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Manuel Neuer

World Cup shocks — do group stage surprises make for a less entertaining football tournament?

Sport

World Cup shocks — do group stage surprises make for a less entertaining football tournament?

By Michael Cox for The Athletic

Victorious Japanese give Germans a taste of their own Bundesliga medicine

Sport

Victorious Japanese give Germans a taste of their own Bundesliga medicine

By Karolos Grohmann

Old heads to pass the baton to young bucks at Qatar World Cup

Sport

Old heads to pass the baton to young bucks at Qatar World Cup

By Yanga Sibembe

World Cup highlights: Champions Germany stunned in Mexico defeat

Sport

World Cup highlights: Champions Germany stunned in Mexico defeat

By AFP

Newsdeck

Football: Five key moments from France v Germany

By AFP

Newsdeck

Football: France-Germany - Europe's giants clash in semi-final

By AFP

Newsdeck

X Pin to desktop X Football: Atletico can win Champions League - Torres

By AFP

A World Cup final fit for royalty awaits

Sport

A World Cup final fit for royalty awaits

By Antoinette Muller

Bayern bottle it in Munich

Sport

Bayern bottle it in Munich

By Ant Sims

Spanish Armada sinks young German fleet, sails into the World Cup final

Africa

Spanish Armada sinks young German fleet, sails into the World Cup final

By Andy Rice

Germany’s Young Turks (and their Poles, and Ghanaians, and Brazilians and...) pulp the Argentines, advance to semi-finals

Africa

Germany’s Young Turks (and their Poles, and Ghanaians, and Brazilians and...) pulp the Argentines, advance to semi-finals

By Andy Rice

The World Cup Day that was: 29 June

Africa

The World Cup Day that was: 29 June

By Andy Rice