World Cup Daily Brief: It's almost here

Throughout the tournament, we'll begin each day with our World Cup Daily Brief, bringing you all the highlights from the previous day's matches and news cycle, while also looking forward to what you can expect from the day ahead.

Just one day left until the big day, but we still have another game to get through. Argentina might be saying goodbye to manager Alejandro Sabella after the World Cup final as his spokesman revealed to a radio station that it is not clear if he will be back after 2014. And someone actually predicted that Germany would beat Brazil 7-1. What a world. Here is everything you need to know. 

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Brantley Gilbert Goes Gold, Announces Second Leg of Let It Ride Tour

Continuing to build on an already stellar year, Brantley Gilbert strikes another career high-mark with the GOLD-certification of Just As I Am. His third studio album, which debuted at No.1 on Billboard Country Albums Chart, also scored the third highest album debut of the year with over 212,000 copies sold in the first week. Brantley’s latest project has already produced the Platinum-certified, No.1 lead single “Bottoms Up,” whose music video has seen over 23 million views. Quickly climbing the Country airplay charts, the Top 20-and-rising follow-up, “Small Town Throwdown,” features labelmates Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett.

Earlier this week, Brantley and his sidekick Sylo revealed dates and opening acts for the second leg of his Let It Ride Tour through a special video to the BG Nation. The announcement also included footage from the first part of the tour, showing fired-up performances from the multiple sold-out shows last spring. This round is set to kick off on September 19 in Austin, TX. Aaron Lewisas direct support 9/19 through 10/25 and Tyler Farr as direct support 10/30 through 12/6. Chase Bryant will be opening all dates.

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LeBron James will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers

This is the big one. 

LeBron James, via an article in Sports Illustrated, announced that he will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  

Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where I ran. It’s where I cried. It’s where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I’m their son. Their passion can be overwhelming. But it drives me. I want to give them hope when I can. I want to inspire them when I can. My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn’t realize that four years ago. I do now.

Remember when I was sitting up there at the Boys & Girls Club in 2010? I was thinking, This is really tough. I could feel it. I was leaving something I had spent a long time creating. If I had to do it all over again, I’d obviously do things differently, but I’d still have left. Miami, for me, has been almost like college for other kids. These past four years helped raise me into who I am. I became a better player and a better man. I learned from a franchise that had been where I wanted to go. I will always think of Miami as my second home. Without the experiences I had there, I wouldn’t be able to do what I’m doing today.

I went to Miami because of D-Wade and CB. We made sacrifices to keep UD. I loved becoming a big bro to Rio. I believed we could do something magical if we came together. And that’s exactly what we did! The hardest thing to leave is what I built with those guys. I’ve talked to some of them and will talk to others. Nothing will ever change what we accomplished. We are brothers for life. I also want to thank Micky Arison and Pat Riley for giving me an amazing four years.

I’m doing this essay because I want an opportunity to explain myself uninterrupted. I don’t want anyone thinking: He and Erik Spoelstra didn’t get along. … He and Riles didn’t get along. … The Heat couldn’t put the right team together. That’s absolutely not true.

I’m not having a press conference or a party. After this, it’s time to get to work.

When I left Cleveland, I was on a mission. I was seeking championships, and we won two. But Miami already knew that feeling. Our city hasn’t had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what’s most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio.

I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there. I just didn’t know when. After the season, free agency wasn’t even a thought. But I have two boys and my wife, Savannah, is pregnant with a girl. I started thinking about what it would be like to raise my family in my hometown. I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland. The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy.

To make the move I needed the support of my wife and my mom, who can be very tough. The letter from Dan Gilbert, the booing of the Cleveland fans, the jerseys being burned -- seeing all that was hard for them. My emotions were more mixed. It was easy to say, “OK, I don’t want to deal with these people ever again.” But then you think about the other side. What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left? How would I react? I’ve met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man. We’ve talked it out. Everybody makes mistakes. I’ve made mistakes as well. Who am I to hold a grudge?

