Tag: Maracana stadium

• Sunday, July 11th 2021 - 20:42 UTC

  Argentina stage a Maracanazo of their own to win the Copa América again after 28 years.

  

  Argentina Saturday won the Copa América football tournament by beating hosts and defending champions Brazil 1-0 at the iconic Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Ángel DiMaría scored halfway through the opening half.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Rio's iconic Maracaná stadium to be named Rei Pelé

  

  Brazil’s world-famous Maracana stadium is to get a new name after the Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted on Tuesday to change its official title to the Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Rei Pele stadium.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  Fearful of public's reaction Temer will not attend Rio Olympics closing ceremony

  

  Brazil's interim President Michel Temer's press office informed on late Monday that he will not attend the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games, which will be held on the evening of August 21 at the world-renowned Maracana stadium.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:07 UTC

  Brazilians join Germans in celebrating the World Cup and Argentina's defeat

  

  Brazilians bitter about their team's disastrous World Cup celebrated Argentina's defeat to Germany in the final Sunday by dancing and launching fireworks, relieved that their arch-rivals failed to triumph on their soil.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 04:58 UTC

  “Show the world you are better than Messi”, Löw told Götze

  

  “Show the world you are better than Messi and you can decide the World Cup”, German coach Joachim Löw told Mario Götze before sending him to the field, and effectively scoring the only goal of the match that gave Germany its fourth Cup.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will miss the Maracana final; ten leaders are expected to attend

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will not be attending the Brazil World Cup final in Maracana stadium on Sunday when Argentina clashes with Germany, but will be present for the BRICS-Unasur-Mercosur summit scheduled for next week.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 06:02 UTC

  Brazil gives 85 hooligans 72 hours to leave the country or be deported

  

  At least 85 hooligans mostly Chileans were given 72 hours to abandon Brazil following their arrests for having broken into the Maracaná stadium and destroyed most of the press centre. The incidents happened minutes before the Chile-Spain match in Rio do Janeiro on Wednesday when the South American team knocked out the reigning Cup kings.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:37 UTC

  Tear gas and pepper spray against World Cup demonstrators in Rio do Janeiro

  

  Brazilian police used tear gas and pepper spray to prevent some 200 protestors from getting near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium Sunday during the Argentina-Bosnia World Cup game.

• Saturday, June 14th 2014 - 09:20 UTC

  Rousseff will attend no more Cup games, because of the barrage of insults received

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will not be attending any more matches of the World Cup following on the insults and verbal aggressions she received on Thursday during the opening ceremony and the Croatia-Brazil game, reported the Sao Paulo media.

• Thursday, May 15th 2014 - 00:22 UTC

  Brazil forecasts 3bn boost to the economy with 3.7 million World Cup visitors

  

  Brazil forecasts that the estimated 3.7 million people expected to visit during the World Cup, including Brazilian and foreign tourists, will boost the country's economy to the tune of 3.03bn. dollars.