Colombia defender Juan Zuniga has sent a message of support to Neymar amid criticism of the challenge which has ruled the Brazil talisman out of the rest of the World Cup.

Pele has been attacked and robbed at gun point, according to O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper.

A notorious Brazilian criminal gang has unleashed a second wave of attacks against police, bringing to at least 52 the number of people killed in what one official called the deadliest assault of its kind in Brazil’s history.

A wave of attacks on police by a notorious gang has killed at least 30 people - including 23 officers – in the bloodiest assault of its kind in the history of Brazil’s largest state, authorities said.