Brazil’s iconic Maracana is being used as a hospital for coronavirus patients
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by Ed McCambridge
4y ago
Pele, Zico, Garrincha, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar - we could go all day - are just a handful of the iconic names to have called the Maracanã home down the years. Brazil’s largest football stadium has seen 200,000-strong crowds, World Cup finals and the Olympics, and is invariably included on the bucket lists of football fans around the world.But it is expecting visitors of a different kind over the coming months, with thousands of COVID-19 patients to be treated at the 80,000 seater venue, which is regularly used by Rio-based clubs Santos and Corinthians as well as the national team ..read more
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Quiz! Can you name every country to compete at a FIFA World Cup?
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by Mark White
4y ago
Ten minutes on the clock, 86countriesto guess - the continent that we've listed for them refers to the federation they were a part of when they first qualified.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand send to some friends!NOW TRYQuiz! Can you name every Premier League club ever? According to those that have done it, there's no greater feeling than representing your country at the World Cup.While the World Cup, for many, is about the stars - the Maradonas and Peles, Ronaldos and Messis - a nice subplot every four years in the group stage is welcoming a country that have never competed befor ..read more
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The making of Ronaldinho – how the Brazilian superstar broke through at PSG
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by Alex Reid
4y ago
Alone and unwanted in the heart of France's wine region, Ronaldinho could have been forgiven for craving a stiff drink. It was the end of September 2001 and as Paris Saint-Germain slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Bordeaux, their star attacker was slumped on the bench, an unused substitute for a side that needed a goal.For two years, he had illuminated Brazilian football to a drumbeat of deafening hype, but six months after leaving his homeland, the 21-year-old boy wonder looked like a busted flush. He had chosen Paris for first-team football but so far he had made just two starts. Now he couldn't ev ..read more
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What REALLY happened to Ronaldo before the 1998 World Cup Final – in his own words
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by Celso de Campos Jr
4y ago
WATCHALONGWatch the full France 98 World Cup final with us at 3pmSaturday, March 21 right hereMORE FRANCE 98:World Cup icons: Zinedine Zidane heads France to victory – but doesn't change society (1998)Quiz! Can you name the France and Brazil line-ups from the 1998 World Cup final?The stage was set in Paris: tournament hosts France up against Mario Zagallo's brilliant Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final, the Seleção with their mercurial 21-year-old striker in tow.Ronaldo went into France 98 off the back of a stunning 34-goal debut season with Inter Milan, and had netted four times up to the fina ..read more
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Quiz! Can you name the France and Brazil line-ups from the 1998 World Cup final?
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by Mark White
4y ago
WATCHALONGWatch the full France 98 World Cup final with us at 3pmSaturday, March 21 right hereEightminutes on the clock, 27 namesto guess - that's 11 for each side, two substitutes for Brazil and three for France.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand share with your friends - especially if they're gamers!NOW TRYQuiz! Can you name the top 20 rated players from every FIFA game in the last decade?FIFA 21 NEWSWhat we know so far and what changes we expect for the next game France 98. The World Cup of David Beckham's sending off.ThatDennis Bergkamp goal. Of Davor Suker (who?) winning the Gol ..read more
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What now for Saturdays at 3pm? Watch the France 98 World Cup Final with us
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by Conor Pope
4y ago
In short: Come back here at 3pm on Saturday, March 21 to watch the 1998 World Cup Finalin full, and tweet along using the hashtag #SaturdayFFTSaturday, 3pm is an important cultural touchstone. We don’t need to explain it. You know immediately what it is, and what it means.It doesn’t matter what your routine in the hours building up to 3 o’clock is: whether you drive, take the train, busor walk, or stagger from the pub. The only thing that matters is where you are at 3pm, when thatwhistle goes. For hundreds of thousands of people in this country, every single Saturday, that moment is exactly th ..read more
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Pele insists depression rumours are wide of the mark
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by Anonymous
4y ago
Pele has dismissed suggestions that his health is failing after suffering complications following hip surgery.The 79-year-old Brazilian, the only man to hold three World Cup winners medals, may currently be using a walking frame to get around, but insists rumours that he had slipped into depression are wide of the mark.He told CNN Brasil: This depression thing, I dont know if they got it wrong because in the last two years, I had a bruise, a femur operation and then, when I started training or making a commercial, I had to stop.Pele, pictured alongside former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks (l ..read more
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Gremio players don face masks in protest at being made to play
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by Anonymous
4y ago
Players from Brazilian club Gremio took to the field wearing face masks in protest at having to play during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday.The players lined up before the game against Sao Luiz wearing white masks over their faces.No spectators were allowed into the Gremio arena for the Gaucho state championship match. Fim do primeiro tempo:#Grmio 12 @saoluizdeijui #GRExSLU #Gaucho2020 #VamosTricolor pic.twitter.com/FlKw2K9fJ5 Grmio FBPA (@Gremio) March 15, 2020Gremio fought back from 2-0 down after 19 minutes to win 3-2 thanks to a goal from Paula Miranda in first-half stoppage time and f ..read more
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Ronaldinho is allowed to play in a Paraguayan prison's football tournament on one condition
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by Billy Dunmore
4y ago
Former Barcelona and Brazil icon Ronaldinho has checked into a Paraguayan jail and was offered a placein a football tournament organised by inmates.Ronaldinho was arrested inParaguaylast week when he andhis brother were found to be using fake Paraguayan passports.The reason the Brazilian was travelling to Paraguay was to attend the launch of his new book 'Genius of Life'.Having been caught, the former Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain player faced trial in the South American nation.On Tuesday, judge Gustavo Amarilla decidedRonaldinho must remain in a Paraguayan prison while the inves ..read more
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Malky Mackay mixes with key Brazilian coaches at Pro Licence presentation
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by Anonymous
4y ago
Malky Mackay bumped into a ghost of Scotlands past when he was invited to speak to a classroom of coaches in Brazil.The Scottish FAs performance director was in South America at the request of the CBF in December to give a Pro Licence presentation over two days to the great and the good of a country which has been world champions five times.Among those present at theGranja Comary football complex in Teresopolis was the Selecaos assistant coach Cesar Sampaio, the man who scored the first goal of the 1998 World Cup in France in the opener between Brazil and Scotland.And he was keen to remind the ..read more
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