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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 ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil generated various controversies, including demonstrations, some of which took place even before the tournament started. Most centred on officiating, with referees coming under criticism for their performances. Furthermore, there were various issues with safety, including eight deaths of workers and a fire during construction, breaches into stadiums, an ...
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 ...
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 series took just 51 seconds off the third-quarter clock. ... The venue opened in 2014 and was used when Brazil hosted the World Cup that year. ... More than 60,000 fans were able to watch ...
It would be the first-ever meeting between Brazil and Argentina in the FIFA World Cup. Defending champions Brazil faced Argentina in West Germany's Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover in the second round as both were placed in Group A. Brazil won it by 2–1 via goals from Rivellino and Jairzinho whereas Brindisi scored the only goal for Argentina ...
Richard Swanson was a 42-year-old American man who tried to dribble a soccer ball from the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, to São Paulo, Brazil.On May 14, 2013, he died after being hit by a pickup truck alongside U.S. Route 101 just outside Lincoln City, Oregon, 270 miles into his planned journey of roughly 10,000 miles.