Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari took responsibility for the team’s 7-1 semi-final loss to Germany, which he described as the “worst day” of his life.
The Croatian World Cup football squad is boycotting the world’s media in protest of nude photographs of members of the team being published around the world.
As Brazil faces riots and strikes at home in the days leading up to the World Cup, authorities in the country are also bracing themselves for an influx of football hooligans from neighbouring Argentina.
A man has scaled to the top of the famous Christ the Redeemer statue that looks over Rio to take a selfie that will take some beating.
A son of Brazilian football star Pele will face 33 years in jail after being convicted of laundering money for a drug cartel.