Internacional and Brazil midfielder Oscar

This weekend, Brazil's national championship reaches round 28. So, with just 11 games to go in the league, it was high time I revealed the six players who have caught my eye this season. This is the fourth Talent Factory (2008, 2009, 2010) and in many ways it's been the hardest to write.

São Paulo forward, Henrique, who was voted the U-20 World Cup's best player in Colombia

Ney Franco has called up 18 players for the Pan-American games in Mexico. Brazil are in Group B and will kick off their campaign versus Argentina on 19th October. They then face Cuba on 21st and Costa Rica two days later.

Earlier in the week manager Harry Redknapp indicated that Heurelho Gomes could be allowed to leave the club in January after confirming the decision to make Brad Friedel Tottenham's number one for this season.

Several likely destinations are already being suggested and it seems that the erratic Brazilian could be about to head home to link up with Corinthians.

Ronaldinho performed well versus Ghana. Brazil want more of the same vs Argentina

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Brazil have announced the squad that will face Argentina in Cordoba on 14th September for the ‘Superclássico das Américas'.

The Future of Brazil is a post from: Just Football

Brazil's performance at the Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups this year, where they finished respectively in third place and as winners, as well as the presence of some exciting young players in the Copa América squad gave us a glimpse of the future of the national team.

Liverpool have reportedly identified Dynamo Kiev defender Gerson Magrao as a potential summer acquisition.
According to talkSPORT, the £5 million-rated Brazilian has been pinpointed by the Reds as a possible replacement for Paul Konchesky, who recently left Merseyside for Leicester.
Konchesky moved to Anfield from Fulham a year ago, with then Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson splashing out £4 million to secure the signature of the former England international.

I have decided that one of two multiple request non-soccer Top 5's will drop tomorrow, it will be a second sweet Amsterdam value eats list. All the travelers so far have loved the first five, so they wanted more. I also may have something else you'll like more related to the norm. We'll see...Let's begin with a trip to Wallyson World, courtesy of the unrepentant Cruzeiro menace.

Some of the most wonderful goals are scored and look very easy and simple, yet they are one of the most difficult to do so in reality, and among the most entertaining to watch. As an old commentator used to say "they makes you feel that they are easy as drinking water"
A recent goal by Sao Paulo vs.

Ney Franco

Coach Ney Franco has called up 26 players for the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia. The coach will cut five players before the squad head off to Colombia 24 July. The tournament runs from July 29 to August 20. Brazil are in Group E and take on Egypt (29 July), Austria (1 August) and Panama (4 August).

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais founded on January 2, 1921 that has featured players such as Alex, Dida, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ramires through the years. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian soccer – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and finished [.

En casi todas las ligas del mundo el descenso es el pasaje obligatorio de los peores equipos de una categoría a la inmediata inferior al finalizar la temporada. Generalmente un número igual de los mejores clubes de la división siguiente es promovido, asciende, aunque la cantidad de equipos ascendidos y descendidos puede diferir.

Much is expected of Chelsea bound Lucas Piazon

Coach Emerson Ávila has announced the 21 players that will take part in the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico between 18th June to 10 July.

Brazil are in the so-called Group of death (Group F) alongside Denmark, Australia and Ivory Coast.

By Gordon Fleetwood, writing from New York

Tomorrow in the Serra Dourada Stadium in Goiânia, these two juggernauts of world football will clash once again. Their last meeting just under a year ago in the World Cup in South Africa was not a classic, but it was memorable for the Dutch fight back which saw them book a place in the semifinals.

By DAVID MOSSE

Ronaldinho will be forced to watch another international tournament from his living room this summer, as the former World Player of the Year failed to earn a spot in Brazil's preliminary squad for the Copa America. But Mano Menezes has left the door open for a future recall, and Ronaldinho has a great platform to show off his skills.

Desde el primer minuto que Xolos ascendió a primera division nacional mexicana empezaron a sonar los rumores de refuerzos del equipo Xolos Tijuana para el torneo Apertura 2011. Pero ¿cuales serán los verdaderos futbolistas que pisen el césped sintetico del estadio caliente?

