July 13, 2014 Brazil, Colombia and Germany are just some of the teams Rihanna has supported over the past couple of weeks. She was particularly supportive of James Rodriguez, who emerged as one of the stars of the World Cup, after Colombia were knocked out of the ...

July 13, 2014 World Cup fanatic Rihanna posted a picture of herself and football legend Pele soon after she landed in Brazil ahead of Sunday evening's final. The Barbados-born singer, who has been tweeting her thoughts on the World Cup throughout the duration of the ...

July 13, 2014 Shakira will perform at today's World Cup closing ceremony, most likely performing her World Cup anthem "La La La (Brazil 2014)." a reworked version of her song "Dare" with lyrics about the world coming together to watch something and a video featuring ...

July 13, 2014 Kuyt is left bloodied after clashing heads with Maxwell of Brazil Dirk Kuyt has his head stapled together after an accidental clash with Maxwell The Netherlands finished the game as comfortable 3-0 winners, with goals from Robin van Persie, Daley Blind ...

July 12, 2014 I revered Pele when I was a kid. I would tune into ABC's “Wide World of Sports” on Saturdays just to watch the opening montage. Because it included a short highlight of Pele scoring in the 1970 World Cup final before the "agony of defeat" guy fell off ...

July 12, 2014 RIO DE JANEIRO — Just a few hours after arriving in Brazil, LeBron James sized up the World Cup final and said it trumps the NBA finals. "This is the highest you can get," James said Saturday, a day after announcing he was returning to play for the ...

July 12, 2014 Every other time it's been played, the World Cup's third-place game has been a colossal waste of time that no one wanted any part of. It was different this year, at least for Brazil. While Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said the game "should never be ...

July 12, 2014 For Brazil fans, Saturday's 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup third-place play-off will only have amplified the disappointment and embarrassment of Tuesday's 7-1 drubbing at the hands of Germany. And like that semi-final disaster, it ...

July 12, 2014 Read more: Match report - Brazil 0 Netherlands 3. The night started well with the crowd inside Estádio Nacional de Brasilia showing a willingness to get behind their team despite their humiliation at the hands of Germany. But that was as good as it got ...

July 12, 2014 85 min Holland break at pace, slicing through the Brazil defence on their left, Janmaat spinning in a cross that Maicon, take heed David Luiz, nods behind. In comes the corner, up goes Kuyt who heads it on to Julio Cesar's fist which he then takes on ...

July 12, 2014 BRASILIA, Brazil — Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early goals to help give the Netherlands a 3-0 win over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup on Saturday. With the result, the Netherlands finishes a World Cup unbeaten in ...

July 12, 2014 In a year-and-a-half we have reached the last four of the World Cup and won the Confederations Cup. “We have to be optimistic. Today I don't think it was a bad match. There is nothing I can criticise the players for.” Van Gaal did not have a bad word ...

July 12, 2014 Brazil's traumatic World Cup ended with more pain as they lost 3-0 to a superior Netherlands side in the third-place play-off at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia. Still struggling to digest their record-breaking 7-1 loss to Germany in ...

July 12, 2014 Goals from Robin van Persie, Daley Blind and Georginio Wijnaldum saw Netherlands beat Brazil 3-0 to finish third in the 2014 World Cup. Van Persie put Netherlands ahead in the third minute from the penalty spot after Arjen Robben had been felled by ...

July 12, 2014 The Netherlands secured the consolation of third place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ courtesy of a straightforward 3-0 victory over Brazil at the Estadio Nacional. Recording a third consecutive clean sheet, Louis van Gaal's charges therefore depart for ...