European stalwarts won title for the fourth time when substitute Mario Goetze volleyed in a brilliant goal seven minutes from the end of extra time.
Xiamen Customs recently seized 21,648 fake 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil jerseys. About RMB 730,000 worth of copycat jerseys were confiscated.
Brazil's Corinthians Arena stadium at Sao Paulo, which will host the opening match of the FIFA World Cup, was officially delivered on Tuesday, but in an incomplete state.
When the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil in June, China's Yingli Solar will join brands such as Budweiser, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson - household names that usually sponsor international sporting events - and be the only Chinese and only renewable energy company sponsoring the games.
The soccer fan from Brandenburg has designed a bicycle incorporating a copy of the statue Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro and 72 soccer balls.
The Brazilian government has rejected claims that the pubic cost of staging this year's World Cup has impacted funding for health and education.
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) applauds as Vice-President Joe Biden jokes that he is going to pick up the recently-unveiled FIFA World Cup Trophy, at the State Department in Washington, April 14, 2014.
Former Brazilian soccer player Cafu and Brazilian model Fernanda Lima present the uniforms for World Cup 2014 volunteers during Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro April 10, 2014.
Workers ended a strike at the World Cup stadium in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba after disrupting traffic for nearly two hours and forcing organizers to accept their demands on Thursday.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he has been "reassured" by Brazil's president that the country will be ready to host the World Cup.
State broadcaster China Central Television Station officially kicked off an auction on Thursday for advertising during the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.