Adriano has been doing really well since returning to Brazil and getting his head back together. So well, in fact, that people are even using his image on their products. Unfortunately, those products are drugs.

From the Corriere dello Sport:

Now that Adriano is back in Rio de Janeiro and is the top scorer in the Brazilian championship with Flamengo, he's so popular that his picture is even selling packets of drugs.

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Carlos Alberto Parreira is the new coach for the South African National Soccer Team. After two weeks of rumours and denials, the South African Football Association (SAFA) made the announcement just after 7pm at OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg.

During this Bafana coach fiasco, it seemed all that the loyal and passionate supporters were agreed upon, is that they were happy that Joel Santana was out of the picture.

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Inter move back into the top four after a comfortable 3-0 victory over struggling Sport last night. Giuliano opened the scoring before half time before second half goals from Sandro and the returning Andrés D'Alessandro gave Inter a comfortable victory in Porto Alegre.
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• Sao Paulo are in the top four of the Brazilian championship after beating Goias 3-1 on Sunday. They've won their last five matches and have been unbeaten for the last eight games. Way to go, Tricolor! They started out slow in the early stages of the season and the Libertadores Cup.

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Here's some over zealous refereeing from the Brazilian championship match between Flamengo and Nautico, where Nautico defender Vagner Silva received his second yellow card after being literally caught with his pants down!
After tearing his first pair of shorts mid-way into the second half, Silva quickly made a dash to touchline to change into a new pair, but the fourth official alerted the referee to what was going on and he gave the defender his marching orders for going off without his permission. Click to continue reading...

• Gremio defeated Cruzeiro 4-1 in the Brazilian Championship with goals from Réver, Tcheco, Jonas and Maxi López. In other news, Manchester United have ended their chase for Douglas Costa after fears about his 'personal life' surfaced. Cara was caught driving without a valid license last week.

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Not too sure about this one!

The Rumour

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez remains keen on Cruzeiro striker Kleber.

The 25 year-old revealed last month that Liverpool had made an offer for him.

And Globoesporte says Liverpool are still interested and Kleber could be the next to follow new Villarreal signing Nilmar to leave the Brazilian championship for a big European club.

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From goal.com-
Internacional Set Brazilian Record After Securing 100,000 Members
The Colorado became the first club in the country to reach such a figure...
11 Jul 2009 17:14:23
Photo GalleryZoomRenata Fan e Rogerio Amaral - Centenario do InternacionalThe directors of Sport Club Internacional announced that the proud Porto Alegre club have reached 100,000 members, a record for Brazilian clubs. Click to continue reading...

The larger and less expensive one.Ronaldo scored three times as Corinthians beat Fluminense 4-2 in a Brazilian Championship game last night.

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Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Corinthians beat Fluminense 4-2 on Wednesday, taking his tally to 14 goals in 22 matches since his return to action in March after surgery early last year.
"The three are my kids and I don't have a favourite," Ronaldo said of the hat-trick although his second goal, after a run from the Corinthians half including a one-two with Douglas and a dribble past two defenders, was reminiscent of the Ronaldo of old. Click to continue reading...

Reuters:
Brazil striker Nilmar scored twice as Internacional bounced back from their midweek defeat in the Copa Brasil to beat Náutico 2-0 away and go top of the Brazilian championship on Sunday.
Inter, beaten by Corinthians in the Copa Brasil final, are two points ahead of Atlético Mineiro, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Botafogo. Click to continue reading...

Why so serious, Neymar? Well, it must be the fact that Santos only managed a 3-3 draw against Goiás at home in the Brazilian championship yesterday. Pele was present in the stands and they probably placed the microphones near him so he could out talk the commentator.

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Dopey Dunga thinks Nilmar's weekend screamer against Corinthians was impressive - but insists that it's still not enough to earn him a call-up to the national team.

"It was a beautiful goal and it was fast, which showed Nilmar's best quality. But 20 days ago, no one spoke about Nilmar (being) in the selection, (everyone) wanted Ronaldo.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

It doesn't seem too long ago when many were calling on Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima to call it quits after suffering a� serious knee injury early last year while playing for A.C.Milan, who let his contract expire and released him. The injury was the third such setback he suffered in his illustrious career.

