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Doctors say Pele is in good condition and will remain off kidney support treatment.

With estimated earnings of 47-million-dollars over the past year, Gisele Bundchen isn't just Brazil or America's top model. She's the world's top-earning model. According to "Forbes," Gisele even beat out her superstar quarterback husband Tom Brady who made just over 31 million-dollars over the same time frame...

Mario Goetze volleyed in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday. Goetze controlled the ball with his chest and then shot past Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero in the 113th minute ...

Following a Tuesday semifinal that saw eight goals scored, the other half of the World Cup final four was a much different story. Argentina and the Netherlands went to penalty kicks after 120 scoreless minutes and it was Argentina advancing 4-2...

With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany. Nobody ever expected this. The Germans tore apart Brazil's porous defense time and time again Tuesday, routing the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, the largest margin of defeat at this stage in the history of the tournament ...

The World Cup is down to its final eight teams. All of them are dreaming about being champions. Here's how the bracket breaks down. Host country Brazil faces Columbia, with the winner playing either France or Germany in the semifinals...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River in Massachusetts has a new bishop. Pope Francis on Thursday appointed The Rev. Edgar Moreira da Cunha, currently an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, as the eighth bishop of Fall River...

As many of you know, I'm not a soccer fan. Collectively, I've probably watched less than a minute of World Cup 2014 action hosted in Brazil. But so many other folks are extremely gung-ho over the most watched sport in the world. That includes construction workers...

Brazil and Belgium proved the old adage that there are no easy games at the World Cup. Brazil failed to beat Mexico for the first time at a World Cup, held to a 0-0 draw in their second game in Group A. With Neymar rampant through the middle, Marcelo ever-willing to go forward and Oscar supplying passes, Brazil should be scoring almost at will...

Group D member Costa Rica was the big winner on Day Three of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.  They upset Uruguay 3-1 in the second match of the day. In Group C, Colombia rolled Greece 3-0 in the first game.  Italy went on to beat England 2-1 to close out Group D play...