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💰 Pay your dues, or else
Brazil Sports

💰 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
Dec 13, 2025
🏆 Brazil’s World Cup group
Brazil Sports

🏆 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
Dec 6, 2025
🏆 The biggest Brazilian match ever?
Brazil Sports

🏆 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
Nov 29, 2025
🦁 Mirassol: the roar of the Countryside Lions
Brazil Sports

🦁 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
Nov 22, 2025
🥋 Taekwon-dominance
Brazil Sports

🥋 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
Nov 15, 2025
🏎️ The magic of Interlagos
Brazil Sports

🏎️ 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
Nov 8, 2025
🚀 João Fonseca hits orbit
Brazil Sports

🚀 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
Nov 1, 2025
🏀 Brazil gets an NBA coach
Brazil Sports

🏀 Brazil gets an NBA coach

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

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Oct 25, 2025
🤴🏿 The King’s legacy
Brazil Sports

🤴🏿 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
Oct 18, 2025
🏟️ Portuguesa bets the house
Brazil Sports

🏟️ 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
Oct 11, 2025
🐘 Fitting an elephant into a doghouse
Brazil Sports

🐘 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
Oct 4, 2025
🦅 John Textor stars in ‘Eagle vs. Eagle’
Brazil Sports

🦅 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
Sep 27, 2025
🫣 No Brazilian bosses at the World Cup?
Brazil Sports

🫣 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
Sep 20, 2025
🏉 A try to remember
Brazil Sports

🏉 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
Sep 13, 2025
💔 No Taylor, no party?
Brazil Sports

💔 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.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Sep 6, 2025
🏈 The NFL’s big Brazil bet
Brazil Sports

🏈 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.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Aug 30, 2025
🏄 Brazilian Storm or hurricane?
Brazil Sports

🏄 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.

The Brazilian Report
Euan Marshall
The Brazilian Report, +1
Aug 23, 2025
🤔 Does Brazil actually like football?
Brazil Sports

🤔 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.”

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Aug 16, 2025
🏇 Saddled with debt
Brazil Sports

🏇 Saddled with debt

A symbol of elite tradition, Brazil’s jockey clubs are mired in debt and risk losing prime real estate.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Aug 9, 2025
🏆 Brazil’s indigenous champions league
Brazil Sports

🏆 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.

Lucas Berti
Gabriel Terra
Lucas Berti, +1
Aug 2, 2025
✋😛🤚 The Neymar Cost
Brazil Sports

✋😛🤚 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

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Jul 26, 2025
🍆 The Vampetaço: a very Brazilian protest
Brazil Sports

🍆 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.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Jul 19, 2025
🏟️ Maracanazo, the loss that changed Brazil
Brazil Sports

🏟️ 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

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Jul 12, 2025
📊 7 on the pitch, millions on Twitch
Brazil Sports

📊 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.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Jul 5, 2025
⚽ Bigging up the Brazilians
Brazil Sports

⚽ 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?

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Jun 28, 2025
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