Brazil

President of Brazil Football Federation Eduardo Rodrigues is optimistic that current Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will become the next Selecao coach. The Football Federation are looking for a new head coach after Tite left the post…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has condemned the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity by Russia and again called for mediation to end the war. Speaking at a lunch with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Lula said a…

At least 13 people were killed in clashes with police outside Brazil's seaside city of Rio de Janeiro after a raid to arrest a gang leader. The clashes took place in the working-class Salgueiro neighbourhood in the city of Sao Goncalo,…

Marauding criminal gangs have caused serious unrest across several cities in northeast Brazil for the third night. Gang members have set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on buildings in urban areas in Rio Grande do Norte state.…

At least 36 people were killed and hundreds of others were dislodged after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in coastal areas of Brazil's southeast. According to a statement from Sao Paulo state authorities on Sunday, rescue…

Football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, otherwise known as Pele, has been buried in the World’s Tallest Vertical Cemetery, the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica in Santos, the South-Eastern port city where the Brazilian played most of his…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino hailed the group stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, saying that there are "no more small teams" in the competition and also mentioned that the number of upsets indicated that football was becoming…

Favourites Brazil cruised into the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after beating South Korea 4-1 in their last 16 encounter, at Stadium 974 in the city of Doha, Qatar. The South Americans started striker Richarlison in attack,…

On Day 16 of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, Voice of Nigeria previews the upcoming fixtures scheduled to take place on Monday as favourites Brazil take on South Korea, while Japan faces 2018 finalists Croatia in their Round of 16 clash.…