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In the last five years alone, Kaká, Robinho, Pato, as well as numerous costly exports such as
Jô, Anderson, Diego and Lucas, have all come out of Brazil. This season there is another
bumper crop of young, talented players ...
Brazil are expected to start with three forwards against Chile in Sunday's crucial World Cup
qualifying match in Santiago ...
Brazil put an end to 19 years without a win against Portugal after they thrashed the Europeans 6-2
in the estádio Bezerrão in Brasília ...
Brazil moved to 2nd in the table after an impressive 3-0 win away to Chile in Santiago ...
In what may be his last act as coach (fingers crossed!), Dunga and the Brazilian Football
Confederation announced the squad for Brazil's World Cup qualifiers against Chile September on 7th
in Santiago and Bolivia ...
Brazil midfielder Thiago Neves is to sign for Hamburg this Saturday ...
While silly-money transfers such as Robinho's move to Manchester City quite naturally grab all the
headlines, there are a myriad of deals involving Brazilians that hardly get a mention and many
involve a trip to Holland ...
Brazil get their campaign to win the Gold medal underway on Thursday when they take on Belgium in
the Olympic stadium in Shenyang ...
With Barcelona apparently now out of the picture, São Paulo and Brazil midfielder, Hernanes,
is being checked out by Atletico Madrid ...
On Tuesday, Brazil take on archenemies Argentina for a place in the final of the men's Olympic
football tournament in Beijing
18 players have been called up by coach Dunga for the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing ...
Brazil's dream of an Olympic Gold ended in spectacular style after they were thumped 3-0 by
archenemies Argentina in the Worker's stadium in Beijing ...
Extra-time goals from Rafael Sóbis and Marcelo secured Brazil a place in the men's football
semi-finals in Beijing ...
German side Hamburg are reported to be interested in signing either Alex Silva or Miranda from
São Paulo ...
As if to prove that he can put together quite a handy team without including the Olympic-bound
Lionel Messi, Juan Román Riquelme, Sergio Agüero et al, Alfio Basile has named the
Argentina squad to face Belarus in a friendly in Minsk, two weeks from today (Weds). There are a
couple of surprises in the all-Europe [.
Brazil go into their World Cup qualifying game against Colombia in the Maracanã on Wednesday
night knowing that they have not lost to their northern neighbours since 1991 ...
Alfio Basile has named Argentina's starting lineup for the World Cup qualifier against Brazil in
Belo Horizonte, and it includes both Juan Román Riquelme and Lionel Messi. Sensibly, Messi
will partner Julio Cruz rather than form part of the little-and-little combo which featured against
Ecuador on Sunday, as Sergio Agüero drops to the bench.
As part of their World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign, Brazil take on Bolivia in the estádio
João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro ...
Grêmio maintained their lead at the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro after seeing off
Vitória 2-0 in the estádio Olímpico ...
Brazil and Argentina convened for their first meeting of the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World
Cup in South Africa on Wednesday night, with Argentina aware that a win would take them back to
joint top of the table alongside Paraguay, after the Guaraní fell to a shock 4-2 defeat to
Bolivia in La Paz [.
Brazil quite literally strolled past China in their final group stage game in the Beijing Olympics.
Well-taken goals from Diego and two from Thiago Neves ...
Internacional's pacey forward Nilmar has been called up to replace the injured Rafael Sóbis
...
Dunga has called up 22 players for Brazil's upcoming World Cup qualifier matches vs Venezuela in
San Cristobel on October 12th and three days later vs Colombia in the estádio Maracanã in
Rio ...
Grêmio's 18-year-old midfielder, Douglas Costa, has appeared just twice for his club and has
scored one goal. But already the player is being connected with the likes of Manchester United and
Real Madrid. Costa is a Grêmio youth product and has a contract until 2013. His buy out clause
is in the region of US$40 million.
Either the world's going a little bit mad, or Pedro Pompilio is beginning to lose touch with
reality a tad. The identities of two players Boca Juniors may currently be considering for the
transfer market have been revealed, and they make for surprising reading. Both were born in South
America, but that's about the least surprising [.
The Olympic Football Tournament is the one international tournament Brazil have never won (of the
ones they compete in of course, because obviously they've never been crowned champions of Europe or
what have you), and it will have to remain as such for at least the next four years. On Tuesday the
selecção met the [.
São Paulo midfielder, Hernanes, has been called up by Brazil to replace Manchester United's
Anderson ...
In their ninth qualifying game for the 2010 World Cup, Brazil strolled past Venezuela with goals
from kaka, Adriano and two from Robinho ...
Copa Libertadores holders Boca Juniors crashed out of the tournament at the semi-final stage on
Wednesday night after a thrilling second half in the Maracanã which saw them take the lead
through Martín Palermo before hosts Fluminense hit back with a three-goal blitz in the closing
half hour. Fluminense, who've never got this far in [.
On Monday, Brazil made easy work of a Singapore Select 3-0. The friendly was part of Brazil's
preparations for the Beijing Olympics ...
Coritiba striker, Keirrison, looks set for the Palestra Itália and Palmeiras. The young
forward had been linked with the likes of Liverpool and Real Madrid ...
Dutch team Ajax are ready to fork out 8 million euros for Palmeiras centreback Henrique ...
For Saturday's game, we'll be set up at the estádio Maracanã for Fluminense against
Cruzeiro. Nearly all the pundits were expecting Fluminense to be challenging for one of the top
slots by this stage of the championship ...
Italian side Palermo are ready to offer 15 million euros for Internacional's Nilmar ...
Brazil's Fluminense have their work cut out after losing the first leg of the Copa Libertadores 4-2
to Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria (LDU) in the Estádio Casa Blanca in Quito on
Wednesday ..
On Saturday, we take our first look at two clubs with widely contrasting fortunes in the league as
we head to Rio's estádio Maracanã for Fluminense vs Vitória. Fluminense made it all
the way to the finals of the Libertadores only to come away empty-handed against Ecuador's LDU. The
Brasileiro was secondary while Flu maintained an interest [.
Brazil's Olympic squad take on Cameroon in the quarter-finals on Saturday 16th August ...
Brazil were held 0-0 by a resilient Bolivia in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Despite having a man
sent off unjustly early in the second-half, Bolivia deservedly came away with a point ...
Seville forward, Luís Fabiano, has picked up an injury to his right thigh and will miss
Brazil's upcoming World Cup qualifiers in early October ...
Estudiantes de La Plata went into the second leg of the 2008 Copa Sudamericana final trailing 1-0
on aggregate, thanks to a Nilmar goal in the first leg in La Plata last Wednesday. On Wednesday
night, though, they kept hosts Internacional out in Porto Alegre and, with a second half goal from
Agustín Alayes, got [.
