Football brings hope, but not much more in favelas of Rio
Mikey Stafford tours a north Rio favela with a Corkman trying to make a difference.
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Mikey Stafford tours a north Rio favela with a Corkman trying to make a difference.
Mikey Stafford watched Brazil’s nightmare in a north Rio favela where the reaction was “muted to the point of non-existent.”
With not a single green-clad team left in Brazil, Mikey Stafford gives you the pros and cons of rowing in behind each of the final four.
Mikey Stafford reports from Rio, where the real fans cannot afford to attend matches in the flesh.
Neymar and James Rodriguez’s departures from the World Cup left us needing to be cheered up.
Brazil has been shaken by the loss of its biggest star – but Mikey Stafford found that there was no stopping the party in Rio.
Our man at the World Cup Mikey Stafford has arrived in Rio ahead of the first quarter-final tie this evening.
Our man in Brazil is braced for a not-so-smooth landing.
Mikey Stafford checks in from the northern Brazilian city, where the action is now finished.
The last lines of defence are making their case to be the MVP.
‘Football’s biggest party needs its hosts almost as much as Brazil needs the World Cup,’ writes Mikey Stafford.
What the Uruguayan did was wrong but it wasn’t pre-meditated or life-threatening writes Mikey Stafford.
Frogs, rafts made of mattresses and the kindness of strangers; this is the World Cup as much as goals and games, writes Mikey Stafford.
Mikey Stafford reports from Recife as the USMNT boss talks football in German with a US accent.
Mikey Stafford was in a fan fest in Recife, pondering the ramifications of an All-Ireland final on Good Friday.
Louis van Gaal’s Dutch side are laying the foundations for a new Oranje Empire but our man Mikey Stafford has acquired a soft spot for the all-action Mexicans.
Not even a 13-hour bus journey can dampen Mikey Stafford’s lust for historical reveries.
As Ireland’s conquerors Germany prepare for their second Group G game, Mikey Stafford pens a requiem for a Midwinter Night’s Dream.
The Black Stars are again carrying African hopes in this World Cup, and tomorrow they must shine.
Following a disappointing stalemate with Mexico, the host nation are taking solace that only Marcelo has been able to put the ball past Julio Cesar so far.
Thousands of journalists are in Brazil to watch the World Cup – but it can be a harder task than you’d think, writes Mikey Stafford.
Mikey Stafford reports on the aftermath of yesterday’s 0-0 Group A draw with Mexico.
Mikey Stafford checks in from Fortaleza where getting into Brazil’s press conference was almost as hard as getting a ticket.
Tomorrow’s clash will be one of the loudest and most colourful spectacles of World Cup 2014, writes our man in Brazil.
Our man in Brazil reports on the fall out from the stunning clash in Salvador last night.
The tournament isn’t going to paper over the cracks, writes our man in Brazil, Mikey Stafford.
From Salvador, Mikey Stafford writes that World Cup fever is starting to take hold ahead of tomorrow’s big kick-off.
Swtizerland’s squad — comprised largely of the children of immigrants and refugees — stands poised to give its reputation a great boost, writes our man in Brazil.