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Dozens of protesters clashed with police late Friday, throwing fireworks and torching at least two vehicles near Sao Paulo's airport, which has just opened a new international terminal ahead of the World Cup.

• 17 мая 2014, 10:36

The women’s national football team of Kazakhstan has won 4:1 over Bulgarian team in a qualifying match of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

• 12 мая 2014, 19:27

Sao Paulo's airport, one of the busiest in Latin America, opened a new international terminal Sunday -- just in time for the football World Cup.

• 12 мая 2014, 11:49

Brazill will be not be able to provide the promised visa-free enrty for Kazakhstanis for the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

• 02 мая 2014, 18:44

Police in Brazil cracked down with tear gas on about 1,000 homeless demonstrators in Sao Paulo who were hurling rocks, authorities said, with World Cup action here looming.

• 30 апреля 2014, 11:53

World Cup ticketing centers opened in Brazil on Friday allowing fans who have managed to purchase match tickets for the June 12 to July 13 extravaganza to claim them.

• 19 апреля 2014, 17:05

Pele has unveiled an unusual line of diamonds using strands of the football legend's own hair, local media reported.

• 09 апреля 2014, 11:45

Ten weeks before the city expects to welcome throngs of World Cup fans, Hollywood star Russell Crowe slated Rio's chaotic traffic during a visit to promote biblical epic Noah.

• 24 марта 2014, 10:50

A secret Brazilian government report lists several security "risks" in having the country host of the World Cup this year, including political protest and strikes.

• 20 марта 2014, 16:55

Kazakhstan speed-skater Denis Kuzin has fallen at the finish of his favourite track during the World Cup in the Netherlands.

• 17 марта 2014, 19:15

The world's football stars will not be the only ones competing for glory at this year's World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Coca-Cola will also be running hard.

• 17 марта 2014, 01:31

Football fans heading to Rio for the World Cup will have to pay at least double the going rate for hotel accommodation despite government attempts to limit price-gouging during the tournament.

• 14 марта 2014, 18:43

Brazil forced the withdrawal of a line of World Cup shirts bearing suggestive motifs seen as harming the country's image.

• 26 февраля 2014, 16:26

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke on Sunday praised work on the controversial World Cup stadium being built deep in the Amazon rainforest in the city of Manaus.

• 17 февраля 2014, 14:47

Several Brazilian states, including three set to host June World Cup action, suffered power outages Tuesday, fueling fears over the country's ability to keep the lights on.

• 05 февраля 2014, 13:53

Brazil was bracing Saturday for a first wave of nationwide demonstrations against staging the World Cup after activists from the radical protest group Anonymous went on social media calling for action.

• 26 января 2014, 01:47

Kazakh tragic folk legend opera Kyz-Zhibek will be directed by Franco Dragone in Astana Opera theater.

• 15 января 2014, 13:34

FIFA corruption-buster Ralf Mutschke has warned that soccer's world governing body will do all in its power to ensure that match-fixing by mafia gangs does not ruin the 2014 World Cup.

• 13 января 2014, 12:28

Miroslav Beranek, 56 has left the position of the Chief Coach of the Kazakhstan National Football Team.

• 10 января 2014, 17:57

Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin has won the classic 15-kilometer mass start at the fourth stage of Tour de Ski in Switzerland.

• 06 января 2014, 17:07