Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng have been expelled from Ghana's World Cup squad for disciplinary problems. The announcement comes just hours before Ghana play Portugal in their crucial final game in Group D.
Angela Merkel joined in the celebrations after the German football team thrashed Portugal in their opening World Cup match.
Government spokesman Steffen Siebert tweeted the picture of the German Chancellor from the dressing room at the Arena Fonte Nova in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Salvador.
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England touched down on home soil on Wednesday after their worst World Cup campaign in history.
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