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Lionel Messi led his Argentina lineup off the field and into the locker rooms because of a brawl between rival fans in Brazil, delaying the start of their South American World Cup qualifier by 27 ...
Clóvis Fernandes was a businessman from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil who was born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul. He had already visited more than 150 national team matches since attending the FIFA World Cup with his Brazil national team in Italy in 1990 and was in more than 30 countries. He jokingly described himself as "12.
FIFA Fan Festivals (initially named FIFA Fan Fests) followed the success of public viewing at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and became an essential part of the tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Fan Festivals take place in iconic locations of the host cities and feature broadcasts of football matches on giant screens ...
Brazil faces a new wave of COVID cases just as the soccer-crazed nation is gathering en masse to follow the World Cup, with new coronavirus sub-variants and delayed vaccine boosters raising alarms ...
Neymar scored his record 78th and 79th goals for Brazil in a 5-1 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia on Friday. Neymar's goals in the Amazon city of Belem put him two above the total of three ...
Fan fest in Brasilia, Brazil vs. Croatia For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA announced they would be holding FIFA Fan Fests in each of the twelve host cities. Prominent examples are the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which had already held a Fan Fest in 2010, São Paulo 's Vale do Anhangabaú and Brasília 's Esplanada dos ...
Argentina and Brazil share a 750-mile border and a long tradition of World Cup excellence, having combined to win seven titles and reach the semifinals together in four of the last five tournaments.
Brazil's World Cup record; First match Brazil 1–2 Yugoslavia (14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) Biggest win Brazil 7–1 Sweden (9 July 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Biggest defeat Brazil 1–7 Germany (8 July 2014; Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Best result Champions in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002: Worst result