Zezinho

Liverpool are reported to have taken a look at Juventude midfielder, Zezinho. The 17-year-old, whose full name is José Luís dos Santo Pinto, is a little on the short side at 1.74m but is part of the Brazil Under 17 set up.

The midfielder is currently taking part in Juventude's Série B campaign in the Campeonato Brasileiro.

André Santos (right) hits a cracker for Corinthians

Corinthians booked their place in next year's Libertadores after beating Internacional with an aggregate score of 4-2 to win the Copa do Brasil.

2-0 up from the first leg in São Paulo, Corinthians silenced a packed estádio Beira-Rio with first-half goals from Jorge Henrique, and a stunner from Brazil leftback, André Santos.

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, most commonly referred to as simply Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. They finished in 2nd place in the 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. On February 11th, 2009, Gremio presented their new Puma uniforms for the 2009 Copa Libertadores tournament at their club [.

Adriano: They call me mellow yellow

Dunga has called up 22 players for the World Cup qualifying clashes against Argentina in Rosario on September 5th and Chile in Salvador four days later.

Flamengo forward, Adriano, is the name that stands out. The player is one of the top scorers in the Campeonato Brasileiro with ten goals to his name.

Bosco, Hernanes, Dagoberto, Washington, Miranda were released from São Paulo FC's pre-season game against the Ituano to be models at the launch of the club's Reebok 2009/10 kits. The launch took place at Morumbi Concept Hall and featured eleven new kits that included a supporters kit, trainings kits and goalkeeper kits.

Ronaldo' s remarkable comeback continued when he scored twice last night as Corinthians earned a 2-2 draw against Ponte Preta in the Brazilian Paulista championship. Ronaldo gave Corinthians the lead by first converting a penalty in the 38th minute. He later scored in the 58th minute as he controlled a pass with his left foot, eluded  [.

Figueirense Futebol Clube, also known as Figueirense, is a Brazilian football team in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. They currently campaign in the 2nd tier of Brazilian football, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, after being relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2008. On Monday night, Figueirense, Brazilian model Ellen Roche and kit provider Fila presented the [.

Ronaldo scored his first goal in the Campeonato Brasileiro in 15 years. And it wasn't only one. It was a hat-trick. Since 1994 the forward did not score in the main national competition. The match against Fluminense was for the 9th round of Campeonato Brasileiro. Corinthians scored 3 goals in 9 minutes in the first-half.

Sport Club do Recife, more popularly known as Sport in Recife or Sport Recife in Northeastern Brazil, is a football team from Recife, Pernambuco. In 2006, after five years in Série B (the Brazilian second division) returned to Brazil's top division, Série A. On June 11th 2008, Sport became the first club from Northeastern Brazil [.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 - Brazilian forward Ronaldo continued his impressive return from a year-long injury layoff last night as he scored for the second game in a row in Corinthians'  2-1 win over Sao Caetano. Sao Caetano had taken a 22nd minute lead with a Marcelo Batatais header. However, Andre Santos notched the equaliser [.

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is one of the most successful football team in Brazilian history, having won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, the Brazilian Série A four times, the Brazilian Cup twice, the São Paulo State Championship 26 times, amongst other honours. They've been in the news lately as Brazilian legend Ronaldo [.

Have you ever heard of the Musa do Brasileirão competition? We hadn't until today. Apparently, it's a beauty (and more) competition of sorts featuring young ladies representing each of the teams competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the top tier of Brazilian football). The 2009 edition of the contest is well underway and selection of [.

Neymar and Ronaldo: just two of the big stars in this year's Brasileiro

The dust has barely settled on the major state championships, but already it's time to focus on Brazil's national league – the Campeonato Brasileiro.

The 2008 competition was one of the closest for years but this season could be even tighter.

Santos Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian football team from Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. They currently play in the highest level of Brazilian football - the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The club has produced many well known players including the likes of Pelé, Careca, Robinho and Elano.

Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. They are currently campaigning in the second tier of Brazilian football, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. On April 22, 2009, at the club's Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, Juventude launched their Penalty 2009/10 home and away kits.

Internacional striker Nilmar scored a contender for the Goal of the Year on Sunday as his team opened their Campeonato Brasileiro campaign against a Ronaldo-less Corinthians side with a 1-0 win. The striker neatly collected a cross on the right wing of the field and in Maradona / Messi fashion proceeded to dribble his way through [.

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in Rio de Janeiro. Flamengo's football/soccer team is one of the most popular club in Brazil with an estimated 35 million supporters and placed 9th in the FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century ranking. Other nicknames used by fans for Flamengo include "Fla", "Mengo", and "Mengão" [.

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is one of the most successful football team in Brazilian history, having won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, the Brazilian Série A four times, the Brazilian Cup twice, the São Paulo State Championship 26 times, amongst other honours. They've been in the news lately as Brazilian legend Ronaldo [.

Here's our latest installment from the Musa do Brasileirão competition. Again, it's a beauty (and more) competition of sorts featuring young ladies representing each of the teams competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the top tier of Brazilian football). Today's featured contestant is Simone Fescki of Coritiba.

Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state. They currently campaign in the second tier of Brazilian football, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, after having been relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at the end of the 2008 season.

Nilmar

The Campeonato Brasileiro 2009 got underway this weekend.

League champions São Paulo lost 1-0 away to Fluminense thanks to an early strike from Mauricio.

