This Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most dramatic moments in football history: the final match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, where host nation Brazil suffered a shocking defeat to ...

The 1950 FIFA World Cup produced one of the most remarkable stories the sport has ever witnessed. After a 12-year hiatus caused by World War II, the tournament returned with Brazil serving as host and ...

The Austrian Wunderteam of the early 1930s, built around the legendary Matthias Sindelar, had dominated European football for ...

The story of a World Cup soccer defeat that stunned a nation has its market premiere at Cannes On July 16, 1950, Uruguay, a team stitched together before the match – it started preparing the World Cup ...

Sixty-four years ago, Brazil built its offering to the Football Gods. The three-tiered stadium, christened Maracana, was the largest of its kind in the world, offering up spots for more than 200,000 ...

There’s no other way to define Independiente Rivadavia’s feat. Making their Copa Libertadores debut, they went to the Maracanã to face Fluminense and, with authority, took all three points with a 2-1 ...

Uruguayan former footballer Alcides Ghiggia, pictured with the World Cup trophy in 2014, scored the goal that won the 1950 World Cup and sparked the 'Maracanazo' trauma that took Brazil decades to ...

THE name of the street is Rua Paissandu. Located in Rio de Janeiro’s upscale Flamengo neighbourhood, the street features one Augusto’s Paysandu Hotel. When 64 years ago Brazil last hosted the World ...

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay are 5-0 up going into the second leg of their World Cup playoff against Jordan at the Centenario on Wednesday and already dreaming of achieving another 'Maracanazo' at ...

The story of a World Cup soccer defeat that stunned a nation has its market premiere at Cannes On July 16, 1950, Uruguay, a team stitched together before the match – it started preparing the World Cup ...