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Real of Madrid midfielder Júlio Baptista was injured during Wednesdays Champions league meeting against Norwegian side Rosenborg 4-1. It appears Baptista has suffered a ruptured ligament of the left knee which will rule him out for about one month, which wil leave on the treatment table with Ronaldo who is suffering from an ankle injury […]
Brazil maintained its first place in the latest world football rankings issued on Wednesday at FIFA head quarters. Brazil lead the way with 840 points from the Netherlands (797) and the Czechs, who have 783 to swap positions with Argentina, now fourth on 778 points. France (776), Mexico (769), the US (768), Spain (764), Portugal […]
> 10th Round Ponte Preta/SP 2 x 0 São Paulo/SP Izaias and Elson for Ponte Preta. > 12th Round Paysandu/ PA 4 x 1 Cruzeiro/MG Rafael Moura x2 and Robson x2 for Paysandu. Diego for Cruzeiro. > 3st Round Vasco/ RJ 1 x 0 Botafogo/RJ Romário for Vasco. > 14th Round Juventude/RS 2 x 2 […]
Ronaldo scored his first goal in over a year as Brazil beat Venezuela 3-0 on Wednesday. Brazil played at full strength after Carlos Alberto Parreira rested the team’s top players against Bolivia on Sunday. Parreira opted to start Adriano and Ronaldo up front. Brazil easily controlled the match in front of a 65,000 crowd at […]
Fluminense beat Universidad Católica 2-1 in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa Sul-Americana, but Abel Braga’s men couldn’t keep a clean sheet. The return leg in Chile on the 9th of November remains wide open thanks to Universidad’s valuable away goal. Juan struck first in the 23 min and Petkovic in the […]
Flamengo’s bad luck continued as they slid closer to the relegation zone after being thrashed 6-1 by Sao Paulo on Sunday. Both teams were reduced to 10 men with midfielder Renato and Sao Paulo fullback Junior being dismissed in the 20th minute. Edcarlos out jumped the Flamengo defence to head Sao Paulo in front on […]
32th Round Santos/SP 1 x 1 Goiás/GO Luciano Henrique for Santos. Jorge Mutt for Goias. Ponte Preta/SP 1 x 2 São Caetano/ SP Izaías for Ponte Preta. Zé Luis and Pingo for São Caetano. Palmeiras/SP 1 x 1 Corinthians/SP Juninho for Palmeiras. Tevez for Corinthians. Internacional/RS 3 x 1 Vasco/RJ Rafael Sobis x2 and Fernandão […]
Corinthians replay against Santos was abandoned after a pitch invasion which followed a controversial penalty. The referee called a halt to the game and declared Corinthians 2-3 winners. The game was a replay of a match declared void by the match-fixing scandal. Santos supporters ran onto the field at the Vila Belmiro stadium after Carlos […]
After a dull 1-1 draw against Bolivia last Sunday in Paz, the Seleção will aim to finish their World cup qualification campaign on a high. After resting a lot Brazil’s big name stars on Sunday Carlos Alberto Parreira will be looking to recall them for tonights game against Venezuela. Which WC positions still to play […]
Fifa have unveiled their shortlist for World Player of the Year, with 7 Brazilians all in the running, more than any other nation. The winner will be announced on December 19. Brazilian Nominee’s Adriano (Inter), Cafu (Milan), Kaka (Milan), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ronaldo (Real Madrid).
