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What else's for lunch?

Rod Emmerson's take on Brazil's demolition.

Brazil: Fever pitch in Rio

There is only one place for fired up Kiwi-Chilean Mauricio Olmedo-Perez to be.

Big in Brazil

As the eyes of the world are on the carnival of sport at the Football World Cup in Brazil, we meet Kiwis who have made the South American mecca home.

Brazil fans thrilled over Cup progress

NZ-based Brazil fans are thrilled their team is through to the Fifa World Cup semifinals - but their joy is tempered slightly by the loss of key player Neymar.

Football: Germany expect to win: Schurrle

Andre Schurrle says that Germany expect to win the World Cup after he set up their quarter-final tie against France in Rio de Janeiro.

Chris Rattue: Time to stop Chewy Luis

Three bites and you are out, writes Chris Rattue. That should be football's response to a third Luis Suarez biting scandal in four years, this one damaging the image of the World Cup.

Football: Old Cup rivalries get loud and insulting

The video circulating around a gleeful Argentina has not been lost on the long-suffering Brazilians, just across the eastern border.

Football: Outspoken Pele is losing the support of Brazilian public

Pele is an ambassador for the World Cup but the association has been problematic.

James Griffin: FIFA is upon us

There is nothing like the sight of a man, mere seconds ago a formidable athlete, now rolling around on the ground in agony because someone touched his shirt to tell you that the football/soccer World Cup is upon us.

Soccer: Dream of Brazil spurs forwarder

Two dead in Brazil stadium collapse

Part of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year collapsed today, causing significant damage and killing two people, authorities said.

Rio's Olympic waterways full of trash

Rio de Janeiro's endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer's dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.

Woman who will protect World Cup

From her office in a painted shipping container high up in Rio de Janeiro's biggest favela, the woman with the toughest police job in the city has a definitive view of the divided landscape.

Sex motels clean up for World Cup

Caiman lies in wait for Rio tourists

Gay pride revellers in Brazil pack Copacabana Beach

Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana beach has been packed with tens of thousands of revellers taking part in the city's gay pride parade.

Missing person cases in Rio on the rise

Brazil looks to break from US-centric internet

Brazil plans to divorce itself from the US-centric internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by govts.