Despite being branded a jinx for the football teams he backs, Mick Jagger is refusing to take the blame for Brazil’s World Cup thrashing on Tuesday, which he watched live in Belo Horizonte.

It was a story that gave an insight into the other Lionel Messi.

Nation has more than three points on the line against Argentina

In a press centre in Salvador last week, a couple of British writers announced their arrival to the tournament — heard long before they were seen, such is the way many journalists conform to stereotype.