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Clóvis Fernandes was a businessman from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil who was born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul. He had already visited more than 150 national team matches since attending the FIFA World Cup with his Brazil national team in Italy in 1990 and was in more than 30 countries. He jokingly described himself as "12.
The 2014 protests in Brazil, also known as There won't be a Cup [3] [4] or Fifa go home [5] were public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities in response to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and other social issues, done by many social movements, mostly in the capitals where the megaevent was happening, Their main criticism was the high government spending on the World Cup to the detriment of low ...
The two teams had met in 11 previous meetings, including four times in the FIFA World Cup: Netherlands won 2–0 in the second group stage of the 1974 World Cup and 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup, and Brazil won 3–2 in the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup and 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw (after extra time) in ...
STORY: Soccer fans flocked to Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro dressed in the yellow and green of their team to watch the Brazil national team's debut at the World Cup in Qatar.Brazilians ...
The Brazilian and Argentine soccer federations were both fined by FIFA on Wednesday for a brawl between rival fans ahead of their World Cup qualifying game in November. The FIFA disciplinary panel ...
FIFA opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil on Friday after fan violence at the Maracana Stadium delayed the start of a World Cup qualifying game. The Argentine soccer federation ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second place, third place and fourth place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent and the only one to do it in four different continents.