Brazilian football fans ignore foul play as crowds soar on September 5, 2019The game is slow and beset by fouls, every match is on TV, and all the best young players have left – but if attendances are any measure, Brazilian football is enjoying a renaissance. Five Serie A clubs have pulled in crowds above 30,000 as the competition approaches the halfway stage and the last time […]
Copa America is anyone’s but fans worry emulating Europe on June 12, 2019This month’s Copa America will be the third in four years but for those suffering from an overdose of South American soccer there is an end in sight. Only not just yet. The tournament that kicks off in Sao Paulo on June 14 will be followed next year by yet another Copa America – although […]
Brazilian women unable to emulate USA footballers in equality battle on April 10, 2019Brazil’s female footballers have made great strides in growing their domestic game but they lack the organisation to emulate the United States team and demand the same pay and conditions as men, defender Erika said on Tuesday. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) this year obliged all first division clubs to create a women’s side and […]
Fatal fire exposes poor conditions for young Brazilians on February 11, 2019The deaths of 10 teenagers in a fire at Brazil’s Flamengo soccer club highlighted the precarious conditions many youngsters face as they chase the dream of becoming professional footballers. The boys, all aged between 14 and 16, were killed when a fire swept through the Flamengo training centre on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro […]
Time running out for Messi to lift the ‘Big One’ on May 23, 2018ROSARIO: The Russia finals could be Lionel Messi’s last chance to win the World Cup and dispel the doubters who say he cannot be considered one of the game’s true greats without leading his team to the biggest prize. The other candidates for the title of world’s greatest player, Pele and Diego Maradona, won the […]