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Apr 05, 2025

⚽ Brazil to go foreign-made?

With Dorival Júnior sacked, Brazil’s national team is on the verge of employing a foreigner to be permanent manager for the first time ever

Euan Marshall

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Mar 29, 2025

🤯 Calendar chaos

Of the many problems with Brazilian football, several can be traced back to its catastrophic fixture calendar, which gives no time for teams to rest or train and has a major effect on the spectacle

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Mar 22, 2025

🇧🇷🇦🇷 The biggest rivalry in world football?

Brazil and Argentina will face off once again on Tuesday, in a World Cup qualifier. We look at how this unique rivalry has evolved over the years

Euan Marshall

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Mar 15, 2025

🏎️ Brazil is back on the grid

For the first time since Felipe Massa in 2017, Brazil has a full-time driver in the Formula 1, as Gabriel Bortoleto makes his Grand Prix debut in Australia this weekend

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Mar 08, 2025

🌱 Footballers prefer it natural

Neymar takes the role of shop steward as players argue against artificial pitches in Brazil, but do their protests miss the target?

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Mar 01, 2025

⚽ Football or Carnival? 🎉 Or both?

As Carnival is here, we explain why some of São Paulo’s biggest football ultras groups are also major forces in the city’s highly competitive Carnival parades

Euan Marshall

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Feb 22, 2025

👟 Running shoes? Buy Brazilian

How one Brazilian sporting goods brand transformed its reputation and dominated global giants amid Brazil’s still-growing running boom

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Feb 15, 2025

🔴⚫ How did Flamengo get so big?

The Rio de Janeiro club’s fanbase extends way beyond its home city limits, with reputable statistics agencies saying almost one-fifth of Brazil supports Flamengo

Euan Marshall

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Feb 08, 2025

🏈 The Super Bowl ... in Brazil?

Brazil is still the Land of Football, but the gridiron variety is making consistent strides in the country, as this year’s Super Bowl will prove

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Feb 01, 2025

🥇 Costly déjà vu?

While the legacy of the 2016 Olympics in Rio is largely deemed as being positive, problems with the 2007 Pan American Games raise concerns as the city seeks to host that event again in 2031

Euan Marshall

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Jan 25, 2025

🔙 Why would Neymar return to Brazil?

Desperate to draw a line under his injury-ravaged spell in Saudi Arabia, Brazilian football superstar Neymar has reportedly agreed terms with his boyhood club Santos. Is that a wise move?

Euan Marshall

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Jan 18, 2025

🎾 A Brazilian tennis star is born?

The 18-year-old João Fonseca sent shockwaves through world tennis with his impressive Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, and the sport’s top players are already beginning to look over their shoulders

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