Zico failed to lift the World Cup trophy in three tries, but the former soccer legend's legacy will be at the heart of Rio Carnival celebrations marking the championship year in Brazil.
Soccer and samba are the two passions which dominate the Brazilian soul, entwined as in a marriage.
Campbell-Brown back on track after 'confirming innocence'
Gabriele Grunewald has been reinstated as the United States indoor women's 3,000m champion and named to the US team for next month's IAAF World Indoor Championships, USA Track and Field said on Monday.
Galatasaray's Didier Drogba will be full of emotion when he strides out to face his former club Chelsea on Wednesday, but Jose Mourinho knows the striker will be as clinical as ever on the field.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has gone on to become one of the Bundesliga's most prolific strikers since being shunned at Real Madrid, and on Wednesday he will finally have a chance to show his former club what it is missing.
Barcelona has paid 13.5 million euros ($18.53 million) to the Spanish treasury after the club was charged last week with tax fraud in the signing of Brazil forward Neymar.
A fan of Brazilian side Santos died on Monday after he was beaten leaving a league match in Sao Paulo, which will host the opening match of the World Cup, his club said.
Canada-born hockey coach Ralph Krueger, who helped Team Canada win the gold medal at the Sochi Olympic tournament, has been signed by Southampton to support manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Roy Hodgson is thinking of using a sports psychiatrist in order to help England overcome its perennial penalty shootout problems.
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