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With the Group Stages of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, South American football's elite club competition, underway, Aleks Klosok looks at the prospects of the six runners and riders from Brazil

Oliver Park is impressed by Nigel Farage's rhetoric and passion, but sceptical of his policies

Aleks Klosok explains why, in the space of just over a decade, Brazilian clubs have gone from being traditionally selling institutions to having the proven financial clout required to compete with European football's elite players

Rachel Savage argues that the government's recent defeats on welfare reform show how much more a democratic Lords could achieve

Adam Jordan asks is it any wonder that support for the Conservatives has remained steadfast?

In the second part of his look at the presence of Brazilian footballers in the top-flight of English football, Aleks Klosok casts his watchful eye over 5 Samba stars that have failed to cut it in the rough and tumble of the Premier League - some more dramatically so than others

In 1987 Mirandinha became the first Brazilian footballer to ply his trade in England. In the intervening 25 years, his counterparts have experienced varying degrees of success, with some thriving and others struggling. Aleks Klosok looks at 5 Samba stars that have left a lasting impression on the English game

Ed Miliband's problems as Labour leader aren't all his fault, but he needs to look like a future Prime Minister, Henry Felton argues

In 1998 he became the world's most expensive footballer. A mere ten years later, not even Turkish Süper Lig club Vestel Manisaspor wanted to sign him on a free transfer. Aleks Klosok recounts the rapid rise to and dramatic fall from grace of one of Brazilian football's great underachievers: Denílson

5 years ago he was plying his trade in the Japanese Second Division. This week he returns to his old stomping ground with a Brazilian cap to his name and looking to fire Santos to glory at the FIFA Club World Cup. Aleks Klosok reports on Borges's remarkable career path

Widely regarded as the greatest midfielder of his generation, a social activist and a campaigner for democracy in his homeland and a fully qualified doctor. Aleks Klosok pays homage to Brazilian Football's self-confessed anti-athlete: Sócrates

At the age of 18 he was one of the most talked about prospects to emerge from South America and yet just four years later his career is very much hanging in the balance. Aleks Klosok considers the promising past, problematic present and uncertain future of Brazilian centre back Breno

Despite being shorn of some of its most recognisable international stars, A Seleção made it five consecutive wins after 2-0 victories against Gabon and Egypt respectively, on the latest leg of their World Tour. Aleks Klosok reflects upon two professional performances and a mixed year for Head Coach Mano Menezes

11 years ago, Luiz Felipe Scolari left Palmeiras in a blaze of glory. Now, merely a year after returning to the club, the enigmatic 62-year-old could well be on his way once again — this time under a cloud of controversy. Aleks Klosok looks at an unhappy homecoming for 'Big Phil'