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My Travels With Brazil's World Cup Curse

My Travels with the Curse of Maracanã In anticipation of the World Cup, we sent the magazine’s contributing illustrator, Christoph Niemann, to Brazil in search of the soul of soccer. What he found instead is a curse that still hangs over the country, decades after the highly favored home team lost in the final game of the 1950 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

http://nyti.ms/1pf1YIR

Bosnian coaching staff 'escape armed robbery' in Brazil

Bosnia’s coaching staff were being tracked by three armed robbers in Brazil before police finally drove the robbers away, a report claims. Bosnian news outlet Reprezentacija says that manager Safet Sušića and his coaching staff went for a walk near their base in Guaruja, Sao Paulo when three armed robbers on bicycles started following them.

http://au.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2014/bosnian-coaching-staff-escape-armed-robbery-in-brazil_sto4280443/story.shtml

Football fan Chris Hallett arrives in Brazil after 15,000-mile journey

Hallett completed fou r-month journey passing through 18 of 32 competing countries Fulham fan visited a number of famous stadiums such as Wembley, Nou Camp and Amsterdam Arena Hallett will watch England play Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte on June 24 By David Kent A football fan from London has finally completed his 15,000-mile, four-month scooter journey to Brazil to see England in action at the World Cup.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2653187/Football-fan-Chris-Hallett-arrives-Brazil-15-000-mile-London-journey-scooter.html

Philipp Lahm prepares for his third World Cup in a third role for Germany

The idea, Joachim Löw had said, was “to bid Germany farewell with a smile”. Friday’s effortless 6-1 win over Armenia in the last friendly did leave some happy faces behind in Mainz, but the national manager boarded the plane to Brazil with a fresh, deep furrow on his forehead.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/09/philipp-lahm-germany-world-cup

A century of the Seleção: the remarkable story of Brazilian football

A four-chapter series exploring the history of Brazilian football, featuring exclusive interviews with Carlos Alberto, the 1970 World Cup winning Brazil captain, and Fred, one of the current stars of the Seleção. Today’s chapter tells the tale of Brazil’s first game in 1914 against Exeter City

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/09/-sp-a-century-of-the-selecao-the-remarkable-story-of-brazilian-football