Unrest continues in Brazil ahead of World Cup
Subway workers in São Paulo clashed with police in a tube station – it must be said the pictures were fairly unpleasant – police apparently firing tear gas and being very heavy handed.
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Subway workers in São Paulo clashed with police in a tube station – it must be said the pictures were fairly unpleasant – police apparently firing tear gas and being very heavy handed.
The 1970 Mexico finals – the first to be televised in colour – gave the world a host of defining images: Pele’s dummy, Banks’s save and, most memorably, Carlos Alberto’s goal.
Never mind the competition: Brazil’s extreme weather will be one of England’s biggest tests at the World Cup 2014. But now fans can get a taste of Brazil’s climate themselves in the heart of London.
Brazil came of age as a major footballing nation when it hosted the 1950 World Cup. The final, in which 200,000 saw Uruguay defeat the host nation, still holds the record for a football attendance.
Indigenous protesters in traditional dress clashed with mounted police in Brasilia, the Brazilian capital, close to the new football stadium due to host matches during the World Cup 2014.
Ahead of the World Cup 2014, DJ Gilles Peterson brings you his playlist of Brazilian beats – a perfect accompaniment for idling in the sun. All he wants in return is help tracking down a rare record.
Roy Hodgson reveals his England squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil – but how will England’s Vauxhall fare against Italy’s Lamborghini?
“We’re not English, we are Scouse,” may be a popular terrace chat at Anfield – but five Liverpool players are selected to represent England at the World Cup in Brazil.
Gunshots are fired in Rio de Janeiro’s tourist hotspot of Copacabana as residents demonstrate against the death of a 26-year-old man from the area.
Costs, travel logistics, unfinished stadia, and the prospect of civil unrest have cast a pall over the 2014 Brazil World Cup. But such concerns may be put aside when the draw begins later today for the biggest footballing event on earth.
Animal trafficking is big business. Every year thousands of Brazil’s animals begin their journey to the US and Europe from the city of Belem do Para. Warning: contains disturbing images.
Teachers in Brazil have been on strike for nearly two months in a dispute over pay. On Monday night, 20,000 demonstrators took to the streets and the protests turned violent.
Carla Dauden, the Brazilian film-maker whose video protesting about the cost of the World Cup has been seen by millions, joins the debate on Channel 4 News with the event’s organisers.
Tory chairman Grant Shapps calls for an investigation into the UN official who raised concerns about the so-called bedroom tax, saying she was influenced by “political bias”.
A burst water main in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro destroys up to 20 houses, causes the death of a child and injures a dozen more people.