I ran across this BBC documentary about Pele and Garrincha put together in 2002. The film starts off in the 1950's, as Brazil lost in the Maracana versus Uruguay. It follows the careers and lives of Brazilian football stars Pele and Garrincha.
When they played on the same team, they never lost a game but by themselves their lives and careers took diffrent paths.

COS Contributor Thomas Maher considers whether Lucas is suffering from a bad reputation or is he just not good enough?

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And when I say down to the wire, I'm not talking about McNulty, Bunk or Omar.
The Campeonato Brasileiro 2009, Brazil's top division, comes to a conclusion this weekend and, just like last season, the destination of the league title remains undecided. It was dramatic enough last year when just two teams (Gremio and São Paulo) vied for top spot.

Dunga tries to look confident after hearing Brazil's WC draw

Dunga and co could be in for a tough time in the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa next year. Group G consists of Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea and will not be an easy ride for the South Americans.

Black and red and joyous (photo: Alexandre Durão)
Flamengo were crowned champions of Brazil for the first time in 17 years last weekend after coming from 1-0 down to beat Gremio 2-1 in the Maracana stadium. A first half equaliser from David cancelled out Gremio's opener scored by Roberson, and the scores remained 1-1 through half time and into the middle of the second half.

Sandro Ranieri doesn't want to get involved in his own transfer

Watch our FootBrazil special on Sandro Ranieri and other future stars in our: Brazil the talent factory 2009 video

Internacional midfielder, Sandro Ranieri, today denied he'd been in England for a medical at Tottenham.

Last week he Adriano failed to show up for the ‘player of the year' awards. Today, he missed his flight from Rio to Brasília and was forced to hire a private jet to attend a reception hosted for Flamengo by Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Adriano discovers that time and tide wait for no Emperor

Earlier this month the player was ruled out of a vital league match after picking up a mystery burn on his foot – Adriano claimed he'd done it on a garden lamp.

The reason for AA going up a little later this week was, of course, widely forecast, but I still wanted to wait for it to be made official. Don't count your chickens and all that. On Tuesday (or late on Monday if you're in Argentina), Lionel Messi was named France Football's European Footballer Of The [.

Sandro Ranieri waiting for a call from 'Arry?

Inter's football vice president said today that their highly-rated midfielder, Sandro Ranieri, is not about to join Spurs. During a training session on Wednesday, Fernando Carvalho denied the player was on his way to England and stated that the Brazil man will be appearing for the club in next year's Libertadores.

Joy for Ronaldo Angelim and Flamengo

Brazil's biggest club, Flamengo, picked up their first Campeonato Brasileiro since 1992 after they saw off Grêmio 2-1 in Rio on Sunday.

Flamengo strode on to the pitch at the Maracanã to a marvellous atmosphere created by almost 85,000 fans confident that the Rubro Negros would end the day as champions.

Adriano celebrates with Flamengo

English tabloid, The Sun, has reported that West Ham could be interested in picking up Brazil front man, Adriano.

Hammers coach Gianfranco Zola is said to be a fan of the big striker and believes that Adriano's physical force and talent could help the club stave off relegation.

Rodrigo Souto (in white)

French club PSG are believed to have offered around €4.5 million for Santos' defensive midfielder, Rodrigo Souto.

Since signing from Figueirense in 2006, the 26-year-old has played 170 games and scored 11 goals for the Vila Belmiro club.

Hugely underrated in Brazil, the player is one of the most effective in the country at winning the ball and making the quick smart pass.

Twenty years after the most painful defeat in the history of Brazilian football in the World Cup final of 1950, Brazil and Uruguay were again facing each other in the semifinal of the World Cup in Mexico.Both South American teams were strong, although the Brazilians had captivated the world with its beautiful style as they had cruised themselves to the final.

Sir Alex to do battle with Chelsea for Brazilian hotshot.

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Luis Fabiano has opened the door to a move to the Premier League but only after next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa.

Jobson or jobless?

After scoring twice against São Paulo in round 36 of the Brasileiro, Botafogo's match-winning forward was on a high – quite literally as it turned it. A lucrative contract with Cruzeiro was all but signed and the 21-year-old's career was set to take off. But following anti-doping tests after the games against Coritiba on November 8th and Palmeiras just under a month later, Jobson tested positive for cocaine and could be kicked out of the profession.