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STAY ON THE BALL with our weekly newsletter
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Here we will be acting a resource for those researching subjects related to Brazilian football.
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FUTEBOL QUIZ BY MARK LOWDON
Brazilian Futebol expert Mark Lowdon will be presenting a quiz in this section at the beginning of every month. The quizzes will range from general trivia, player facts to tournament results.
Click here to take a quiz.
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 Footvolley
By George Lees
Brazilian football genius is honed on the beach. The combination
of canary yellow shirts and blue shorts is the obvious allusion
to this, but it isn't until walking onto the sand in Rio de
Janeiro that you'll know for sure.
It was here that I witnessed
a game of footvolley for the first time.
(More)...
Rugby in Brazil? Don't Laugh!
By Guy Burton
Compared to football, rugby is almost non-existent in Brazil.
But it isn't entirely absent. At last count there are over 50
rugby clubs in the country. This weekend, a Brazilian team
will be in the qualifying competition for the World Cup
Sevens, a shortened version of rugby with seven players (More)...
 Book claims that Pelé´s Santos was the best soccer team of all times
By Rafael Guimarães
After ten years of research and several interviews, the brazilian journalist and writer, Odir Cunha, is going to introduce "Time dos Sonhos" (Dream Team), a book claiming that the best team to ever step in a soccer field was Pelé´s Santos, world champion for two consecutive times. (More)...
Rugby in Brazil? Don't Laugh!
By Guy Burton
Compared to football, rugby is almost non-existent in Brazil.
But it isn't entirely absent. At last count there are over 50
rugby clubs in the country. This weekend, a Brazilian team
will be in the qualifying competition for the World Cup
Sevens, a shortened version of rugby with seven players (More)...
Charles Miller
My name is Josh Lacey, and I am writing a biography of Charles
Miller.If you have read Alex’s book, you will already
know who Miller was and what he did.
Charles Miller was born in Sao Paulo of a Scottish father and
an English mother. Like many sons of British expatriates, he
went “back home” for his education. At the frail
age of nine, he was put on a ship at Santos and sent to boarding-school
in Southampton. (More)...
The Little Canary
Even if you don’t know who Aldyr Garcia Schlee is, you are definitely acquainted with his creation.
In 1953 he designed the Brazilian football strip. The yellow shirt with green collar and cuffs is today the best-known outfit in world sport – not just international football. (More)...
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Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life
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Copyright © 2005 by Alex Bellos. Published by Bloomsbury, New York and London. Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers.
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