Shocker This shocking miss comes from the Brazilian match between Cruzeiro and Palmeiras over the weekend. With Cruzeiro two-on-one with the Palmeiras keeper, the ball is unselfishly slid to Anselmo Ramon to undertake the formality of scoring the goal. Except he doesn't. Somehow he manages to delicately trickle the ball wide of the post.

Campeonato Brasileiro 2011 A comprehensive guide is a post from: Just Football

by Rodrigo Beilfuss

As most major football leagues in Europe approach their season finale the Brazilian league rises in the horizon, and for that there's plenty of reason to smile.

I'm here to tell you why.

Here we go again! Mano Menezes has finally unveiled his 28-man Sassy Seleção for friendly matches against Netherlands and Romania on the 4th and 7th of June (Thank God they left good ol' Felipe Melo out this time!) You know what this means, don't you?

Fla fans broke down the gates to get to Ronaldinho when he joined the club. If he doesn't start to perform, they may do that again.

Hello and welcome to my fourth guide to Brazil's national football championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro.
The 41st Brasileirão gets underway on Saturday.

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Por PABLO ARO GERALDES
El 14 de mayo de 1976 falleció trágicamente Roberto Batata, brillante puntero derecho del Cruzeiro. Había convertido un gol en la visita a Alianza Lima por la Copa Libertadores y, apenas regresó a Belo Horizonte, aprovechó el día libre, manejó su Chevette con rumbo a Tres Corações.

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

Chile's Universidad Catolica, Brazil's Fluminense and Argentina's Velez Sarsfield put themselves in prime position to advance to the quarterfinals with favorable results in this week's first legs of the Copa Libertadores Round of 16 stage.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
14:45 (25) Schalke 04 0:2 (1) Manchester United
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
13:00 (18) Marseille x:x Nice13:00 (23) Lyon x:x Montpelier14:45 (3) Real Madrid x:x (2) Barcelona20:50 Once Caldas x:x (20) Cruzeiro
Thursday, April 28, 2011
15:05 (7) Porto x:x (24) Villarreal15:05 (13) Benfica x:x Sporting Braga20:50 (19) Fluminense x:x Libertad
Saturday, April 30, 2011
06:00 (21) CSKA Moscow x:x Spartak Moscow09:30 (6) Borussia Dortmund x:x Nürnberg09:30 Köln x:x (12) Bayer Leverkusen12:00 (2) Real Madrid x:x Real Zaragoza12:00 Cesena x:x (9) Inter Milan12:30 (5) Chelsea x:x Tottenham Hostpur12:30 (22) Bayern Munich x:x (25) Schalke 0413:00 (10) Lille x:x Arles14:00 Real Sociedad x:x (2) Barcelona14:45 (16) Napoli x:x Genoa
Sunday, May 1, 2011
09:00 (4) AC Milan x:x Bologna09:05 (9) Arsenal x:x (1) Manchester United10:30 Dynamo Kyiv x:x (17) Shakhtar Donetsk11:00 (18) Marseille x:x Auxerre11:00 Toulouse x:x (23) Lyon11:10 (15) Manchester City x:x West Ham United13:00 (24) Villarreal x:x Getafe13:15 Olhanense x:x (13) Benfica15:00 Osasuna x:x (14) Valencia15:00 (20) Cruzeiro x:x América TO15:15 Vitória Setúbal x:x (7) Porto

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

Brazil's Cruzeiro grabbed the top seed into the knockout stages after romping to another win this past week, Ecuador's Liga de Quito took first in its group following an emphatic home victory and supporters for Uruguay's Penarol unfurled what should be the soccer world's largest banner as the Copa Libertadores reaches its final week of group-stage play.

