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🏍️ Brazil’s MotoGP comeback

Dec 27, 2025

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7 min read

🏍️ Brazil’s MotoGP comeback

For the first time in decades, Brazil will not only host a MotoGP event but also have a homegrown driver on the grid.

Lucas Berti
Lucas Berti

Brazil Sports

⛷️ No snow, no problem

Dec 20, 2025

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8 min read

⛷️ No snow, no problem

After decades of fighting just to take part in the Winter Olympics, Brazil’s team is now going into Milan-Cortina with a genuine shot at a medal.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

💰 Pay your dues, or else

Dec 13, 2025

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14 min read

💰 Pay your dues, or else

Brazilian football will be governed by new financial fair play rules as of next season. We look into what changes should be expected.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏆 Brazil’s World Cup group

Dec 6, 2025

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11 min read

🏆 Brazil’s World Cup group

The Brazilian national team has been drawn into Group C of the 2026 World Cup, facing Morocco, Scotland and Haiti.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏆 The biggest Brazilian match ever?

Nov 29, 2025

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9 min read

🏆 The biggest Brazilian match ever?

Tonight’s Copa Libertadores final between Palmeiras and Flamengo has been billed as the biggest match between two Brazilian clubs in history, at least in the post-Pelé era.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🦁 Mirassol: the roar of the Countryside Lions

Nov 22, 2025

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10 min read

🦁 Mirassol: the roar of the Countryside Lions

This week, we look at the remarkable story of Mirassol, the tiny football club that is hitting the heights in Brazil.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🥋 Taekwon-dominance

Nov 15, 2025

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10 min read

🥋 Taekwon-dominance

Two golds and two silvers at the World Championships in Wuxi showcased the strength of Brazil’s young taekwondo talent — and its ambition for Los Angeles 2028.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏎️ The magic of Interlagos

Nov 8, 2025

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10 min read

🏎️ The magic of Interlagos

Formula 1 returns to São Paulo this weekend, for one of the most iconic races on its annual calendar. We look back at some of the most historic outings at Interlagos.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🚀 João Fonseca hits orbit

Nov 1, 2025

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9 min read

🚀 João Fonseca hits orbit

Bringing an end to a glittering debut season on the ATP tour, teenage tennis sensation João Fonseca wins in Basel and looks ahead to 2026.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏀 Brazil gets an NBA coach

Oct 25, 2025

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8 min read

🏀 Brazil gets an NBA coach

A milestone for Brazilian basketball has arrived in the most unlikely of circumstances.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Sports

🤴🏿 The King’s legacy

Oct 18, 2025

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9 min read

🤴🏿 The King’s legacy

Were he still alive, Pelé would be turning 85 years old this week. As one of the greatest footballers of all time, he is idolized around the world — except, it turns out, in his birthplace.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏟️ Portuguesa bets the house

Oct 11, 2025

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4 min read

🏟️ Portuguesa bets the house

Once a fixture in the first division, the historic club is betting its future on investors and a new arena rising from the Canindé — but football success remains far from guaranteed.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🐘 Fitting an elephant into a doghouse

Oct 4, 2025

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3 min read

🐘 Fitting an elephant into a doghouse

The hectic calendar of Brazilian football has long been identified as one of the reasons holding the national sport back, but a new four-year plan could improve matters.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🦅 John Textor stars in ‘Eagle vs. Eagle’

Sep 27, 2025

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4 min read

🦅 John Textor stars in ‘Eagle vs. Eagle’

Love him or hate him, much of the recent success of Brazilian and South American champions Botafogo can be traced back to owner John Textor.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🫣 No Brazilian bosses at the World Cup?

Sep 20, 2025

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3 min read

🫣 No Brazilian bosses at the World Cup?

For the first time in the tournament’s history, the next World Cup is likely to feature zero Brazilian managers.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🏉 A try to remember

Sep 13, 2025

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3 min read

🏉 A try to remember

Brazil’s women’s rugby team made history at the recent World Cup in England, and an innovative social project in a São Paulo favela deserves part of the credit.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
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