Portugal captain Luis Figo retires (AP)

"Luis Figo retired from international soccer Saturday after making his 127th appearance for Portugal over 15 years. The team captain made his announcement after Portugal lost the third-place match to Germany 3-1. "This was my last game for the national team," Figo told...

Similar scenes in France, Italy (AP)

"Fans of Les Bleus chanted "Allez, allez!" in the streets of Paris, where police were already staking out positions by midday Sunday. In Italy, from Rome to Milan, movie theaters shut down and religious services were put off as thousands braved the heat and poured into...

Portugal's Scolari falls just short (AP)

"Capturing soccer's biggest prize for a talented but small soccer nation was beyond even The Drill Sergeant's reach. Luiz Felipe Scolari came to Germany looking for a place in the record books as the only coach to win the World Cup with different countries. Scolari guided his...

German nucleus should stay, will coach? (AP)

"The best of Germany's young players should stay together for years to build on a surprisingly successful World Cup run. The question is what coach will be there to guide them. Juergen Klinsmann has been vague about his future. His contract ends after the World Cup and...

Fans celebrate Italy's World Cup victory (AP)

"Hundreds of thousands of delirious Italians who had packed piazzas from Rome to Milan and small towns in between waved flags, erupted in cheers and celebrated under fireworks Sunday as their team won its fourth World Cup title. Within minutes of the tense penalty-shootout...

Zidane's actions mystify French fans (AP)

"Say it ain't so, Zizou. For many French citizens, the hardest part of France's World Cup final loss to Italy wasn't the defeat itself, but the moment when national hero Zinedine Zidane -- nicknamed Zizou -- ended his career with a brutal act of fury. With France and Italy...

Video: Italy beats France to win World Cup [iVillage International News]

"Jul 9 - Italy wins 5-3 on penalty kicks to beat France and win its fourth Word Cup. Strmz Video » News & Weather » World News » iVillage International News Video News World+News "

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World Cup Bet Getting Close (Update)

"The wager was placed between a man and his girlfriend. He challenged that he could create a website that would recieve 5,000,000 pageviews before the final game of the World Cup. The Wager: 1 million visits and he is allowed to post a picture of her 2 million a thong pic 3...

Italy Beats France for 4th World Cup Title (Barry Wilner/Associated Press)

" Italy Beats France for 4th World Cup Title  —  Italy let France do nearly anything it wanted Sunday, except win the World Cup.  That belongs to the Azzurri, 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.  —  Outplayed for an hour and into extra...

Zidane Destroys Materazzi, Ejected! (Video)

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Some of Materazzi's Previous... um... Work (The Guy Zidane Took Out)

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Italy beats France for 4th World Cup title

"AP - The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. And very ugly for France, which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head butt in extra time, and then went down 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw."

First all-European final since 1982

"Looking at the stats, Italy have the upper hand, but who knows what will happen in Sunday's final."

Farewell fair-weather football

"Who Ate all the Bratwurst - Europe's Final Countdown is playing and we are reaching the climax of the World Cup. Soon the tournament will be a memory and our gaze will be moved to something new (Big Brother if you are not careful!).  Then we have four years to wait -...