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Lest we believe Ellen Cardoso will pay for Adriano's caipirinhas.

He does want to get back to playing soccer and earning a paycheck. Indications are that he will join Flamengo, his former club in August in time for the Brazilian Championship.

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Vasco de Gama are in trouble. The usually pretty successful club (they've won a Brazilian championship in every decade since the '70s, and the Copa Libertadores in 1998) are currently in the bottom four of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, so if the season ended right now they'd be relegated to Série B. Click to continue reading...

Wednesday night, Fluminense hosts Liga Deportiva Universitaria (LDU) Quto in the second leg of the finals of the Copa Libertadores. Last week, in the first leg of the final in Quito, Ecuador, LDU Quito saw goals from four different scorers in the first half and held on to score a 4-2 victory. Regardless of what happens on Wednesday night, a little history will be made. Click to continue reading...

Here are the results and next games on the 2007 Brazilian Championship: Date Home Result Visitor Stadium and City 08/08 Wed 19:30 Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Mineirao, Belo Horizonte 08/08 Wed 19:30 Juventude 0-0 Fluminense Alfredo Jaconi, Caxias do Sul 08/08 Wed 20:30 Náutico 4-2 Figueirense Aflitos, Recife 08/08 Wed 21:45 Goiás 3-2 Atlético-MG Serra Dourada, Goiânia 08/08 Wed 21:45 Atlético-PR 2-0 Flamengo Kyocera Arena, Curitiba 08/08 Wed 21:45 Botafogo 0-2 São Paulo Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 09/08 Thu 20:30 Vasco 2-0 Corinthians São Januário, Rio de Janeiro 09/08 Thu 20:30 Grêmio 3-0 América-RN Olímpico, Porto Alegre 09/08 Thu 20:30 Palmeiras 1-1 Internacional Palestra Itália, São [. Click to continue reading...

Early this week, Corinthians midfielder Vampeta stated that Corinthians would walk away from the game against Vasco with a certain victory and a good taste of bacalhau, the traditional dried-and-salted-stockfish-based Portuguese dish an allusion to Vasco, as the fan base is of Portuguese descent. However, what we had last night was a completely disorganized [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, during its match against Botafogo, São Paulo managed to win not only the match a good 2-0 score, goals by Alex Silva and Leandro but the team also overcome the unacceptable amount of violence that Botafogo showed, with its players making several violent incidents during the play. One of the worst cases [...] Click to continue reading...

This Wednesday, São Paulo and Botafogo will face each other at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, each one with an eye for the leadership of the 2007 Brazilian Championship. Botafogo will play on the offensive, while São Paulo probably will try to have a more tight defense, as Botafogo playing on Maracanã has the [...] Click to continue reading...

Today, after its 2-0 victory over Grêmio at the Olimpico Stadium in Porto Alegre, and the tie of Botafogo with Paraná Clube, São Paulo is in the top on the position table with 34 points, two more than Botafogo. Still, the position of both may change as they will face each other next Wednesday, at [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, in Curitiba, during its match against Atlético-PR, Corinthians managed to be ahead in the score, 2-1, after beginning the match losing by a 1-0. However, at about 89′, Atlético-PR got a tie after Cadu, of Corinthians, accidentally scored against its own team. With the tie, Corinthians was unable to put an end of the [...] Click to continue reading...

With each passing day, São Paulo is closer to the leader position in the 2007 Brazilian Championship after the last round-up, during which Sao Paulo won over América-RN by an 1-0 score, while Botafogo was defeated by Cruzeiro, 3-2, the team from São Paulo city has now the same 28 points that the team [...] Click to continue reading...

There are things to worry about for Corinthians fans: last Sunday, Corinthians once again was defeated by Náutico, by a 3- score in the match played on Morumbi Stadium, in São Paulo, for the 2007 Brazilian Championship. With the result, Corinthians is on the zone of decrease to the second division in the tournament table, [...] Click to continue reading...

Today in the afternoon, Santos won its match against Botafogo, current the leader in the 2007 Brazilian Championship, by a 3-0 score. With the victory, Santos improves in the table and impose the first defeat of the leader Botafogo. Rodrigo Tabata, Marcos Aurélio and Moraes scored for the team. Botafogo did not played a good game [...] Click to continue reading...