- 1. From Sao Paulo to Surrey ...
- (Non-League)
- ... to Brazil in 1910 made an impact in São Paulo. Enthused by the ethos of the English Corinthians, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista was formed the same year. To this day, Paulista fans regard Corinthian-Casual ...
- Created on 01 May 2012
- 2. Sao Caetano 2002 ...
- (As good as it got)
- São Caetano weren’t founded until 1989 yet rose rapidly to the pinnacle of the South American game, only to fall at the last hurdle and slip back as the richer giants reasserted themselves. Robert Shaw ...
- Created on 21 April 2008
- 3. Brazil's inquest must go to very top after humiliation
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... alone make sense of the carnage. Another daily, Folha de São Paulo, called it the "Mineiraço", a none-too-pointed reference to the Seleção's 1950 defeat to Uruguay. While the circumstances may not ...
- Created on 14 July 2014
- 4. Argentina ready for World Cup pandemonium
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... s semi-final, in São Paulo, the police were chasing a car of runaways which crashed into the taxi Topo had taken back to his hotel. Just 24 hours later, from the anti-doping room, Messi dedicated the w ...
- Created on 13 July 2014
- 5. Emotional outbursts help players cope with pressure
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... ng himself as focused as he was motivated. Luis Suárez's uncontained anger got him sent home early from this World Cup. Yet immediately prior to his goals giving Uruguay victory over England in São Pa ...
- Created on 07 July 2014
- 6. Steven Gerrard scapegoating masks England's problems
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... f Danny Welbeck. It was the "hurt and broken" Gerrard who bore much of the brunt. Yes, he may have been poor in São Paulo, but blaming Gerrard for England's dismal World Cup is merely the easy and convenie ...
- Created on 02 July 2014
- 7. Portugal's hopes of minor miracle not dead yet
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... of the intense heat and humidity of Salvador and Manaus; training camps have been in Óbidos, near Lisbon, the east coast of the US and Campinas in São Paulo, all temperate climates. Others have suggested ...
- Created on 26 June 2014
- 8. Footage of England's 4-2 defeat to Uruguay in 1954
- (World Cup 2014)
- 19 June ~ Both England and Uruguay head into tonight's match in São Paulo needing a win to keep alive realistic hopes of making it out of the group stages. In 1954 the two teams met in the quarter-finals ...
- Created on 19 June 2014
- 9. Arena Corinthians turned yellow for World Cup opener
- (World Cup 2014)
- The Arena Corinthians, known as the Arena de São Paulo throughout the World Cup, hosted Brazil v Croatia in the opening match of the tournament and will also be the venue for England v Uruguay on Thursday. ...
- Created on 16 June 2014
- 10. Uruguay preview ~ World Cup 2014
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... the south and the national team will be very well supported this summer. The match against England in São Paulo is the closest of the group-stage matches to the border and is likely to see the biggest tur ...
- Created on 14 June 2014
- 11. Holland preview ~ World Cup 2014
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... ing Jack van Gelder (on whose knee Sneijder sat). The atmosphere will be informal, glasses of wine on the table and such things, the setting will probably be a rooftop bar overlooking São Paulo and gu ...
- Created on 13 June 2014
- 12. Keep up with the World Cup on WSC
- (World Cup 2014)
- Follow everything that's happening in Brazil 12 June ~ The 2014 World Cup kicks off tonight when Brazil face Croatia in São Paulo. You'll be able to keep up to date with the tournament via WSC througho ...
- Created on 12 June 2014
- 13. Brazil 4-0 Mexico, World Cup opening match, 1950
- (World Cup 2014)
- 6 June ~ In just under a week the 2014 World Cup will kick off in Brazil, with the host nation facing Croatia at the Maracanã in São Paulo. When they last held the tournament, in 1950, Brazil met Mexico ...
- Created on 06 June 2014
- 14. Ottmar Hitzfeld toys with Switzerland system change
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... Lucerne, surrounded by Alpine peaks. The pace might be somewhat slower than São Paulo but where else could journalists cruise in by boat across the pristine lake for the camp's closing press conferenc ...
- Created on 06 June 2014
- 15. Backward headers the new bicycle kick at World Cup
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... s keepers stranded on their misplaced weight. eAKkV70rTMA Naturally, it was a Brazilian – Leônidas da Silva of São Paulo and Flamengo – who first brought the bicycle kick to global attention. At the ...
- Created on 02 June 2014
- 16. Corinthian spirit
- (South America)
- ... on a day when one of their former stars departed. Prior to the start of the final day's fixture against Palmeiras on December 4, the Corinthians team paid homage to Socrates, who died in a São Paulo hospita ...
- Created on 01 February 2012
- 17. Breno Vinícius Borges
- (The strange case of...)
- ... Borges for €12.3 million (£9.6m) in December 2007, they appeared to have landed a major coup. The 18-year-old central defender had just been voted "Discovery of the Year" by journalists after helping Sã ...
- Created on 21 December 2011
- 18. In low spirits
- (South America)
- ... of 190 million football fans is tangible. Former team-mates joined his brother Rai, and an eclectic mix of São Paulo media and society, to visit Socrates, who is also a qualified doctor – he joked w ...
- Created on 01 November 2011
- 19. Domestic disputes
- (Race)
- ... case involved the then São Paulo striker Grafite who complained of racist abuse from the Quilmes player Leandro Desábato in a 2005 Copa Libertadores match. The Argentine’s overnight detention in a São ...
- Created on 21 June 2011
- 20. Prodigal sons
- (South America)
- ... s party for South Africa. One indicator of whether this is part of a longer term trend will be what happens to Brazil's best young talent, and whether Santos and São Paulo will be able to hold on to Ney ...
- Created on 21 April 2011
