Joao Luiz Albuquerque was 11 years old when he went to the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro for the final game of the 1950 World Cup. Brazil, the hosts and irresistible favourites, were playing Uruguay, ...

Before Pele, there was Zizinho. An artist on the pitch who later became a coach, he was at the heart of establishing Brazil’s footballing identity.

ZURICH (Reuters) - The 1950 World Cup finals were a chaotic affair, comprising 13 teams, with no actual final and games in the same group at venues thousands of kilometres away from each other in the ...

SUPRISES: Uruguay beating host favorites Brazil in the final before over 200,000 at the Maracana, United States upsetting England 1-0 in Belo Horizonte. 1950 – After a 12 year hiatus due to World War ...

The headline had already been written and the triumphant front page of the newspaper printed. "These Are The World Champions," O Mundo' s cover read, by a picture of the Brazilian national team on the ...