Stadiums & matches

Boca Juniors' La Bombonera and River Plate's Monumental make Buenos Aires shake to the rhythm of the Superclásico.

Rio's Maracanã is a sacred ground of world football, the stage of legendary finals and Brazilian passion.

The Stade de France in Saint-Denis and Marseille's Vélodrome are at the heart of France's great sporting events.

Munich's Allianz Arena, Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park: Germany offers some of Europe's most intense stadium atmospheres.

San Siro in Milan, the Stadio Olimpico in Rome: Italy lives football like an opera, between derbies and tifos.

Tokyo's Olympic venues, sumo arenas: Japan blends global sport with age-old traditions.

Lusail Stadium and Qatar's air-conditioned arenas hosted the first Middle Eastern World Cup.

FC Barcelona's Camp Nou and Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu are two cathedrals of European football.

Wembley, Old Trafford, Anfield: the UK invented modern football and its stadiums are places of pilgrimage.

MetLife, SoFi Stadium, giant NFL and NBA arenas: in the US, sport is total spectacle, from the Super Bowl to the play-offs.