Noah CooperFootball Giveaway As a kid, I played football with anything: stones, empty drinks cans, rolled up socks, space-hoppers and cricket balls. I was football crazy, so I didn’t really care how much a cricket ball would hurt my foot, I just wanted...
Blind leading the blind? When I first moved to Brazil there were many sights and sounds that were new, funny or just plain downright weird. There were a number of times when I was left open-mouthed when I saw something for the first time, like the...
Brazil players prepare for their national anthem I don’t really do national anthems. This might be because I see them lazy, nationalistic and usually crap tunes. Or it might be because I am English and I reckon we have a terrible anthem...
England v Uruguay World Cup Ticket Last Wednesday I was (un)lucky enough to get a ticket at the last-minute for the England Uruguay game in the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo for both teams’ second game of the World Cup. I was very excited to get a...
Enough with the fireworks! For the first game of the World Cup I asked people what they thought of when they thought of Brazil. A friend who used to live in Brazil sent me an email saying one of the things that struck him the most wasn’t the...
Worn by an Irishman in Brazil for the World Cup Who are you supporting in the World Cup? For some, this is an easy question to answer because you support the country you come from. If you come from the likes of Holland, Germany, Brazil, or...
First flag of the Brazilian Republic (Wikipedia) In my last post about Brazil for the World Cup for Kids series I asked people what they thought Brazil was famous for, hoping to find something different to write about. Well, Amanda Van Mulligan...
England play their first game in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil tomorrow against Italy. For the first time in a long time I am actually hopeful about the England team and looking forwards to seeing them play in a major tournament. In the past I have...
Face palm? (Wikipedia) This is it. Today’s the day. It’s time for the jaguar to drink water. The kick off for the 2014 World Cup is upon us. By the end of the day we’ll know if Brazil have managed to win the first game and maybe...
Fifa Go Home by MULL – CC.BY.40 A week to go until the big day when Brazil kicks off the World Cup. There are another 4 days until the city I live in hosts its first game, and they are going to need every last-minute of it because they are...