Brazilian Football

Four Palmas football players, club president killed in plane crash in Brazil

The victims were identified as president Lucas Meira and players Lucas Praxedes, Guilherme Noé, Ranule and Marcus Molinari, the club said. The pilot was not identified. There were no survivors.

Football returns to Rio de Janeiro at the iconic Maracana Stadium, next to field hospital for COVID-19

Copa Libertadores champion Flamengo beat Bangu 3-0 in a local league game that was witnessed by fewer than 200 people in Brazil's historic 78,000-seat Maracanã Stadium

FIFA Club World Cup 2019: Flamengo have team to beat Liverpool again, says former captain Zico

Brazil great Zico, who captained Flamengo to the Intercontinental Cup against Liverpool in 1981, said that the Brazilian side’s midfield will be key to them repeating the trick in the Club World Cup final

Brazilian club Chapecoense relegated from Serie A three years after airline tragedy, ends six year run in first division

Chapecoense hit the headlines in November 2016 when its plane crashed on a trip to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana, South America’s equivalent of the Europa league.

Veteran Brazilian Dani Alves signs three-year deal with boyhood club Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo have signed the 36-year-old defender Dani Alves on a three-year contract and should be introduced next week. He was a free agent after the end of his PSG contract

Brazilian club Chapecoense travel to Japan to seek inspiration as squad rebuilding continues

Brazilian club Chapecoense are hoping to take inspiration from playing in Japan as they continue to rebuild after all but three of their squad were killed in a plane crash en route to the Copa Sudamericana final in Colombia last November.

Chapecoense to sign up to 20 players for new season with hopes of recovery post plane crash

Chapecoense, the Brazilian football club devastated by an airline crash, will sign up to 20 players for the new season.

Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo calls for country's football confederation chief to resign

Brazilian soccer great Ronaldo has called for the resignation of the country's football confederation (CBF) chief Marco Polo Del Nero, a media report said on Thursday.

Brazilian football has stopped in time, needs to recover past glory: Kaka

Brazilian football has "stopped in time" and must take lessons from Europe to recover its past glory, according to former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka.

I do not need to play in Europe to reach my potential: Neymar

Neymar has been the subject of transfer rumours for the past two years, with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea reportedly leading the chase to sign the striker.