Sao Paulo – Brazil kicks off the Soccer World Cup on Thursday hoping to unite the football-mad country after a chaotic seven-year build-up plagued by violent protests.

The 32-team extravaganza gets under way in the teeming mega-city of Sao Paulo, where the host nation’s beloved ‘Selecao’ faces Croatia at 22:00 SA time before 61 600 supporters and a worldwide television audience of several hundred million.
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