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Ex-Real Madrid boss Luxemburgo sacked as coach of Brazil's Sport

FormerRealMadridandBrazilcoachVanderleiLuxemburgohasbeensackedascoachofSportRecifeafterapoorrunofresults.Sport'sfootballdirector,GustavoDubeux,confirmedthedecis

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Brazil's soccer will fight back to top of world ranking: Captain Marta

Five-timeWorldPlayeroftheYearMartabelievesthatBrazilwomen'ssoccerteamhavethestrengthtofightbacktothetopoftheworldalthoughtheyhavebeenthroughsomebadmoments.Brazi

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35-year-old ex-Brazil striker Adriano eyes return to football

FormerBrazilinternationalstrikerAdrianohasannouncedplanstoreturntofootballasheseekstoendhiscareeronhisownterms.The35-year-oldisaimingtoresumetraininginJanuaryin

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Brazilians in the south asked to vote on secession

VotersinthesouthofBrazilhavebeenaskedinaninformalvotewhethertheywanttobepartofanewcountry.ThereferendumwasorganisedaweekafterasimilarvoteinCataloniabyasecession

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Midfielder Diego cut from Brazil squad

FlamengomidfielderDiegohasbeencutfromBrazil'snationalteamforWorldCupqualifiersagainstBoliviaandChileduetoinjury.The32-year-oldsufferedanunspecifiedlegmusclestra

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Neymar sends injury scare through Brazil camp

NeymargaveBrazilaninjuryscareaheadoftheirfinal2018WorldCupqualifiersbylimpingoffthepitchduringateamtrainingsessiononMonday.Neymarappearedtosufferaknocktohisrigh

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Six Brazilians are as rich as half of country's population: study

ThesixrichestmeninBrazilhaveasmuchmoneyasthepoorerhalfoftheBrazilianpopulationhas,showedastudyreleasedbyBritishNGOOxfamonMonday.ThestudyshowsthatthefortuneofCar

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Is it safe to visit the Amazon?

ThemurderofBritishkayakerEmmaKeltyonaremotestretchoftheSolimões–thenamebywhichthemightyAmazonisknownupriverofManaus–willunderstandablygivepausetoanyoneplanninga

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Brazil eyeing London for pre-World Cup camp

BrazilcouldchooseLondonasthelocationfortheirpre-WorldCuptrainingcampnextyear,accordingtomediareports.Theteam'sgeneralcoordinator,EduGaspar,iscurrentlyintheBriti

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State Grid Corp of China to buy remaining stake in Brazil's CPFL

StateGridCorpofChina,thecountry'sbiggestutility,planstobuytheremainingsharesitdoesnotowninBrazilianpowergroupCPFLEnergiaSA,SinaFinancereported.Ifthedealissucces

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Seven dead, 40 missing in shipwreck in Brazil

Sevenpeople,includingonechild,weredeadafteravesselcarrying70peoplesankinXinguRiverareainnorthernBrazilonTuesdaynightlocaltime.Asof11a.m.localtime,only20peoplewe

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Brazil's Lula on the road, eyes comeback despite graft conviction

FormerPresidentLuizInacioLuladaSilvaonMondayaccusedBrazil'sgovernmentofundoingsocialprogressmadeduringhisyearsinofficeandvowedtorestoreitifhewasallowedtorunagai

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Brazil sends army to fight organized crime in Rio

BrazilhassteppedupsecurityinRiodeJaneiroamidaspikeinviolencebyorganizedcrime.ThousandsoftroopshavebeensenttopatrolBrazil’ssecondlargestcityasauthoritiesadmitthe

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China and Brazil to upgrade ties

ChinaandBrazilsignedamemorandumofunderstandingonAug.1todiversifyservicetradetoupgradetheircommercestructurefromcommodityandgoodsexchanges.TheMOU,ortheTwo-YearAc

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Carrefour prices Brazil's largest IPO in four years at bottom of range

GrupoCarrefourBrasilSAonTuesdaypricedBrazil'slargestinitialpublicofferinginfouryearsat15reaispershare,thebottomofasuggestedpricerange,accordingtoasecuritiesfili

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Chinese-made electric taxis debut in Brazil

Chinese eco-friendly taxis have been rolled out on the streets of Brazil.

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Brazil proposes shrinking Amazon forest after highway protests

Brazil'sEnvironmentalMinistryhassentCongressabillonFridaytoreducethesizeoftheNationalForestofJamanxim,amoveenvironmentalistssaidwouldspeeddeforestationofthearea