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STAY ON THE BALL with our weekly newsletter
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FEATURED ARTICLE
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - BUT WILL VAGNER BLOSSOM FOR BRAZIL?
By Barney Cullum
Many years ago, someone stopped me as I was walking in the main entrance of my apartment building. I had a soccer ball under my arm. "Hey, soccer man, wait a minute."
DUNGA LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
By Chris Marks
Many years ago, someone stopped me as I was walking in the main entrance of my apartment building. I had a soccer ball under my arm. "Hey, soccer man, wait a minute."
FEATURED BLOG'S
O BLOG DO ALEX
Alex Bellos is the author or Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life. He lives in London but travels to Brazil a fair bit, and will be following the Seleção as closely as possible as they go for the Hexa.
O BLOG DO LOWDINHO
He's full of opinions on domestic football in Brazil and the Seleção. Read the views of Mark Lowdon and respond with comments of your own.
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THE CORINTHIANS SPIRIT
No one had ever heard of Kia Joorabchian a year ago and certainly not anyone involved in the football world.
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RECOGNITION AT LAST FOR ZE ROBERTO
February 1994 and a skinny kid named Jose Roberto da Silva Junior makes his professional bow for Portuguesa in the Campeonato Paulista ...
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STRIKER SHORTAGE IS GOOD NEWS FOR FRED
When Brazil faced Venezuela in October, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira deliberated over which of his star forwards to leave out of the starting lineup ...
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ON BRAZIL
"Relax- you'll see the Art in Germany"
... Ronaldinho, after a sleep-inducing 2004 South American qualifier
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ON BRAZIL
Poverty/Revolution/Flat-screens
When you type the word “Brazil” into a news search engine these days- you invariably get three kinds of information...
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ON BRAZIL
Schadenfreude/Corruption/SnoopDogg
The old Yoruban proverb says that anyone wishing misfortune on others must prepare for misfortune themselves. Ok, the Yoruba (or the Igbo) didn’t say exactly that, but would have if their ancients were around today...
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ON BRAZIL
That Special Relationship/Parallel Universes/Pause Control
Disclaimer: This is very pretentious. If it were elementary school, the author would deserve to be punched and taunted during recess...
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MY FRIEND WHO PLAYED WITH PELÉ
By by Steve Amoia. Many years ago, someone stopped me as I was walking in the main entrance of my apartment building. I had a soccer ball under my arm. "Hey, soccer man, wait a minute."
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SALVADOR DALLY
By Gareth Phillips. A world of run down housing, of unmade dust roads and shanties constructed from corrugated iron, planks and plastic sheets. This is the South America that doesn’t feature in picture postcards.
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FATSO OR FENOMENO?
By Barney Cullum. Unloved, overweight and injured- yet Ronaldo is still the best striker in the world.
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THE ROMANCE OF THE COPA BRASIL
By Tim Cowman. Since arriving in Brazil it has struck me as to how little we Brits generally know about the make up of the domestic game here, which now seems a crime baring in mind this nation’s global dominance. It has taken me few months to get to grips with the complexities of the seasonal set up here. This vast country and its many fans are fed on a never ending and inter-twisted diet of various competitions.
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THE LITTLE CANARY
Even if you don't know who Aldyr Garcia Schlee is, you are definitely acquainted with his creation.
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FOOTVOLLEY
Brazilian football genius is honed on the beach.
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