Footballers push ambulance from pitch in Brazil after it fails to start – video
Players from Flamengo and Vasco da Gama pushed an ambulance from the pitch on Saturday after the vehicle – which was transporting an injured player to hospital – failed to start
March 2017
Golden goal
Golden Goal: Edmundo for Vasco da Gama v Manchester United (2000)
The volatile Brazilian endured a turbulent career but produced a moment of genius to round off United’s ill-fated trip to the Club World Championship
July 2015
The Knowledge
Things named after other things or sometimes after people special!
Knowledge archive special: clubs named after people and a variety of things - boats and football moves, specifically - named after players.
March 2014
Bellini obituary
Captain of the Brazilian team that won the 1958 World Cup
February 2014
Sportblog
Ten of the worst penalty decisions ever
Hannah Jane Parkinson: After Howard Webb denied Liverpool at Arsenal in the FA Cup, we look at 10 far more dubious penalty decisions
July 2013
Snap, Kaká, and Pop!
The week in Brazilian football: the King of the hill returns to Rio from New York
The amazing world of sport
Vasco da Gama defender towers over teammate to score dramatic own goal - video
January 2013
The amazing world of sport
Football miss of the week? Leonardo for Vasco da Gama – video
Vasco da Gama's Leonardo slides in at the far post and looks a certainty to score into an open goal. He doesn't
December 2012
English clubs suffer from Latin lessons in Club World Cup
English clubs, in the shape of Manchester United, have won only two of nine ties against South American sides in the Club World Cup
February 2010
The Knowledge
Which clubs are named after people?
Plus: Fans with strange squad numbers; Super Bowl v Champions League; and are stud inspections a waste of time?
September 2009
The Knowledge
Is Ryan Giggs a goalscoring record breaker?
Plus: Coaches using computer games (2); Players who turned their backs on the beautiful game (3); and mascots named in honour of footballers
August 2009
Brazilian discovers chewing gum and playing football don't mix
A Brazilian striker has been taken to hospital after choking on his chewing gum during a second division match
February 2009
The Knowledge
How close is Edwin Van der Sar to a new world record?
Plus: the club beating the credit crunch with potatoes; strange abandonments; and players playing hooky
