Famous German octopus predicts Argentina exit

Oberhausen: An octopus in Germany who has shot to fame for correctly predicting the result of all of the country`s World Cup matches so far on Tuesday forecast a win over Argentina in the quarter-finals. Two plastic boxes containing tasty morsels, one with a Germany flag and one with an Argentina flag, were lowered into the tank that houses Paul the octopus at his home in Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany. Watched by a scrum of photographers, Paul plumped for Diego Maradona`s all-stars crashing out to Joachim Loew`s side in Saturday`s eagerly anticipated encounter. Earlier in the tournament, the eight-legged oracle correctly tipped Germany to beat Ghana and Australia in their group D matches and was also right to predict they would lose to Serbia. And even though he was born in England, he also treacherously but correctly foretold Germany`s win over his native country in their last-16 clash on Sunday. Bureau Report