View of the Maracana stadium a day ahead of the Copa Libertadores championship match between Argentina's Boca Juniors and Brazil's Fluminense, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

Long lines are still outside Maracana Stadium, waiting to get through the copious team of security and into their seats for the opening ceremony. But inside, the pre-show is underway.

Brazil's Maracana Stadium Mark's 70th Anniversary, But COVID-19 Is Spoiling The Party Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made Rio de Janeiro's famed Maracana soccer stadium a field for his ...

The pitch of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where its turf is dry and worn. The iconic stadium hosted the 2016 Olympic Games, but six months later a series of legal battles and ...

After a series of delays, criticisms and protests, the iconic Maracana stadium is finally ready to reopen in Rio de Janeiro. The venue for the 2014 World Cup final and of the opening and closing ...

Maracanã Stadium, pictured just months ago when it was in its Olympic-level shape for the Rio Games. Hundreds of millions of dollars have gone into renovating the decades-old stadium, a venue ...

SAO PAULO — Brazilians would agree that Pelé is the greatest soccer player ever, but they differ on renaming the historic Maracanã stadium in his honor. The stadium’s name could soon change ...

3. It hosted the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. Speaking of football, the Maracanã Stadium has played host to two different World Cups — one in 1950, the very same year that the stadium opened ...

The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host this season's Copa Libertadores final. ... The Maracana hosted the Copa Libertadores final in 2020. This year's match will be played on Nov. 11.

The Maracana in 2021 is modern, ... The roof, a masterpiece of our architecture, was destroyed, to the extent that it’s now hard to differentiate the Maracana from the Olympic stadium in Kyiv.

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazilians would agree that Pelé is the greatest soccer player ever, but they differ on renaming the historic Maracanã stadium in his honor. The stadium’s name could soon ...

Today, Maracanã Stadium is used for myriad social purposes in Rio — when it's not hosting the Olympic Games, that is. The city's four main soccer teams all play here, including Flamengo and ...