The Chapada Diamantina mountains in Bahia, in Brazil’s north-east, are still dotted with the dug-out stone huts of the diamond miners who gave the range its name. The country’s rich supplies of ...

A stunning second-half comeback from Japan stunned Brazil in Tuesday's friendly, and Carlo Ancelotti was unimpressed by his side's mistakes. Carlo Ancelotti says there is a "good lesson for the future ...

Brazil hope their second-half collapse against Japan will be a wake-up call ahead of their World Cup campaign. Carlo Ancelotti's men went into Tuesday's international friendly in Tokyo on the back of ...

CHARLIE ADAM insists Scotland will learn from their Brazilian lesson and use the Emirates education to pass their Euro 2012 exams. CHARLIE ADAM insists Scotland will learn from their Brazilian lesson ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ten years ago this week, the German team was at rock bottom. It had exited Euro 2004 without beating anyone, ...

Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti says his side will learn a “good lesson” after forfeiting a 2-0 lead to lose against Japan in Tuesday’s international friendly. The Selecao were cruising thanks to ...

The World Cup may be over, but in just two years' time Brazil will once again brace itself for an influx of huge numbers of visitors, sports fans and tourists for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 2014 ...