Caso acabasse hoje, esses seriam os jogos da Segunda Fase da Copa Santander Libertadores de 2011.
Jogo 1 - Junior Barranquila-COL x Univ. San Martin-PER
Jogo 8 - Colo-Colo - CHI x Estudiantes -ARG
Jogo 4 - Internacional-BRA x Cerro Porteño-PAR
Jogo 5 - Argentinos Juniors-ARG x LDU-EQu
Jogo 2 - Cruzeiro-BRA x América-MEX
Jogo 7 - Godoy Cruz-ARG x Grêmio-BRA
Jogo 3 - Libertad-PAR x Velez Sarsfield-ARG
Jogo 6 - Universidad Católica-CHI x Emelec-EQU

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

It's only been four weeks of group-stage competition of the Copa Libertadores, but the tournament has already provided some epic matches and surprising results, as Colombia's Atletico Junior remains perfect after three matches in its group, while Mexico's Jaguares and Venezuela's Caracas are the shock leaders in their respective tables.

Copa Libertadores 2011: The Story so far... is a post from: Just Football

One month into the 2011 Copa Libertadores South America's premier club competition and with most teams halfway through the group stages it is a perfect time to catch up on the story so far, writes Just Football debutant Ralph Hannah.

Copa Libertadores 2011: The Story so far... is a post from: Just Football

One month into the 2011 Copa Libertadores South America's premier club competition and with most teams halfway through the group stages it is a perfect time to catch up on the story so far, writes Just Football debutant Ralph Hannah.

Cruzeiro got off to a brilliant start to their 2011 Copa Libertadores campaign in Group 7. After hammering Argentine champions Estudiantes de La Plata 5-0 in their first game they beat Paraguayan side Guaraní 4-0 with two goals from Wallyson, one for Ernesto Farías and this lovely long range shot from Thiago Ribeiro.

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This week's main report continues with our series of profiling football super stars. Earlier this week we saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenômeno, Ronaldo.

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This week's main report continues with our series of profiling football super stars. Earlier this week we saw the retirement of one of the greatest strikers of this generation, O Fenômeno, Ronaldo.

Por Gastón del Torto
El lunes 14 de febrero de 2011 quedará en la historia del fútbol mundial porque Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, mejor conocido como Ronaldo, se despidió del deporte en el que se destacó, en el que brilló. Y se fue, entre otras cosas, habiendo superado a Gerd Muller en la puja por ser el máximo goleador en la historia de los Mundiales, con 15 goles.

Before Cruzeiro and Estudiantes met in the opening round of Group 7 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores many people had selected the encounter out as the pick of the first round of games. It was widely expected that the Argentine champions Estudiantes would give Cruzeiro a tough game however the home side barely gave their visitors a chance to get started before Wallyson bundled the ball home affter

Before Cruzeiro and Estudiantes met in the opening round of Group 7 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores many people had selected the encounter out as the pick of the first round of games. It was widely expected that the Argentine champions Estudiantes would give Cruzeiro a tough game however the home side barely gave their visitors a chance to get started before Wallyson bundled the ball home affter

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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian soccer – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The club finished in 2nd place in last season's league and won the 2010 Campeonato Mineiro.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian soccer – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The club finished in 2nd place in last season's league and won the 2010 Campeonato Mineiro.

Déj vu is never a nice thing to have first thing on a Monday morning. Roughly a calendar year after announcing his retirement the first time round, Brazilian legend Ronaldo has confirmed that he is now retiring from the game with immediate effect, after finally admitting defeat in his long-standing battle against dodgy knee ligaments, [.

Brazilian giants Corinthians are out of the 2011 Copa Libertadores before the group stage due to their Wednesday night defeat to Colombians Deportivo Tolima. Copa Sudamericana holders Independiente had it tough but managed to overcome Deportivo Quito in their qualifying match whilst the likes of two-time Libertadores champions Grêmio Porto Alegre, Jaguares de Chiapas, Cerro Porteño and Unión Española also booked their place in the league stage of South America's elite club competition.

24.01.2011 - Como los hijos que retrasan la partida del nido paterno, bajo la sombra del marketing las grandes estrellas brasileñas retrasan la partida del fútbol para volver al nido: Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos y ahora Rivaldo (38).
El Sao Paulo anunció el fichaje (a préstamo por seis meses y opción a un año) y así Rivaldo deja al club de sus inicios, el Mogi Mirim, sin presidente (10 goles en 30 partidos).