Olympic Torch Arrives in Brazil
While preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympics have been ongoing for years, for many the official start of “Olympic fever” begins with the Olympic Torch. The Torch travels every four years from Greece, the site of the first Olympics, to the Olympic host country. Once the Torch arrives, it is customarily taken around the country in a months-long celebration More...
FIFA Ethics Committee
When they checked into their rooms at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in São Paulo, just before Brazil’s 2014 World Cup, global football officials were greeted with leather gift bags from the CBF, Brazil’s football More...
Brazil Loses Its Biggest Football Fan
Legendary Brazilian football fan, Clovis Acosta Fernandes, has died in Porto Alegre. Clovis was not just another ordinary football fan, he was the face of Brazilian football. He became world famous when his image More...
Thieves Return Football Gold Medal
Thieves in Brazil stole a gold medal won by Tamires Britto, 27, a member of the victorious woman’s football team. Tamires won the medal at the Pan Am Games in Canada, when Brazil’s women’s team More...
USA Women Triumph at World Cup
It’s time for Brazilians to pay attention to their women athletes. While Brazil’s men went down to embarrassing defeat in this year’s Copa América, the Brazilian women at least played like a More...
Brazil Hopes for End to FIFA’s Fiefdom
While most football fans throughout the world are applauding the investigation into FIFA by US federal authorities, no one is happier than Brazilians. Brazil has been complaining about the steady decline of football More...
Brazilian Surfer Discovers New York City
Millions of Brazilians visit the US every year and return home after their vacation is over. While Brazilians enjoy the US for shopping and visits to Disney World, there are a few who make the difficult decision More...
FIFA: The Organization that Keeps on Giving
To the 7,000 residents of Visp, Switzerland, Sepp Blatter is a hero. For the people who live in Blatter’s hometown, he’s seen as a man who has accomplished everything, climbing to the top of global More...
FIFA’s Power
The source of FIFA’s power is twofold. First, it produces and markets the World Cup, the most lucrative and popular event in human history. Advertising revenues alone from the last tournament came to U$4 More...
The (Un)Merry Band of FIFA Pranksters
On Wednesday, May 27, a few hours after seven prominent football officials were arrested at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss authorities also had opened criminal cases related to the bids More...