But there were wins for title contenders Cruzeiro, who saw off Flamengo 2-0 in Belo Horizonte with goals from Kléber and Ramires, and Palmeiras who had to come from behind to beat Coritiba 2-1 in the Palestra Itália with strikes from Willians and Keirrison (his 20th goal in 27 outings this year).

Brazilian legend Ronaldo (also known as "O Fenômeno") participated in his first competitive game for 13 months last night. The 32-year-old made his debut for new club Corinthians as a 68th-minute substitute in a 2-0 win over Itumbiara. However, the injury prone striker was left with a badly bruised and swollen right eye after being [.

Clube Atlético Mineiro, usually known as Atlético, is a football club based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They currently campaign in the top tier of Brazilian soccer the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Last season the club, nicknamed Galo, finished 12th in the league. Last night, Atlético Mineiro presented their Lotto home, away and third kits for [.

So far, the return of Fred, ex-Lyon, to Brazilian football has been a big flop. Despite the few goals here and there, his club, Fluminense, has been having a horrible year. Not able to qualify for the finals of Rio de Janeiro state championship, the club now seats in the relegation zone of Campeonato Brasileiro.

Goiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian football team in Goiânia, Goiás state. It is one of the largest clubs of Central-West and is the sole representative of the region in the Brazilian National Championship the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Last night, Goiás employed several soccer babes to unveil their Lotto kits, [.

Brazil is through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2009 following their 3-1 win over Uruguay earlier today. Alan Kardec notched the opener for Brazil in the 22nd minute before Man of the Match Alex Teixeira scored a brace for the young Selecção with goals in the 24th and 31st minutes.

Mercurial Brazilian striker Adriano has signed with Brazilian giants Flamengo. The club unveiled the sometime Brazilian national team hitman at a press conference yesterday evening. The 27-year-old returns to the Rio de Janeiro side where he made his playing debut in 2000. A year later he moved to Italy's Inter Milan.

In the aftermath of a year which shook the historic club's foundations, Internacional's Ramon has made quite an impression at Vasco da Gama's Estádio São Januário as the club rebuild.
A disastrous 2009 saw Vasco relegated from the Campeonato Brasileiro for the first time and the loan signing of the Inter left back was one of a number of signings the club made.

Ronaldo and Corinthians advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil last night as they drew 2-2 at Fluminense to claim a 3-2 aggregate win. Up 1-0 from the first leg in Sao Paulo, Ronaldo and company silenced the pro-Fluminense Maracana crowd with two first-half goals from Jorge Henrique and Chicao.

This weekend brings us the third round of fixtures of the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro with the top two clubs both in action later today.
Vitória travel to Minas Gerais state where they face a Cruzeiro side who begin life without star midfielder Ramires, who has just completed a move to Benfica.

The Campeonato Brasileiro continues this weekend with the fifth round already underway.
With Brazil playing Uruguay this weekend, the 5ª Rodada began early with two matches being played on Thursday evening where, Grêmio defeated Náutico and draw specialists Santo André held Santos to a thrilling 3-3.

Sport bounce back to beat Flamengo

After five rounds of the Campeonato Brasileiro, Internacional finally failed to win after being held 1-1 away to Cruzeiro.

Magrão had given Inter the lead but Wellington Paulista equalized early in the second-half.

Cruzeiro's Kléber, who was linked with a move to Liverpool last week, was sent off for the third time in the season (twice in the Libertadores).

Atlético Mineiro go top

Celso Roth's revitalization of Atlético Mineiro continued on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Náutico in Belo Horizonte. The win, plus Internacional's 0-0 draw at home to Vitória, was enough to lift Atlético into pole position on goal difference. Júnior, Diego Tardelli and Márcio Araújo did the damage.

Atlético Mineiro's Carlos Alberto celebrates against Santos

League leaders Atlético Mineiro had to come from behind to beat Santos 3-2 in the Vila Belmiro. And with Internacional slipping up away at Flamengo, Celso Roth's team were able to open up a three point gap at the top.

Neymar scored his first goal in the Brasileiro for Santos on the stroke of half-time.

Keirrison goes through the motions

Long-time Liverpool target, Keirrison, appears to be on his way to Barcelona – at least according to his agent, Marcos Malaquias.

Still only 20, the forward has become Brazil's top scorer over the past two years.

Keirrison struck 41 times in all competitions in 2008.

Diego Tardelli

Coach Dung has called up 22 players for the international friendly vs Estonia in Tallinn on 12th August.

Once again, Ronaldinho Gaúcho has failed to make the cut. Also out are AC Milan forward Alexandre Pato, Internacional's left-back Kléber and Grêmio keeper Vítor.

Here's our latest installment from the Musa do Brasileirão competition. Again, it's a beauty (and more) competition of sorts featuring young ladies representing each of the teams competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the top tier of Brazilian football). Today's featured contest of Carol of Botafogo (or Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas if you prefer).

Here's our latest installment from the Musa do Brasileirão competition. Again, it's a beauty (and more) competition of sorts featuring young ladies representing each of the teams competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the top tier of Brazilian football). Today's featured contestant is Renata Leal of Clube Atlético Mineiro.

Here's our latest installment from the Musa do Brasileirão competition. Again, it's a beauty (and more) competition of sorts featuring young ladies representing each of the teams competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the top tier of Brazilian football). Today's featured contestant is Andreia Alves of Santo André.

Brazil is close to sealing qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, if they can beat Argentina on the road on the 5th and Chile at home on the 9th then Brazil will be on their way to South Africa.
The big news was the call up of Adriano of Flamengo to the national team. The big forward seems to have regained his scoring touch with Flamengo.