Garrincha, who won two FIFA World Cups with the Selecao during an 11-year international career, died aged 49 in 1983 of cirrhosis of the liver. Joao Rogoginsky, his cousin, said the Brazil star's ...

Our series of special articles on the Selecao legend comes to an end, but his extended family tree are ensuring his his great legacy lives on It was 50 years ago that Garrincha put on his last show in ...

In the first part of this series looking back at the life of legendary Brazil international Garrincha, we saw what life was like in his hometown of Pau Grande. In the decade between joining Botafogo ...

We as football fans love it when we can relate to a player. One that doesn't follow the stereotypical norms of a professional footballer, one that acts like a fan out on the pitch, and one that ...

Mane Garrincha, the Brazilian football genius renowned for leaving defenders in confusion, is now baffling his many fans from beyond the grave with the ultimate mystery: where are his bones? The ...

Check out the second episode of the Five Stars Legends series. This series will talk about the main player of each one of the five Brazilian World Cup titles. This one is about Garrincha, the ...

Documentary telling the story of legendary Brazilian footballers Pelé and Garrincha whose emergence following Brazils defeat at home in the 1950 World Cup Final heralded the dawn of a golden age of ...

The question, three decades after he was buried in 1983 at the age of 49, was revealed in Brazilian media Wednesday. Turns out that while the graveyard in Mage, north of Rio de Janeiro, is known, the ...

Mane Garrincha, the Brazilian football genius renowned for leaving defenders in confusion, is now baffling his many fans from beyond the grave with the ultimate mystery: where are his bones? Brazilian ...