Gary Meenaghan

Brazilian star wowed the UAE three years after winning the 1970 World Cup

A 3-1 defeat to Senegal on Tuesday night saw the Emirates once again fail to qualify for the World Cup knockout stages

Emirates on the plane home from Paraguay along with Gulf neighbours Oman

National team face a Senegal side also looking to reach the knockout stages for the first time. Gary Meenaghan reports from Asuncion

After opening defeat by Belarus, Mohammed Bashir’s team need a victory to keep tournament hopes alive

Debutants Belarus win 5-1 in miserable first game in Paraguay

Fifa have broken with tradition by awarding the tournament to a South American country that is somewhat lacking in beaches. Gary Meenaghan is in Asuncion, where the UAE take on Belarus in their opening match on Friday

The Brazilian scored before being sent off in Sunday's 3-1 win over Peru

Alisson, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Dani Alves and Filipe Luis make up a back five that is yet to concede a goal ahead of Sunday's final against Peru

Inside Mineirao on Tuesday night, passion painted faces of 52,225 unsegregated fans despite recent apathy for both teams

Los Cafeteros failed to take advantage of their promising start against Chile in the quarter-finals to fail once again on the big stage

Despite suffering an early exit, a youthful Japanese team more than held their own against some the continent's biggest sides

It is one of football’s greatest mysteries: a squad that shares more than 35 league titles feeling so constrained by their national shirts that they rely on their maverick No 10 to bail them out

Indifference to hosting 2019 Copa America a sign of Brazilians' disillusionment with politics, economy and a lack of meaningful reform at the football association

Manager Juan Antonio Pizzi is looking to use youngsters across the pitch in key areas as they bid to repeat their 1996 success in the UAE