Tens of thousands of people demonstrated again on Saturday in several Brazilian cities against President Jair Bolsonaro and his contested management of the pandemic.
Brazil is the world's second worst-hit country with more than 461,000 deaths (...)
Brazil reported its 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths had exceeded 4,000 for the first time on Tuesday, becoming the third nation to go above this daily threshold.
Many governors, mayors, and judges are reopening parts of the economy despite (...)
Argentina's Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero lashed out at the officiating after their 2-0 Copa America semifinal defeat to Brazil on Tuesday and questioned why video technology was not consulted in two penalty appeals that were waved away.
The video (...)
Brazil advanced to the Copa America final with a 2-0 win over old rivals Argentina on Tuesday in a pulsating and, at times, bad-tempered match decided by a goal in each half from Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino.
Both sides tried to impose (...)
Brazilian fans will be vital to lifting the team when they return to the site of their worst defeat in this week's Copa America semifinal against Argentina, coach Tite said on Monday.
The match on Tuesday is at Belo Horizonte's Mineirao stadium, the (...)
Lionel Messi has agreed to sacrifice his usual buccaneering style of play for the greater good of his team, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said ahead of Tuesday's crunch Copa America semi-final against Brazil.
Messi has not been able to conjure up (...)
Brazil reached the last four of the Copa America on Thursday with a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Paraguay after their compelling quarterfinal in Porto Alegre ended scoreless.
Gabriel got the winning kick for Brazil after Gustavo Gomez and Derlis (...)
Ecuador coach Hernan Gomez eschewed responsibility for his side's early exit at the Copa America on Monday and said the thought of resigning had never entered his head.
Ecuador had to beat Japan to qualify for the quarterfinals but a 1-1 draw in (...)
Brazil and Venezuela advanced to the Copa America quarter finals on Saturday after convincing victories over Peru and Bolivia respectively.
Just days after failing to prevail against Venezuela, a Neymar-less Brazil crushed Peru 5-0 in Sao Paulo, (...)
Some 700 people were evacuated early on Friday from Brazilian towns near two separate tailings dams operated by Vale SA and ArcelorMittal on mounting fears of a recurrence of last month's deadly dam burst nearby.
The collapse two weeks ago unleashed (...)
A report commissioned by Brazilian miner Vale SA last year to look into the stability of the tailings dam that ruptured Jan. 25 certified it as sound but raised concerns over its drainage and monitoring systems, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported (...)
Neymar scored his 50th international goal as Brazil thrashed Argentina 3-0 to tighten its grip on South America's 2018 World Cup qualification campaign and leave its archrival struggling to reach the Finals.
Barcelona superstar Neymar outshone (...)
Brazil captain Neymar blasted his first goal of the Olympics to edge the hosts closer to a first football gold medal in a bruising 2-0 quarterfinal win over Colombia.
The Barcelona star curled home an exquisite free-kick after just 12 minutes, but (...)
Outspoken US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo labelled Sweden "cowards" after the world champion's' bid for a fourth straight Olympic gold ended, whilst Brazil edged past Australia in a marathon penalty shootout despite a miss from star Marta in (...)
Sought-after starlet Gabriel Barbosa struck twice as Brazil's footballers finally got their Olympic campaign rolling with a 4-0 demolition of Denmark Wednesday, while their archrival Argentina crashed out.
Barcelona star Neymar is still yet to hit (...)
United States kept its quest for fourth straight women's football gold firmly on track when captain Carli Lloyd ensured a 1-0 victory over France to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Brazil is also into the last eight as, inspired by a near 60,000 (...)
Host Brazil and world champion the United States made winning starts in the Olympics women's football tournament Wednesday although the competition met with a lukewarm response from fans.
Brazil comfortably saw off the challenge of China 3-0 at the (...)
Brazil was testing a man who arrived from Guinea for Ebola after preventively closing a public health unit where he first received medical attention, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
The man arrived in Brazil last week and developed high fever (...)
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina's River Plate completed the most remarkable transformation in the team's history Wednesday when it beat Mexican club Tigres 3-0 to guarantee its third Libertadores Cup triumph.
The win came four years after the Buenos Aires (...)
Lawyer Marco Polo Del Nero took office
Thursday as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF),
with the promise of modernizing the country's most popular sport, according to dpa.
"Progress, modernization, legality. Stimulating (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — FIFA is claiming two Twitter records for Germany's stunning 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinals. FIFA says there were 35.6 million Twitter posts about the game Tuesday, making it the most tweeted sports event. FIFA says (...)
John Leicester
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Because it is turning out better than expected, the World Cup is doing more good than harm to brand Brazil. The opposite is true for Brazil's brand of football.
The national team's grinding route to Tuesday's (...)
Germany scored five goals in the opening 30 minutes, including a record-setting 16th from Miroslav Klose, to take an astounding 5-0 lead over Brazil at halftime on Tuesday in the World Cup semifinals, AP reported.
Toni Kroos scored twice in two (...)
Germany deal shell-shocked Brazil a remarkable 7-1 thrashing to advance to the World Cup final, in a match that quickly turned into a nightmare for the host nation, dpa reported.
Thomas Mueller struck 11 minutes into the game and from this point the (...)
Germany deal shell-shocked Brazil a remarkable 7-1 thrashing to advance to the World Cup final, in a match that quickly turned into a nightmare for the host nation, dpa reported.
Thomas Mueller struck 11 minutes into the game and from this point the (...)
