Sometimes, perhaps, it's better not to be there.
Argentines reacted with tears, cheers and violence after the dream of a third World Cup title slipped through their fingers on Sunday, as clashes between hooligans and police ended a massive street party.
James Rodriguez on Sunday sealed his place as the revelation of the World Cup amid mounting reports of Real Madrid moving to sign the Colombian striker.
At a World Cup where substitutes made more impact than ever, it was fitting that Mario Goetze came off the bench to win it, and another replacement supplied the inch-perfect cross.
Mario Goetze lived up to his billing as Germany's wunderkind by scoring the goal that ensured it became the first European team to win a World Cup title in South America.
Joachim Loew revealed he told Mario Goetze to "prove he's better than Lionel Messi" before Germany's "miracle boy" scored the extra-time goal to win the World Cup final.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi exited Sunday's World Cup final with a golden trophy in his hands, but it was not the one he wanted.
Song Kun, center, a 31-year-old sailor from Qingdao, in Shandong province, Eastern China became the first Chinese woman to circumnavigate the globe when she arrived in London on June 12 after completing all 16 legs of the 2013-14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in a vessel named Qingdao.
The Diplomats' Sport Games 2014 concluded its two-day Guiyang competition leg over the weekend in Guizhou province, the event organizer said.
The First "Underwater Soccer Match" has kicked off at the Haichang Polar Aquarium in Tianjin.
Lionel Messi walked up the steps at the Maracana. It was at the end of 120 minutes of Sunday's gripping World Cup final and the Argentine was collecting a revered golden trophy, one befitting his status as the greatest player of his generation.
Brazil police tell local news media they have arrested 19 people suspected of vandalism during recent anti-World Cup protests in Rio de Janeiro.
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