CCTV catches man beating his wife before shooting her at point-blank range

Horrific CCTV footage has emerged of a husband smashing his dancer wife's head into concrete paving 11 times then shooting her in the face five times.

He later confessed that he'd carried out the brutal act 'because he was jealous of men looking at her'.

Sickening video captured on security cameras shows crazed Milton Vieira Severiano, 32, dragging the limp body of dancer Cicera Alves de Sena, 29, into the garden of their apartment in the city of Rio de Janeiro in eastern Brazil.

Brazilian youth dies after drinking 25 shots of vodka in 60 seconds

A Brazilian student is currently lying stone cold dead in a morgue after downing 25 shots of vodka in a space of 60 seconds.

Humberto Moura Fonseca was partying hard with his friends at the Julio de Mesquita University in Bauru when they challenged each other to an  extreme competition of drinking the most amount of vodka in the shortest time possible.

The 23-year-old necked the booze and then collapsed. He was rushed to hospital but died on the way. Six other students reportedly collapsed from Alcohol poisoning and three are in critical condition.

Chelsea 'close on Brazil defender with £20m bid'

Chelsea have made a £20million offer for Atletico Madrid defender Joao Miranda and are hopeful of beating a host of teams to his signature.

The 29-year-old was a crucial part of the Atletico team that won La Liga and got to the Champions League final last season.

Torres and Mata score as Spain win at last

Even Fernando Torres managed to get in on the act as former world champions Spain ended their World Cup campaign on a winning note against hapless Australia.

The Chelsea striker kept a level head as his team sprang the Socceroos offside trap, allowing him to poke the ball under the keeper, although the total lack of any celebration suggested the goal did not bring a huge amount of consolation after the team’s previous failings.

Brazilian football fans adopt Nigeria as their second team ahead of World Cup

BRAZILIAN football fans in the coastal city of Porto have adopted the Super Eagles as their second World Cup team and begun asking tournament organisers to supply them with Nigerian memorabilia ahead of matches.