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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld Luis Suarez's four-month ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup, but cleared him to train with Barcelona.

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — World Cup champion Joachim Loew says he will remain as Germany's coach through the 2016 European Championship.

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Germany welcomed home its conquering heroes after its World Cup victory and got quite a show in the process.

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We have now reached the Championship Match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.  On one side, we have the Machine that is Germany; who have surgically dissected their opponents with a loaded roster and a creative, precise attack

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We have now reached the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, sort of.  We are at the Third Place Match, between the Netherlands and our hosts, Brazil.  We have two teams that arrived to this in two completely different ways

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NEW YORK (AP) — It won't be what Brazil's fans will remember, but the first World Cup semifinal is the most tweeted-about sports event in Twitter history.

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It was jaw-droppingly ugly. Unprecedented. Across the country, Brazil fans cheered their team on expecting that "six" would be the number of world titles they'd own, not the goal-differential. But watching Brazil lose, 7-1, to Germany was a nightmare they'll never forget. One look at their faces will tell you that.

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Well we are almost at the end of the 2014 World Cup Brazil, having reached the Semifinals.  Just like most NCAA Basketball Tournaments, the final four teams are a lot of the usual suspects.  On one end we have a five-time winner facing a three-time winner, and a two-time winner faces off against a three-time runner-up

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The official World Cup hospitality provider says it has canceled or blocked tickets bought by four companies after some of their allocations were allegedly illegally re-sold on the black market.

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Because of his great defense at the World Cup, U.S. Soccer Goalkeeper Tim Howard became an instant sensation.  People were so impressed that various memes were even created about him.

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