Rio’s forgotten site where Brazil disposed of its enslaved Africans
20 years ago one Rio resident made a shocking discovery: skeleton after skeleton buried under her house. The house is now a shrine to those who died in Brazil’s slave trade.
20 years ago one Rio resident made a shocking discovery: skeleton after skeleton buried under her house. The house is now a shrine to those who died in Brazil’s slave trade.
Luis Suarez denies biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini and says he lost his balance and hit his face on the defenders shoulder.
As Luis Suarez gets a hero’s welcome in Uruguay despite biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, we look at how a 19th century general who fought the British is inspiring a nation.
Fifa gives Luis Suarez a nine-game international ban and a four-month suspension from all football for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Luis Suarez is facing yet another ban after being accused of biting an opponent at the World Cup. But what makes such a talented footballer bare his fangs for a bite?
Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay striker Luis Suarez after Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini accused him of biting. Here is how the world reacted to his latest “bite.”
The uninspiring draw with Costa Rica saw this England side become the first ever to finish bottom of a World Cup group, writes football commentator John Anderson. Can we ever recover?
Italy were already suffering after their exit from the World Cup – but a fan has also been dishing out racist abuse to Mario Balotelli, claiming: ‘you’re not even an Italian’.
Luis Suarez is at the centre of more biting allegations following Uruguay’s win against Italy at the World Cup. Meanwhile England drew with Costa Rica in their final match in Brazil.
A crockery firm which mistook Barack Obama for England footballer Chris Smalling – and plastered a picture of the US president on thousands of mugs – has given footy fans some much-needed amusement.
England supporter Billy Grant spends time on the Copacabana with Fatboy Slim, Gary Lineker and other supporters before heading to Sao Paulo and the disappointment of England’s game against Uruguay.
England captain Steven Gerrard says he’s “hurting very bad” and “broken” after England’s World Cup exit and won’t rush into a decision about any end to his international football career.
A new report says white working-class children are failing at sport because they are not being encouraged enough in schools – but does class really matter when competing on the field?
Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart face the British press, apologising for the early England exit from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, saying “we’ve given everything and dedicated our lives to this tournament”.
Being an England fan is a life sentence of endless disappointment, extinguished hopes and sleepless nights, writes Malcolm Boughen.