In 2017 looters broke into the stadium smashing windows and stealing some items. The Maracanã - which also hosted the 1950 World Cup final - has been used by all of Rio's big four teams, Botafogo ...

The Uruguayan national team which in 1950 defeated Brazil 2-1 and obtained the Jules Rimet Cup for the second time A silent tearful crowd of 200.000 seated in the Maracana stadium were unable to ...

Robo Queens have commenced preparation for the second stanza of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL). The Lagos club held ...

Maracanã Stadium, which held the opening and closing ceremonies and several of the Rio Olympics' biggest events, is abandoned and plagued by looters, and Julio de Lamare Aquatic Park's warm-up ...

They show a deserted and neglected aquatics centre, with pools containing puddles of stagnant water, while the once-iconic Maracana football stadium, which hosted the opening ceremony, has been ...

The Olympic Games have officially ended with a colourful ceremony in the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The entertainment included Brazil's world-famous samba music. The president of the Rio ...