Beautiful PR game? Chinese footballer joins top Brazilian side Corinthians
Chen Zhizhao becomes first Chinese player in Brazilian top flight amid accusations of marketing stuntHe was born in China's Guangdong province and speaks just a smattering of Portuguese, but by this time next year fans of one of Brazil's most famous fo...
Guns for goalposts? Fifa mulls Brazilian plans for World Cup disarmament drive
Brazil wants to give free or cut-price 2014 World Cup tickets to people who hand in guns and use destroyed weapons to make goalpostsFootball's governing body, Fifa, is studying plans to hand out free or cut-price World Cup tickets to football fans who ...
Rio World Cup demolitions leave favela families trapped in ghost town
Homes are being torn down and pests and squatters are taking over the rubble of Favela do Metrô, but hundreds of families remain with nowhere else to goFrom the roof of his home in the Favela do Metrô, Eomar Freitas enjoys one of the best views in to...
Rio favela homes make way for World Cup – video
Eomar Freitas, 35, reveals the destruction in the Favela do Metrô ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic GamesTom Phillips
Rio favela homes make way for World Cup – video
Eomar Freitas, 35, reveals the destruction in the Favela do Metrô ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic GamesTom Phillips
Brazilian star Fernandes accused of lover’s murder
Goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes is held over claims he masterminded the kidnapping and execution of his former lover, Eliza SamudioOne of Brazil's best-known footballers was last night behind bars in a high-security Rio jail after allegations that he master...
Brazilian clubs slam England-USA ref
There are so many referees in Brazil better than Carlos Simon, according to the president of one of the country's biggest clubsThe president of one of Brazil's biggest football clubs has described the referee chosen to handle England's opening World Cu...
Brazil’s World Cup evangelists target North Korean souls
With the two countries' teams meeting in the World Cup, Brazilian missionaries hope to convert North Koreans
Brazil's green and yellow-clad football team touched down in South Africa this morning with their eyes set on a record sixth World Cup victory. But another Brazilian delegation is also on its...
Brazil football legend Romário shoots for political power
Former striker stands for Brazilian Socialist party in coming election of federal deputies
On the pitch they called him "Shorty" – a diminutive football legend who rose from the slums of northern Rio to become a giant of Brazil's "beautiful game".
Now, the 5ft 6ins former Barcelona and Brazil striker...
Brazil World Cup 2014 in disarray