Dozens of Brazilian supporters were injured in a crush in Belem, trying to see the national team train for Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. Pictures showed chaotic scenes at the Mangueirao stadium in Belem. Report say the stadium was full an hour before the open practice was due to start when fans who had […]
In the Brazilian national team, one observes a tasty mixture of young players like Robinho, Adriano or Ronaldinho with players of experience like the midfielder of Bayern Munich, Zé Roberto. The ex player of Portuguesa and Flamengo has evolved during more than ten years with Seleção, celebrating his first cap at the time of the […]
Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has announced at todays press conference the squad for the match against Bolivia this Sunday in La Paz. Dida, Cafu, Juan, Roberto Carlos, Emerson, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo will not take part and will await their team mates in Belem for the last meeting of these Eliminating heats next Wednesday in […]
30th Round: Wednesday’s Results Internacional/RS 3 x 0 São Paulo/SP Fernandão x2 and Rafael Sóbis. Fluminense/RJ 0 x 2 Corinthians/SP Gustavo Nery x2. Brasiliense/DF 2 x 3 Flamengo/RJ Marcelinho Carioca x2 for Brasiliense. Josafa, Marcelo and Renato for Flamengo. Fortaleza/CE 1 x 4 Atlético/PR Alex Afonso for Fortaleza. Alan Bahia, Danilo, Dagoberto and Finazzi for […]
The central defender of Bayern München was elected best central defender of the Bundesliga since the beginning of the season by the German magazine Kicker. The former defender of Juventude Naldo appears in 5th position whereas the duet Juan-Castling Júnior is placed respectively at 39th and 44th position. The coach of Bayern Felix Magath put […]
The Bayer Leverkusen central defeneder Juan is a doubt for the match against Bolivia in Paz on Sunday. The former Flamengo star has suffered a muscular problem to the right thigh and will be withdrawn from the group which will fly ot the Bolivian capital this weekend. He could nevertheless be back for the 12th […]
For once, Carlos Alberto Parreira remained undecided. The Seleção coach, accustomed to revealing his team a few days before the beginning a meeting, has given himselft additional time of reflexion. The World Champion winning coach declared that he would give the list of the 18 players who will make the voyage in Paz on Friday. […]
Brazil’s top clubs have begun their arguments over the decision to replay games in the wake of the match fixing allegations. The CBF decided on Sunday to annul all 11 matches refereed by Edilson Pereira de Carvalho, who admitted taking money from an betting ring to sway match results. But some clubs argue that not […]
The former Flamengo goalkeeper, Julio César now at Inter Milan is impressing everyone at his new club. Whereas up to now the Milanaises goal were kept by Francesco Toldo, the Brazilian has succeeded in ousting the Italian to become the number 1. Julio César has played in six matches of championship but also four meetings […]
The Atlético Paranaense Forward Dagoberto Pelendier celebrated his great coming back in Sunday’s victory against Flamengo 2-0 at the Kyocera de Curitiba. After an absence of more than one year following a rupture of the ligaments of the knee, international Olympique played the last 20 minutes of the meeting and was reward with an ovation […]
The Cruzeiro defensive midfielder Fabio Santos was given a 2 months suspension following his aggression to a referee. The player is accused to have attacked the assistant referee Luiz Carlos Teixeira Silva at the end of a game in September against Palmeiras. This new affair sullies once again the Brazilian championship after the legal case […]
Brazil Under-17 were badly beaten by a strong Mexico team in the FIFA Under-17 World Championship in Peru on Sunday. Mexico scored twice in two minutes to set up a stunning 3-0 victory over defending champions Brazil to capture the FIFA Under-17 World Championship. The opening minutes were very tight as both sides sized each […]
30th Round Atlético/MG 0 x 1 Paraná/PR Neguette for Parana. Ponte Preta/SP 3 x 2 Juventude/RS Evando, Galeano and Pia for Ponte Preta. Josiel and Daniel for Juventude. Coritiba/PR 0 x 2 Goiás/GO Rodrigo Tabata x2 for Goias. Santos/SP 2 x 0 São Caetano/SP Wendel and Giovanni for Santos. Wednesday Figueirense/SC x Botafogo/RJ Fortaleza/CE x […]
Denilson, the new Girondins de Bordeaux star [photo=denilson.jpg id=68 align=right]It was with a smile on his lips that Denilson signed a one year contract with Girondins of Bordeaux at the beginning of August. Happy to find himself a new club with new faces and a lot less pressure than in Spain, the Brazilian declared: “I […]
