By Paul Gardner I have not found the prospect of the upcoming World Cup overly enthralling. Quite aside from the obviously political and anything-but-soccer reasons forstaging it in South Africa, I find am finding it difficult […]
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Adriano celebrates Flamengo return with winner
Brazilian national team striker Adriano returned from his latest bout with what are believed to be alcohol problems to score the winning goal for Flamengo intheir 1-0 victory over Vasco da Gama in the Carioca championship derby. Adriano had not played since returning from London, where he played for Brazil in a friendly against Ireland […]
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Messi shares laugh with a … [VIDEO]
[OFF THE SEASON] It’s billed as Pepsi’s World Cup commercial, though Coca-Cola, not Pepsi, is a FIFA sponsor. The commercial featuring Lionel Messi, Kaka and Didier Drogba is certainly unusual. Take a look … PepsiCommercial:
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Drinking problem sidelines Adriano
Brazilian national team striker Adriano has been temporarily dropped by Flamengo because he began drinking again. After returning from London, where Brazilbeat Ireland, 2-0, he did not show up for practice on Friday and missed Flamengo’s 4-0 win over Resende on Saturday. “When he starts drinking, he can’t stop,” Flamengo director Marcos Braz told Radio […]
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Bafana Bafana head to month-long camp in Brazil
[WORLD CUP WATCH] South Africa national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is taking 29 players to his native Brazil fora month-long camp, the first of several World Cup training camps in preparation for the finals. Teenager […]
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Second surgery sidelines Andre Luiz
[MLS] The San Jose Earthquakes may seem to be stacked with midfielders, but one of its cogs in the second half of the 2009 season won’t be available for awhile. Brazilian Andre Luiz, who played seven […]
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Brazil puts fear into English [VIDEO]
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Such is the optimism about England’s chances at the 2010 World Cup that Brazil’s visit to the Emirates Stadium Tuesday was billed a sneakpreview of England’s possible semifinal opponent in Cape Town. Just […]
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Brazil's Dunga: 'I will go forward in my own way'
Brazil will take to the field at London’s Emirates Stadium against Ireland Tuesday with the likes of Felipe Melo and Gilberto Silva in its squad. But Coach Dunga had no room for 2002 World Cup champion Ronaldinho, who is enjoying an excellentseason at AC Milan. “I guess it’s normal [for Ronaldinho’s exit to cause controversy] […]
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Orlando Pecanha recalls Brazil's defensive innovations
The death last week of Orlando Pecanha at the age of 74 prompted Tim Vickery to look back at the history of Brazil’s defense. Pecanha played inthe central defense alongside Bellini, the team captain, when Brazil won its first World Cup, in 1958 in Sweden. It was Brazil that came up with the idea of […]