Famous for the staggering number of goals he scored, Rogério Ceni was also a brilliant goalkeeper and a world-class leader for Sao Paulo
SÃO PAULO, NOVEMBER 2017. There is, it’s fair to say, never a meaningless encounter between Corinthians and Palmeiras. But all clássicos are not created equal. Sometimes it matters a little bit more; sometimes…
Last week Marco van Basten, the legendary Dutch footballer recently-turned FIFA technical director, suggested a series of measures that he believes have the potential to improve the game we all hold so…
IN BRAZIL, perhaps more than in any other country, football is seen as an expression of national identity. It is a game of the mass of the people, played by all no…
Brazil’s fortunes are fading. Since 2014 the economy of the world’s fifth most populous nation has been faltering, leaving millions unemployed, inflation rates soaring and GDP shrinking at unprecedented rates. This economic…
PELÉ, RONALDO, SÓCRATES, GARRINCHA: Brazil has had its fair share of legends, players so great a nickname in Portuguese is enough to identify them the world over. But there’s another who sits as equal…
On Thursday Independiente del Valle will play Boca Juniors in the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores in what is by far the biggest game in their history and one of the biggest…