Brazil

Dedé was one of the hottest properties in Brazilian football until Cruzeiro snapped him up, which was a surprise as he was widely expected to leave Vasco in a high-profile move to Europe. Elsewhere the club have added strength in depth and will be ...

Top Brazilian football club Fluminense has asked its supporters and players to abandon an internet campaign encouraging them to pose as Taliban fighters and post the photos online. The campaign began after the club was defeated in a match for the South ...

An American trying to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil in time for the 2014 Brazil World Cup has died less than two weeks into his trip. Richard Swanson, 42, was hit by a truck in Lincoln City, Oregon. His football was found nearby. Swanson ...

Born in Sao Paulo to a Scottish father and schooled in England, Charles Miller is regarded as the founding father of Brazilian football. In the years that followed his pioneering work, however, it was Italian immigrants who were largely responsible for ...

A sporting legend is demanding the resignation of Brazil's football chief for inciting the murder of a Jewish journalist. Romario, who scored 1,000 goals in a celebrated international career, has accused Jose Maria Marin, the president of the CBF ...

Santos' Neymar grimaces in pain after being fouled during the final match of the Sao Paulo State soccer league against Corinthians in Santos, Brazil, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Corinthians won 3-2 on aggregate and wins the Sao Paulo State championship.

Antonio Di Natale has told Italy boss Cesare Prandelli that he'll respond to the call if he is needed for next year's World Cup. It was thought that the Udinese striker's international career had come to an end after the Azzurri finished as runners-up ...

Malaga forward Júlio Baptista has revealed that he is considering a return to Brazil amid rumoured interest from Internacional. The 31-year-old has been linked with a move to the Estádio Beira-Rio, where Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning captain and ...