Shortly after Brazil’s dour scoreless draw with Mexico last week, a gang of kids lit a firework on a wide stretch of the pavement on Rua Das Laranjeiras in Rio.

Having rocked them in the Dáil, as the Sawdoctors had it, Michael D certainly rocked them in the Guildhall, and beyond, when he announced during his visit to London that he would be supporting England at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

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IT takes a lot of courage to take health care into your own hands, but a diagnosis of an inoperable and untreatable cancerous tumour can push you to find untold strengths.

It is usual in football for a crushing defeat to be followed by recrimination and the search for scapegoats.

Football legend George Best today delivered an embarrassing snub to the game’s governing body when he failed to turn up to open a centenary exhibition.

PELE may be the world’s favourite footballer but he walked into a storm of controversy yesterday over his choice of the greatest living players.

Brazil legend Pele has upset his fellow countrymen with his choice of the 120 best living players in the world for FIFA.