RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Brazilians paid their last respects Sunday to football legend Mario Zagallo, after the four-time World Cup-winning player and coach died at age 92, the final member of one of the country's greatest footballing generations. Brazil's football legend Mario Zagallo (AFP) Dressed...
SAO PAULO (AFP) -- The first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and coach, Mario Zagallo was as instrumental a figure as any in Brazil's rise to prominence as a global football power. This 12th of July 1998 file photo shows Brazilian national soccer team coach Mario Zagallo during...
BRAZIL (AFP) -- The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) sacked Fernando Diniz as coach of the men's national team on Friday, Jan. 5, a source there said, after a string of lackluster results for the "Selecao" in World Cup qualifying. Fernando Diniz (AFP) Fans had hoped Diniz, 49, who also...
MADRID (AFP) -- Carlo Ancelotti extended his contract with Real Madrid to June 2026 on Friday, Dec. 29, which would rule him out of becoming Brazil national coach. Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (AFP) "Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti have reached agreement on the extension of his...
SAO PAULO (AFP) -- The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Friday, Nov. 24, it will take legal action against social media users who attacked its president and players with racist slurs. The move came after users posted comments on the CBF's Instagram page calling black players for the...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- FIFA on Friday, Nov. 24, confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened into the football federations of Brazil and Argentina after a brawl delayed the start of a 2026 World Cup qualifying match. Tuesday's match in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, which world champions...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in an ill-tempered 2026 World Cup qualifying clash marred by pre-match crowd trouble that forced kick-off to be delayed. Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (center) and defender Cristian Romero (center-left) celebrat their...
SAO PAULO (AFP) -- Football superstar Neymar has a torn ligament and meniscus in his left knee and will have to undergo surgery after being injured during Brazil's 2-0 loss to Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Brazil's forward Neymar leaves the field...
MONTEVIDEO (AFP) -- Lionel Messi scored two goals as Argentina extended its perfect start to South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, Oct. 17, with a 2-0 victory over Peru. Argentina's forward Lionel Messi controls the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, including a vast Amazon territory, after a freeze in such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. Under the decrees, Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro Friday to face questioning by police over his supporters' invasion of the presidential palace, Congress and high court on January 8. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled Bolsonaro had to appear before federal police...
BEIJING, China - Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to forge closer ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing on Friday, a day after he lashed out at the power of the US dollar and the IMF. The veteran leftist, whose government recently announced a deal with...
