Confederations Cup 2017 News

FIFA added that the samples were analysed at laboratories accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), mostly at the one in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Lars Stindl`s first-half goal in Sunday`s final sealed Germany`s 1-0 win over Chile, bringing down the curtain on the 2017 Confed Cup -- a warm-up for next year`s World Cup finals.

Lars Stindl`s simple tap-in was enough to seal Germany`s victory in Sunday`s final in St Petersburg as the youthful world champions lifted the Confed Cup for the first time.

Diaz`s momentary lapse of concentration in Saint Petersburg let Timo Werner rob him of possession, draw goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and pass to Lars Stindl, who tapped the winning goal into an empty net on 20 minutes.

Diaz`s momentary lapse in concentration let Timo Werner rob him of possession, draw the goalkeeper and pass to Stindl, who scored into an empty net on 20 minutes in Saint Petersburg.

Attacking midfielder Goretzka ran riot in Sochi with goals on six and eight minutes before Timo Werner and substitute Amin Younes netted in the second half.

Loew opted not to bring his World Cup winning stars to the Confed Cup, but Germany`s young guns booked their place in Sunday`s final in St Petersburg after a devastating opening spell in Sochi.

The 21-year-old sealed the world champions` 3-1 win in Sochi with a second-half brace by heading home Joshua Kimmich`s cross, then drilled in a second to calm German nerves just after Vincent Aboubakar netted Cameroon`s consolation goal.

Germany have won all four meetings between the countries in the last 40 years.

Russia breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday after its soccer team won the opening match of the Confederations Cup and the country demonstrated that one of its most problematic World Cup pitches was fit for international matches.