Said & Done: Fifa in Brazil; shaman of the week; plus the keeper too drunk to move
Fifa in Brazil; number crunching; shaman of the week; Adriano news; plus the goalkeeper too drunk to moveMan of the weekHeadlining in Brazil last week: 1) A government pledge to increase wealth redistribution after figures showed 16 million Brazilians ...
Fifa official criticises Brazil’s slow preparations for 2014 World Cup
• Not a single stadium is ready, says general secretary Valcke• Fifa pushing for Budweiser to be able to sell beer at groundsFifa's secretary general has again criticised Brazil for being behind schedule in its stadium preparations for the 2014 Wor...
World Cup 2014: Guns For Tickets
Tickets to the World Cup in Brazil are going to be fairly difficult to come by one would expect, if only in comparison to South Africa 2010. Gun violence is also something of a concern, so combining the two is obviously a natural course of action (work with me). Brazil’s planning a “guns for tickets”...
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 ...
Ronaldo takes lead in organising 2014 World Cup in Brazil – video
The former Brazilian striker has accepted a leading role in organising the 2014 World Cup in his home country amid mounting concerns over legal issues and delays
American Samoa out of 2014 World Cup qualifying
• World's joint-lowest-ranked team lose 1-0 in Apia• Samoa progress in Oceania qualifyingAmerican Samoa, the joint lowest-ranked of the 204 members of Fifa, are out of the 2014 World Cup having lost an Oceania qualifying tie 1-0 to Samoa in Apia on...
Adebayor in winning return for Togo in qualifying
• Adebayor makes first appearance since attack on team bus• Lebanon shock South Korea and Japan lose in Asian qualifiersEmmanuel Adebayor returned for Togo after an absence of almost two years for a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday but it was Serge G...
Tensions run high for Japan v North Korea World Cup qualifier
Both North Korea and Japan will be determined to emerge as winners from an encounter that has always been about far more than footballOne of the fiercest rivalries in international football will be reignited this evening when North Korea play Japan in ...
Enough caviar, a bit of humility please
Have Argentina, the world’s biggest exporters of soccer players, lost their feeling for the national colours Diego Maradona wore with such pride and passion?
Suárez scores four as Uruguay crush Chile
• Suárez hits all four goals for Uruguay in World Cup qualifier• Argentina's poor form continues with draw against BoliviaLuis Suárez was in scintillating form, scoring all four goals as Uruguay stayed on top of the South American World Cup quali...
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