Paul the octopus makes his prediction.....

The wait is literally over. It may have taken Paul the octopus an hour to decide, but the great eight-legged sage of our times has picked Germany to beat Argentina. Given his extra long deliberation, however, expect the quarter final to go to penalties.

And word in the aquarium is that Advertising Age have just signed him to predict next year's Cannes lion winners. Clearly a step up from Bob Garfield.