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American star Jennifer Lopez added a dash of glamour to the colourful FIFA World Cup opening ceremony which some pundits described as ‘odd’ as TV viewers blasted the poor sound quality.
Even as Brazil fans rallied behind their home team after a year of World Cup protests, they had a rude welcome for President Dilma Rousseff, pictured right.
The World Cup may only be a few days old but there are already a number of intriguing talking points.
While others cram into crowded clubs or squeeze around the television set at home, Berliners can follow the World Cup from the comfort of their own sofas in a stadium-sized living room on a 700-inch screen … in an idea probably inspired by a visitor to Bahrain.
Croatia’s players are refusing to talk to World Cup reporters after saucy photographs were published of them bathing nude in the team’s swimming pool.
