In a big country…

the world's 4th-largest country - more than samba & carnaval

Anyone who (like us) intends to make the trip to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup will soon realize how huge – and diverse – the country is. The question will be whether to try to check in around the country, from Rio Grande do Sul in the south to Bahia in the northeast or even to Manaus in Amazon – or whether, instead, to hunker down in Rio de Janeiro, find a little hotel with some good restaurants nearby, and watch the games from there.

The planning will be fun in itself. Soon, we hope to have real Brazilians contributing to this site – which will give the rest of us the inside scoop on where to go and how to get there.

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Video: Could Neymar be Brazil’s next Pele?


So, what do you think? The next Pele?

That is some vid. Some player.

And Neymar has some way to go before he can be Pele.

One thing is for sure – everybody wants Neymar: Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and others have put in bids on a player who if he doesn’t become Pele – the best player ever – should still become one of the best players of his generation.

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Where the beautiful game got its name

Where the beautiful game began

World Cup Champions 1958 - Brazil

Over the years there have been a number of theories about the origins of the term the “beautiful game”; theories about the who, what, where, when and why of the coining of a term that is now globally synonymous with the most popular sport in the world – football, soccer, futebol, futbol, etc. While some of those questions of origin are not entirely conclusive, the “where” is not up for debate. Everyone knows that the idea and the name of the beautiful game came from Brazil. There is a saying, “The English invented the game and the Brazilians made it beautiful.”

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