09/07/2014 Newsround

Hayley here with big news on Froome, Messi and the biggest World Cup

The ancient spider brought back to life in 3D.

First up, in the last hour it's been announced that the defending Tour De

France champion, Britain's Chris Froome, has pulled out of the race.

These latest pictures show the 2013 champion being helped into a safety

car after crashing for the third time in two days this afternoon.

He says he's now too injured to carry on.

Next, to the football match that shocked

the world, made grown men cry and even prompted Brazil's president

Brazil have won the world cup more times than anyone else and as hosts

of this year's tournament their fans fully expected them to do it again.

But last night they lost their semi-final 7-1 to Germany.

An incredible failure for a country used to being the best.

It doesn't feel that long ago since Brazil fans had that winning

And celebrating with them wasn't hard as I found out when I was

But last night it was a totally different story.

The most successful nation in World Cup history were unbeaten

in their last 14 games and then along came Germany.

TRANSLATION: I think it was the last day of my life, but life has to go

one. This is the worst defeat in Brazil's history.

Brazil hadn't lost at home for almost 40 years and had won all

of their last six World Cup semi-finals, so people all across

It is really embarrassing. It is embarrassing to end like this.

Fans didn't just hope that Brazil would make the final they expected

it, but nothing prepared them for what happened last night.

Instead of making history for scoring goals they became

the first team to concede seven goals in a World Cup semi-final.

A big defeat and a big shock to many Brazilian fans and for a team who

have always been considered as one of the best in the world.

Bad times for Brazil fans, but you lot have been giving them

your advice on how to get over a big disappointment

Holly says, "I take deep breaths and find something good to think

Well the only thing that could make it any worse for Brazil fans is if

their arch rivals Argentina reach the final tonight They take on the

Netherlands in a match that will see two of the players of the tournament

- Lionel Messi and Arjen Robben go ahead to head.

But who will come out on top and line up alongside Germany

Take it away Ronaldo the predicting parrot.

In other news, school kids across the country are

being asked to write a letter to an unknown soldier from World War One.

It's all part of a special project to mark

a hundred years since the start of the Great War which was one of the

Letters have been delivered to the foot of a famous statue

in London that shows and unnamed soldier reading a letter

These kids in Wallasey, Merseyside, are

You brought honour to yourself, your family and you will be remembered

for years to come. Your family and friends will be proud of you, as the

rest of the world is. You die nameless. I do know this, you are

everyone's soldier. Finally to the four hundred

million year old spider that's Scientists say

the fossilised remains of the Trigonortarbid were so well

preserved that they could rebuild it They're finding out more about how

it moved and attacked it's prey. That's all from me Newsround's back

tomorrow morning with more footy