Funk, favelas & football: NFL arrives for Rio de Janeiro debut

Tum, cha-cha, TOUCHDOWN. Baile funk meets Baltimore, cariocas meet Cowboys. From Rio to the Ravens and De Janeiro to Dallas, the NFL is back in Brazil for a third season.

By now the league has discovered that a permit to party knows no meaning of expiration in the carnival epicentre of the world, for New York has met its sleepless match, and so too aspiring-come-rivalling NFL host cities across the globe.