More than scores, we explore the Brazilian sport's powerful stories and business side.
Brazil Sports
Sep 27, 2025
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🦅 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.
Brazil Sports
Sep 20, 2025
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🫣 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.
Brazil Sports
Sep 13, 2025
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🏉 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.
Brazil Sports
Sep 6, 2025
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💔 No Taylor, no party?
Taylor Swift's no-show robbed the headlines at a flat São Paulo NFL game, amid rumors Rio could get hosting rights next year.
Brazil Sports
Aug 30, 2025
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🏈 The NFL’s big Brazil bet
The Chiefs-Chargers showdown isn’t just about Week 1 bragging rights — it’s the league’s first free worldwide YouTube stream, a booming Brazilian fan base, and Globo buying in big.
Brazil Sports
Aug 23, 2025
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🏄 Brazilian Storm or hurricane?
If Yago Dora wins just one heat of this week’s WSL finals, he will seal Brazil’s eighth men’s surfing world championship in 11 years.
Brazil Sports
Aug 16, 2025
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🤔 Does Brazil actually like football?
A major study on Brazilian football fan preferences and behaviors gives fascinating insight about supporters of the beautiful game in the “land of football.”
Brazil Sports
Aug 9, 2025
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🏇 Saddled with debt
A symbol of elite tradition, Brazil’s jockey clubs are mired in debt and risk losing prime real estate.
Brazil Sports
Aug 2, 2025
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🏆 Brazil’s indigenous champions league
Brazil has launched its first indigenous-only sports tournament, backed by top officials. Organizers hope it’s more than just a game: they want lasting inclusion where past efforts fell short.
Brazil Sports
Jul 26, 2025
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✋😛🤚 The Neymar Cost
Neymar’s return to Santos was met with immense expectation, and while the signing has ignited a marketing boom, the substantial cost involved in the deal casts a shadow over his homecoming
Brazil Sports
Jul 19, 2025
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🍆 The Vampetaço: a very Brazilian protest
Donald Trump and the USTR have been on the receiving end of a very peculiar social media protest from Brazilian users, one that pops up any time anyone criticizes a source of national pride.
Brazil Sports
Jul 12, 2025
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🏟️ Maracanazo, the loss that changed Brazil
75 years on, Brazil has long recovered from the 1950 Maracanazo. But what was once a “national tragedy” can now be understood as a crucial moment in Brazilian (and global) football history
Brazil Sports
Jul 5, 2025
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📊 7 on the pitch, millions on Twitch
Kings League, the 7-a-side football variant invented by Gerard Piqué, has enjoyed serious success in its first year in Brazil.
Brazil Sports
Jun 28, 2025
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⚽ Bigging up the Brazilians
All four Brazilian clubs have qualified for the last 16, taking a few high-profile European scalps along the way. Are sides from Brazil much better than we assumed?
Brazil Sports
Jun 21, 2025
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🏆 The ‘perfect’ football team, 55 years on
The Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup is adored for its technical skill and style, but its physical preparation set an example to be followed for the rest of football’s history
Brazil Sports
Jun 14, 2025
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🌎 Brazil cares about the Club World Cup
Disparaged in parts of Europe and ridiculed for its poor ticket sales, the new Club World Cup has caused absolute frenzy in Brazil, whose participant clubs are desperate to win it
