As Argentinian football fans arrive in Brazil to support their team, the long-standing rivalry with the host team grows.


Managing editor of Aljazeera.com
As Argentinian football fans arrive in Brazil to support their team, the long-standing rivalry with the host team grows.

Brazil survived their nail-biting round of 16 match against Chile after a penalty shoot-out. Fans at Rio de Janeiro’s Co

Libyans in Cyrenaica contest the unequal regional distribution of seats to be allocated in upcoming elections.

Libya has been wracked by instability and violence since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi.

The Qatari observer mission visits Brazil 2014 World Cup to learn from its successes and mistakes.
![Qatar is confident that it will keep the 2022 World Cup despite bribery allegations [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20147275119548734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Midway through, FIFA can be pleased with how the 2014 World Cup is shaping up, says sports journalist Luis Aguilar.
![As long as Brazil keeps winning, FIFA and its President, Blatter, will benefit, says sports journalist Luis Aguilar [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014627193945844734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Two friends from Santiago, Chile, drive more than 8,000km to follow their team to Brazil, while living out of their van.
![Chile football fans Pablo and Marcelo camp out on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach [Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201462522839545734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Social Democrats and the Liberal party in close race in vote dominated by financial crisis and the EU’s role.

Two days before Libya goes to the polls, Al Jazeera asks former NTC fighters if their sacrifices have been worth it.

Federalists in the east voice their discontent as the country’s first elections in four decades approach.
