They were the only African country to take part in the maiden edition of Amputee Football World Cup in Brazil in 2005.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said football was like a religion in Brazil and praised the country for identifying with the game "like no other".
An American trying to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil in time for the 2014 Brazil World Cup has died less than two weeks into his trip.
In Brazil, football plays the role of fiction.
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The BBC has rights to show Euro 2008 next summer, and then the biggest events in international football - the World Cups in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.
But it would be unfair to be too harsh on Bielsa, because whatever nationalists in England and Brazil may think, both the World Cup and football in general are poorer for Argentina's exit.
This rule has already created some dissatisfaction in global football, with world champions Brazil having expressed their profound unhappiness at having to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Obina, a football player in Flamengo, the biggest team in Brazil, had 25% indigenous genes, the highest percentage in the tests.
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Brown wants his invention to have similar mass appeal when the World Cup arrives in Brazil for its fiesta of football.
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He had to import a football and boots from Britain as there were none in Brazil.
Brazil's professional football clubs are in fact departments of social clubs, whose amateur administrators often make a fat illicit living from the transfer fees paid for their stars by foreign clubs.
Ms Rousseff said the inauguration of Castelao and the success of Sao Paulo football team Corinthians in the Club World Cup final showed Brazil was able to perform off and on the pitch.
In 2014, the World Cup will arrive in Brazil, and the country's football fans expect their "Samba Kings" to claim a record sixth crown on home soil.
Brazil has already secured the football World Cup in 2014 - and the president of the Rio bid committee, Carlos Nuzman, believes this will count in their favour.
Football is ideally adapted to kick-arounds in the favelas of Brazil or the shanty towns of Africa, which continue to produce many of the world's leading players.
It produced the most innovative tactics and thrilling teams, from the free-flowing Dutch "Total Football" squad in the 1970s to the four-man attack Brazil unleashed at the 1958 World Cup.
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Since football became big business in the 1990s, several companies have invested heavily in Brazil.
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Scolari has been out of football since being sacked by Palmeiras in September, with the club relegated to Brazil's second tier following his departure.
The Engenhao stadium, as it is known in Brazil, has been used as Rio's main football venue, while the iconic Maracana stadium is renovated for next year's World Cup.
Mr Buckles said the company was no longer bidding for the security contracts for the next football World Cup and the next Olympics, both of which take place in Brazil.
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Security became a top priority in Brazil after the country won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup.
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The goalkeeper of Brazil's most popular football team has surrendered to the police in connection with the disappearance of his former lover.
The chairman of a West Yorkshire football club has paid tribute to former Brazil captain Socrates, who has died in Sao Paulo at the age of 57.
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Brazil is a keen recipient: it is staging the football World Cup in 2014 as well as the Olympics two years later.
It confirmed research that Mr Donohoe organised Brazil's first football match, a five-a-side game in April 1894.
In 1910 the English club Corinthians traveled to Brazil on a tour to bring football to the masses.
Strutting midfielder Zico is fondly remembered by many football fans for his stylish contribution to the Brazil team which lit up the 1982 competition in Spain, alongside playmaker Socrates.
Earlier this month, football's global governing body FIFA confirmed it will use GLT for June's Confederations Cup in Brazil.
Salvador, Brazil's third biggest city, is one of the venues for the football World Cup in 2014.
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