Brazil 2014

Brazil

These Brazilian Companies Were Ruined By The 2014 World Cup

SÃO PAULO — Daniel Okamoto has bad memories of the 2014 World Cup, but not because of ...

Brazil

After World Cup, Brazil Returns To Normal - What A Shame!

Can Brazil apply the successful “Copa template” to everyday life and politica...

Brazil

Hey BRICS, We've Got A P.R. Problem

Media in emerging economies must start to challenge the dominant voice of the Western press, argu...

Germany

The Bigger Meaning Of Germany's National Team

The Mannschaft's World Cup winning team was the perfect embodiment of what Germany hopes to be pe...

Germany

Germany Wins World Cup: Front Pages Around The World

Germany's 1-0 win over Argentina was front-page news around the world. Here are some ...

Brazil

World Cup Battle Of The Popes

With Pope Benedict XVI's historic resignation last year, and the subsequent election of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has the rare circumstance of two living pontiffs. (In the past, popes ...

Brazil

Brazil's World Cup Humiliation Threatens Dilma's Reelection

BRASILIA — What will be the political and ...

Brazil

World Cup Detour With Amazonia's Indigenous

MANAUS — The “City of God,” a poor neighborhood in the Amazonian city of ...

Brazil

How Globalization Undermines Soccer's Elite

The international movement of talent has helped level the playing field of top national soccer te...

Chile

Finding Soccer's Universal Light In Bitter Defeat

After the heartbreaking loss to host Brazil, a diehard Chile fan ponders the real meaning of the ...

Brazil

World Cup Pick-Up Scene, Where Brazilians Pretend They're Foreigners

SAO PAULO — Asking “How are you?” in English was the way Igor Mendes, a 26-year-old car dealer, approached Marcela Paes one night in Vila ...

Brazil

Brazil's Soccer Mom Turned Top Lawyer For Stars

Gislaine Nunes, 47, is the most prominent soccer attorney in Brazil. From Pelé to Rona...

Brazil

Sepp Blatter's FIFA, Ugly Side Of The Beautiful Game

A Latin American call for the global soccer chief to step aside amidst ongoing corruption investi...

Colombia

World Cup Fever Leads To Arrest Of Colombian Rebel

BOGOTA — Blame it on Rio. Colombia officials arrested one of the country's most ...

Italy

Age Matters: Why Some World Cup Teams Opt For Oldies

Argentina and Uruguay have the highest collective ages in the tournament. In Africa, youth is tre...

United Kingdom

Beautiful Game Theory: Professor Predicts World Cup

A London School of Economics professor has developed complex mathematical formulas that he says c...

Colombia

Soccer, The New Opiate Of The Masses

It may have begun as a game, but soccer has become a substitute for so many facets of people's li...

Brazil

World Cup Aside, Brazil's Economy Stinks

<div>If Brazil wants to attain ambitious development goals, it needs radical reforms to its...

Germany

Soccer's Long-Ignored Depression Problem

Though it has been taboo to discuss, the top ranks of soccer are rife with players who suffer fro...

Qatar

Inside Qatargate, War Between Soccer's Top Two Suits

PARIS — There is no doubt among the people at the Union of European Football Associations ...

Brazil

So Very Wrong For Brazilians To Root Against World Cup

Brazil's national sport of 'futebol' is the expression of all that is right in a sometimes troubl...

Brazil

Dilma And The Risks Of A World Cup Backlash

President Dilma Rousseff's once widespread popularity is sinking. But if Brazilian protests reign...