Copa Libertadores 2012 – Property of Brazil? is a post from: Just Football
Copa Libertadores 2012 – Property of Brazil? is a post from: Just Football South America’s flagship competition, the Copa Libertadores, is up and running for another season with the group stages kicking off this week. 32 of Latin America’s finest will compete...BRIC countries lead advertising growth
Russia and India will record the strongest growth in advertising spend over the coming year, according to the latest Warc international ad forecast.It predicts that Russia will increase expenditure by 16.5%, followed by India (14.0%), China (11.5%) and...
Guardian Sport Network | Brazil’s Paulo Henrique Ganso feels weight of expectation at Santos
Nicknamed the goose, Ganso's status as Brazilian football's rising star has been usurped by fellow Santos prodigy NeymarPotential is a nebulous concept. Some have it, some don't. Some waste it. Some realise that they never had it in the first place. Po...
Brazil, Argentina to meet in New Jersey
New York-area soccer fans are in for a summer treat. Brazil and Argentina will square off in a June 9 friendly at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., pitting the two South American rivals and some of the top players in the world against each other. The date falls on a FIFA international fixture date,...
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...
Woman shot after night out with Adriano admits she pulled the trigger
• Gun was accidentally fired in former Brazil striker's car• Adriane Cirilo dos Pintos initially said Adriano was to blameA woman who accused the former Brazil striker Adriano of shooting her by mistake after a night out has reportedly revised her ...
2011 – Year of the Neymar
2011 – Year of the Neymar is a post from: Just Football
2011 – Year of the Neymar is a post from: Just Football He struts with the cocksure swagger of a born star and not only that, he can play a bit too. 2011 can be seen as the year Neymar truly broke through...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 ...
The Joy of Six: the Brazilian national football team
Half a dozen moments of samba magic, from the gun-wielding manager to 'the greatest three minutes of football ever played'1) The Argentinian national football teamBrazilian football, so the CBF-approved marketing cliche goes, dances to samba rhythms. A...
Brazil Nuts
I suppooooose the last post could have waited until the delightful highlights of the U.S. Under-17's duel with Brazil yesterday surfaced. What can I say? I got all excited. And this is worth a wait...- Greg Seltzer
Garforth Town owner hails impact of Brazil’s Socrates
• Socrates turned out for non-league Garforth in 2004• 'It was what he did for Brazilian society as a whole'The Garforth Town owner, Simon Clifford, remembered the Brazilian football legend and friend Socrates as "a tremendously brave and courageou...
