Defending champion Germany eliminated from World Cup

Kazan, Russia • Germany is out of the World Cup, the fourth defending champion in the last five tournaments to be eliminated in the group stage.The four-time champions lost to South Korea 2-0 Wednesday, allowing a pair of injury-time goals while knowing a 1-0 victory would have been enough to advance because of the result in the other group match.Germany ended up last in Group F while Sweden and Mexico advanced to the round of 16. South Korea was also eliminated despite the victory.It was t