Tag: Mineirão Stadium

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, November 10th, Brazil's national football (soccer) club, the seleção, returned to Belo Horizonte, the scene of arguably the worst sports moment in the country's history, to take on...

By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fifty thousand protested throughout Belo Horizonte yesterday during the Confederations Cup Semi-Final match between Brazil and Uruguay. This demonstration has been said to be the worst in terms of vandalism...

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- Belo Horizonte's Mineirão Stadium is ready to host some of the biggest names in world football (soccer) over the next twelve months. The renovated arena was finished at the end...

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following a 2010 series detailing the World Cup host cities in Brazil, it is time again to review the progress leading up to the 2014 World Cup, with attention...