I’m not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We’re not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I’m realistic. It will be a long process, much longer than it was in 2010. My patience will get tested. I know that. I’m going into a situation with a young team and a new coach. I will be the old head. But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn’t know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I’m excited to lead some of these talented young guys. I think I can help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in our league. I think I can help elevate Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters. And I can’t wait to reunite with Anderson Varejao, one of my favorite teammates.

But this is not about the roster or the organization. I feel my calling here goes above basketball. I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously. My presence can make a difference in Miami, but I think it can mean more where I’m from. I want kids in Northeast Ohio, like the hundreds of Akron third-graders I sponsor through my foundation, to realize that there’s no better place to grow up. Maybe some of them will come home after college and start a family or open a business. That would make me smile. Our community, which has struggled so much, needs all the talent it can get.

In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.

I’m ready to accept the challenge. I’m coming home.

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Florida Georgia Line Launch Their 'Dirt Campaign'

Talk to Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley and they'll be quick to tell you they are totally living the dream. With a string of big hits under their belts, they've both been able to purchase their first homes in the past year. 

Now, they want to help other families live the dream, too. Launching the Dirt Campaign on Tuesday, the duo are looking to raise $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity. 

"To be able to be in the position we're in and be so blessed over the last couple of years doing what we love is very rewarding," Kelley tells PEOPLE, "and we've always said we want to be bigger than the music and give back." 

The idea for the campaign was inspired by the pair's new single "Dirt," also out Tuesday. With lyrics like, "Her blue-eyed summer time smile looks so good that it hurts/(Makes you wanna build a) 10 percent down/White picket fence house on this dirt," Kelley says the song "really touched us." 

"We had goose bumps the first time we heard it. With most of our other singles, you don't have to think at all, it's a self-explanatory feel-good song," he says. "But this one makes you dig a little deeper, makes you think about your life and where you're at and where you want to be." 

The former roommates remember well what it was like before they could afford to put down roots. "We went from living in a really run-down house with five dudes to another really run-down house with five dudes," says Hubbard. 

"For us to now be able to own our own places, there's not a better feeling than that. Most people dream of having a house you can call your own from the time they're a kid. For both of us, getting those keys was a huge day. We want to give that to someone else. We want to hand over more keys with this Dirt Campaign and have them experience the same thing." 

FGL is encouraging their fans to donate to the cause. As an extra incentive, campaign supporters will be entered for a chance to win a trip for two on FGL's This Is How We Cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl, setting sail from Miami on Nov. 8.

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Liam Hemsworth Had A 'Instantaneous' & 'Powerful' Connection with Former Fiance Miley Cyrus

Liam Hemsworth touches down at LAX airport from a flight from Europe in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (July 11).

The 24-year-old actor enjoyed some time off after wrapping filming on The Hunger Games franchise and was spotted dining out with some friends in Italy.

There, Liam was also overheard talking about his former fiance, Miley Cyrus,Page Six reports.

He said that they would “always be best friends” and they had “an instantaneous and powerful connection”.

A source shared, “Liam kept raving about how amazing she was, how much they clicked and understood everything about each other. He also said they bought a lot of furniture but he had to leave it behind when they broke up and he got his new place, which was furnished.”

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Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber's Best PDA Moments!

 Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez embrace and kiss as she visits him on the set of his new music video Boyfriend on April 21, 2012 in LA.

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You'll never guess who Neymar will be cheering for in the World Cup final

There are few footballing rivalries as historically intense as the one between Argentina and Brazil. In the lead up to Sunday's World Cup final, more than one pundit has suggested that the only thing worse than Brazil not winning the tournament on their home soil would be for Argentina to do so.

Despite a past full of legendary clashes, Brazil's best player told reporters on Thursday he hopes his country's arch rival Argentina emerge victorious over the Germans.

Neymar:

I wish good luck to Germany, but I want my two friends — Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano — to win it. Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.

Mascherano, Messi and Neymar all play their club football together at Barcelona. However, the bitter rivalry between Argentina and Brazil still makes Neymar's support surprising.

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