Brazil has long been known as a country that can throw a great party as long as the guests do not mind a location that still has the builders in it.
Germany's Thomas Mueller struck twice as the nervy world champions kicked off their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory over Scotland on Sunday.
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Two goals from Thomas Mueller and one from substitute Mario Goetze helped Bayern Munich kick off their Champions League campaign with an impressive 3-0 victory over Olympiakos.
Both the Greek and Iranian deals are extremely imperfect and fraught with uncertainty, says Claude Smadja.
Tough conditions imposed by global lenders could cause an outcry.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks CNN's Becky Anderson.