Football World Cup 2014

Much-criticised World Cup venue Manaus stages first game

The Manaus venue was supposed to be completed by December. Now that it has been used, only the stadiums in Cuiaba, Curitiba and Sao Paulo are still not ready.

Pele says Neymar can handle World Cup pressure

With Brazil hosting the tournament this year, the pressure is on the 22-year-old Neymar, who scored a hat trick last week in a friendly against South Africa.

Brazil Prez condemns football racism, to make it world cup theme

It's inadmissable that Brazil, the country with the largest black population out of Africa, has racism issues," Rousseff said.

This year's World Cup will be kicked off by a paraplegic in a mind-controlled suit

When the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil this year, it will be a technological landmark of sorts.