash today as they attempt to continue their charge into the last 16.

GERMANY coach Joachim Low wants his players to forget their four-goal rout of Australia on Sunday night and begin concentrating on the next World Cup game against Serbia.

Pictures of Thai families posing stiffly for a formal photo, smiling tourists basking in the sun and photos of battered corpses flutter from notice boards at Phuket’s city hall - they are the missing and the dead from Sunday’s devastating tsunamis.