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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany forward Thomas Mueller has been cut on the chin and has scraped his knee after falling off a mountain bike.The 20-year-old Bayern Munich upstart was riding Wednesday as part of a training session at Germany's camp in northern Italy . Mueller arrived in the camp a day earlier, having played in the Champions League final for Bayern.The German soccer federation says Mueller needed stitches on his chin but his bones and muscles are fine and he will still play in the World Cup .Germany has been hit by a series of injuries to its World Cup squad, including captain Michael Ballack, who won't play because of an ankle injury he picked up in the FA Cup final for Chelsea....
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Germany is the team to beat as the World Cup comes down to four contenders, with Spain, the Netherlands and Uruguay looking for a way to beat a G...
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — David Villa had his chances. So did Andres Iniesta . Even newcomer Pedro got off a couple of shots.On a team filled with offensive threat...
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Leave it to the Germans to make things interesting.Spain has gone out of its way to downplay the rematch of the 2008 European Championshi...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A goal that probably shouldn't have counted and one that definitely should have but was ignored played key roles in Argentina and Germany advanci...
ERASMIA, South Africa (AP) — Germany coach Joachim Loew thinks the only way to beat Spain is to get them to defeat themselves.Spain has been the most consistent nati...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Diego Maradona cast doubt about his future as Argentina coach Saturday, saying he'd been drained of all his energy in a 4-0 loss to Ge...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Germany has regained its place among the great teams in the world even if Joachim Loew's young squad fails to win the country's fourth...
LONDON (Reuters) - New blood and a change of formation paid dividends for France as debutant Mathieu Valbuena netted the winner in a 2-1 World Cup warm-up win over C...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Soccer great Eusebio believes top-tier players were more plentiful when soccer was less commercial.The former Portuguese star was the top scorer ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Diego Maradona , Salvatore Schillaci, Zinedine Zidane . At almost every World Cup, there's one man whose burst of outstanding play cap...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany coach Joachim Loew picked a 27-member provisional World Cup roster Thursday, including seven players from Bayern Munich.Two new pla...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A look at Day 3 Sunday at the 2010 World Cup (all times EDT):RESULTSGermany 4, Australia 0, Group DSlovenia 1, Algeria 0, Group CGhana 1, Serbia ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Yet again, the World Cup has produced cold, hard evidence to blow away the long enduring myth that England is a mighty soccer power.It is simply ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Factbox on Germany forward Thomas Mueller , who won the World Cup Golden Boot and Young Player of the Tournament awards on Sunday:Born: Sept...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Germany's latest World Cup victory over England will be remembered not for any of the brilliant goals, but for the one that didn't ...
DURBAN, South Africa -- Carles Puyol soared high to head in the goal that sent Spain into the World Cup final for the first time with a 1-0 win over Germany on Wedne...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Spain midfielder Xavi expects Sunday's World Cup final against the Netherlands to be more than just a midfield battle.He presents that theory des...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rooney, then Ronaldo and now Messi.They were supposed to light up the World Cup after scoring a total of 114 goals for their clubs thi...
Germany, one of the main favorites to win Euro 2012, plays Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal. Earlier Saturday, Denmark pulled off a shock 1-0 win over the Netherlands.He...