Avenida Atlântica might just be the most picturesque thoroughfare on the planet. It’s only four kilometres long so the best way to appreciate the majesty of it all is to just get out and walk it.

Warmth of reception at Holiday Inn makes up for lack of heating in a hotel that used to be regularly hit by shells and peppered with bullets throughout the bloody three-year siege of Sarajevo, writes Liam Mackey.

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Phil Neville aims to use his role as a Match of the Day pundit to build his own philosophy and grow into a top-class manager over the next 25 years.

Hot Sauce. Al Capone. 2Tap. Uncle Creepy. The Notorious.

Italy’s early elimination from the World Cup has strengthened the belief that football in the country desperately needs a new direction.

As Germany and Argentina prepare to contest tomorrow’s decider at the Maracana, there is one last opportunity for a sensational World Cup to finally achieve greatness

Cameroon’s football federation (FECAFOOT) is to investigate allegations of match-fixing by its players at the World Cup finals.

It is almost too cliched to seem possible; the manager of the American national side spending his free time driving a VW camper van driving from beach to beach, looking for the perfect surf spot.

Thrilling group stage had plenty of memorable moments

Costa Rica 0 England 0

This was supposed to have been Cristiano Ronaldo’s tournament. His heroics against Sweden had taken Portugal to the finals.

United States 2 Portugal 2

Honduras 1 Ecuador 2

Roy Hodgson will remain as England manager until the end of Euro 2016, FA chairman Greg Dyke has said.

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Sao Paulo is some 5,885 miles from Wembley, but as a crestfallen England team contemplated the likely end of another World Cup dream it was clear they had brought the same old failings and the same old issues with them to Brazil.

Steven Gerrard has warned his England team-mates they are likely to be in for a long and miserable summer if they do not beat Uruguay on Thursday.

Croatia responded from their controversial World Cup opening loss to hosts Brazil with a 4-0 Group A defeat of 10-man Cameroon to keep their hopes of a place in the last 16 alive.

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Frank Lampard expects Wayne Rooney to be fired up and determined to prove his critics wrong in England’s crunch match against Uruguay on Thursday.

When England left the pitch in Manaus on Saturday night, Wayne Rooney could have been forgiven for asking Mario Balotelli, whose goal had just sunk England, whether he could borrow the Italian’s vest that famously stated: "Why always me?"

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So here I am, barely one week in Brazil, and already I’ve been mugged in broad daylight, had my credit card skimmed, been charged €42 for a burger and contracted a bad dose of the dreaded Dengue fever.

Frank Lampard has expressed his dismay at what he perceives to be a “fixation” and “agenda” towards England team-mate Wayne Rooney.

I think I’ve found a cure for sleep deprivation and, no, desperate parents, it doesn’t involve the controversial ‘Herod tough love’ method.

EVERY World Cups needs its Matches that Made History, though sometimes you struggle to find them. Less than a week in, and we already have two candidates: the Slaughter of Salvador and the Stumble in the Jungle.

Roy Hodgson thinks Luis Suarez has a lot to prove before he can be considered a truly world-class player.

ROY’S REWARD — ENGLAND STILL ON COURSE FOR 2022

Roy Hodgson thinks Luis Suarez has a lot to prove before he can be considered a truly world class player.

It was a Stanley-Livingstone moment, right enough, two intrepid travellers from the old world meeting up in the steaming heart of the Amazonian rain forest.

England 1 Italy 2

England physio Gary Lewin is to return home from the World Cup after suffering a fracture and dislocation of his ankle while celebrating Daniel Sturridge’s first-half equaliser in Saturday night’s 2-1 defeat against Italy.

England put on a good display of attacking football, but they emerged from their trek into the jungle with a 2-1 defeat in their World Cup opener thanks to Mario Balotelli's winner in the draining heat of Manaus.

England 1 Italy 2

Roy Hodgson unleashed Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling as England set up to attack Italy in their World Cup opener in Manaus.

Italy goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon will miss his side's opening World Cup Group D match against England in Manaus tonight.

Steven Gerrard admits England will have no excuses if they fail to deliver the win the country is yearning for tonight.

Slamming, body-rocking heat greeted the traveller in Manaus yesterday. When even the local taxi driver wipes his forehead and declares it’s "mucho calde" you know this isn’t a climate for the faint-hearted.

England have received assurances that the dry pitch in Manaus is suitable for their first World Cup match against Italy on Saturday.

It’s time again to dust off the joke book and dig up those old enmities.

Much of Italy’s success for the past decade owes to the creativity and determination of Andrea Pirlo.