WAYNE ROONEY NAMED CAPTAIN AFTER RETIREMENTS OF STEVEN GERRARD AND FRANK LAMPARD; ENGLAND SQUAD HAS FOUR UNCAPPED PLAYERS Wayne Rooney was today named as England’s new captain following the retirements of Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard and New York City’s Frank Lampard, who is currently on loan at Manchester City. The 28 year old had already been […]
International
Germany rule the world
GERMANY 1, ARGENTINA 0 (after extra time) Mario Gotze created a piece of sporting history as Germany defeated Argentina after extra time in the final of the World Cup. The Bayern Munich midfield man became the first substitute to score in a final as Germany also become the first European country to lift the […]
Van Gaal’s Holland beat Brazil to claim third spot in World Cup
BRAZIL 0, HOLLAND 3 New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal piled on the misery as Brazil’s nightmare World Cup finish continued as they were comprehensively beaten by Holland in the third place play off. After losing 7-1 to Germany – a record semi-final scoreline – Brazil were looking for redemption against the Dutch. […]
Argentina through to World Cup final after shootout victory over Netherlands
NETHERLANDS 0, ARGENTINA 0 AET (Argentina win 4-2 on Penalties) – (WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL) STALEMATE AFTER 2 HOURS; TIM KRUL DOES NOT COME ON FOR NETHERLANDS; PENALTIES AGONY FOR RON VLAAR AND WESLEY SNEIJDER Following penalty heroics against Costa Rica it was back to penalty agony again for the Dutch as Ron Vlaar and Wesley […]
Brazil devastated as Germany storm into the World Cup final
BRAZIL 1, GERMANY 7 (SEVEN) – WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL RECORDS TUMBLE AS BRAZIL HUMILIATED; BRAZIL SHIP 4 GOALS IN SIX FIRST HALF MINUTES; KLOSE MAKES IT 16 GOALS IN WORLD CUP FINALS Miroslav Klose scored his 16th World Cup finals goal to eclipse Ronaldo’s record as Germany ruthlessly destroyed Brazil in the space of six […]