This flashy and hugely talented kid has been dazzling fans in Brazil for years. He’s likely to be one of the best in the world – but will need to play in Europe first. By Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Who is Neymar? You mean you don’t know? You must be American. He is(…)
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Beer at the World Cup
As if Brazil hadn’t already been infuriating FIFA enough lately, it is looking like the government may uphold a ban on alcohol during all matches in 2014. Soccer fans in Brazil drink beer before and after the game, and are so intensely focused on the action during the 90-minute matches that the current law doesn’t(…)
Brazil’s soccer kingpin falls
The 2014 World Cup will have a new leader Ricardo Teixeira, the man responsible for running Brazilian soccer for 22 years, stepped down today, citing health reasons. But Teixeira, who would have organized the 2014 World Cup, has also been facing intense pressure to resign after a new corruption scandal emerged. Which was the real(…)
FIFA apologizes, sort of, to Brazil
If you were President Dilma or Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo, would you be happy to receive this letter from FIFA boss Joseph Blatter? I just got a curious email from a PR, and the obvious intent was to inform me, the journalist, that everything is getting better between FIFA and Brazil. But: 1) the fact(…)
Brazil World Cup – please enjoy your staying
This does not look promising. The good news is that Brazil has unveiled a site that allows potential visitors to get to know the host cities for the 2014 World Cup. The bad news is that you must learn another language. No, not Portuguese, but some kind of bizarre English-Portuguese hybrid. There are some real(…)
Godfather of Brazilian football in the hot seat
Ricardo Teixeira, the man who has dominated soccer here for 22 years, is being pressured to resign over a corruption scandal. If he goes down, someone else will be putting on the 2014 World Cup. But this is not the first time Teixeira, the head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been on the(…)
