Tag: Football

Pelé, seen here following Brazil's 1970 World Cup win, epitomized "the beautiful game" Image: Wikipedia

Can Brazil Soccer Get Its Beautiful Game Back?

Experts have long been warning that a sell-off of Brazilian talent is seriously damaging ...

Players from Botafogo wearing Parimatch jerseys.

How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Interfering with Soccer Deals in Brazil

A Brazilian soccer club says it is considering its future relationship with its shirt ...

Held aloft as the embodiment of the beautiful game. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

Pelé, We’ll Never Forget You for All the Joy You Brought the World

Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many ...

Generation Amazing, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Flamengo FC officials with participants of soccer classes for poor kids in Rio.

Qatar’s Generation Amazing Reaches Out to Poor Kids in Rio

Two former Brazil footballers have been teaching soccer to poor children in Rio de ...

A Brazilian fan rooting for the Brazilian team - Photo by Tomaz Silva

World Cup 2018: The Beautiful Game in an Ugly World

Football is a simple and beautiful game that gives joy to billions around the ...

A Brazilian soccer fan. Photo: ABr

Shocking Survey: Majority of Brazilians Are Simply Not Interested in the World Cup

A majority of Brazil’s citizens claim that they are no longer interested in the ...

Brazilian soccer legend Cafu in Qatar

Brazil’s Cafu Praises Qatar’s Generation Amazing for Promoting Social Inclusion

Soccer legend Cafu yesterday compared Qatar’s use of football to improve the lives of ...

Brazilian Government Opens Two Schools in Russia to Teach Soccer

The first of two Brazilian football schools in Russia will start operating as of ...

Ball, Sex and Cachaça in the Tragic Life of Brazilian Hero Garrincha

Reading Garrincha, Ruy Castro’s splendid study of the forgotten Brazilian right-winger and twice World ...