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Azerbaijan’s coach Carlos Alberto delivered a bizzare personal attack on Real Madrid striker Michael Owen on Wednesday, after mistakenly believing the England striker had belittled his team. The captain of Brazil’s great 1970 World Cup winning team said he had read in a newspaper that Owen predicted he would score at least five goals against […]
50,000 people packed the Serra Dourada stadium in Goiânia to watch Brazil get frustrated by a tough Peru team. Eventually Scraping a 1-0 thanks to Milan sensation Kaka. Carlos Parreira dismissed calls for Robinho to start and opted for the in-form Lyon midfielder Juninho Pernambucano. In a slow first half Brazil found it hard to […]
Spainsh sports daily Marca reports that Juventus midfielder Emerson is set to move to Real Madrid this summer. According to Marca the Brazilian international has not settled in Italy and wants to join his Brazilian compatriots Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos at Real. Marca said the player would add the desired “backbone” to Real which club […]
Paulista Championship Results : 29th March São Caetano 0 x 2 Portuguesa Santista Marília 0 x 0 Rio Branco-SP Paulista-SP 2 x 1 Inter de Limeira Palmeiras 1 x 0 União Barbarense Ituano 2 x 0 América-SP Municipal Mogi Mirim 0 x 0 Santo André
It appears Vagner Love days at CSKA Moscow are coming to an end. With the Brazilian hot shot set to join Corinthians as soon as CSKA end their Uefa Cup campaign. The ex-Palmeiras striker only moved to Moscow in the summer but has failed to settle in the cold of Russia. Kia Joorabchian, financial partner […]
Kia Joorabchian announced plans to build a new stadium for the Brazilian club after failing to reach a deal for their current Estadio Pacaembu home. “I am going to build a new stadium for Corinthians,” declared Joorabchian. “It’s not a promise, it’s something that I am going to do very soon. “I have been working […]
Flamengo will play Fluminense in the Taça Rio final after beating Volta Redonda 1-0 at the Maracanã. In what was a tense and even match it took a penalty in the 80th minute to decide the game. Caio was felled by Glauber and the referee pointed straight to the penalty spot. Júnior hit the penalty […]
PAULISTA LEAGUE Palmeiras 4 x 1 Marília Correa, Alceu, Osmar and Ricardinho for Palmeiras. César for Marilia. Barbarense 1 x 3 Corinthians Gílson Batata for Barbarense. Gil and Rosinei x2 for Corinthians São Caetano 3 x 0 Atlético Sorocaba Marcinho x2 and Edu Sales. Portuguesa Santista 0 x 0 Ituano Santos 1 x 0 Internacional […]
First Part [photo=barbosa.JPG id=51 align=right]On the 29th March Brazil play Uruguay in a South America World Cup Qualifier. Both these teams have lifted the World Cup but there’s one meeting between the two sides that has never been forgotten. This is the story of Brazil’s 1950 World Cup. Brazil was seen as the perfect location […]
Police in Brazil have freed the mother of football star Rogerio, three days after she was kidnapped by gunmen. Ines Fidelis Regis, 57, was found apparently unharmed in a house in the coastal town of Caraguatatuba, in Sao Paulo state. During the operation to free Mrs Fidelis, whose son plays for Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, […]
PAULISTA LEAGUE Santo André 3 x 2 Santos Deivid and William for Santos. Richarlyson, Rodrigão and Lenadrinho for Santo André. Guarani 1 x 2 São Paulo Juninho for Guarani. Marco Antônio and Grafite for São Paulo. Corinthians 2 x 2 São Caetano Márcio Mixirica and Zé Luis for São Caetano. Carlos Alberto and Gil for […]
Three gunmen kidnapped the mother of Sporting Lisbon star Rogerio, the fourth abduction of a player’s mother in recent months. Police did not immediately confirm the kidnapping of Ines Fidelis Regis, 57, but the case was widely reported in the Brazilian press. Rogerio plays for Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon. Campinas police are still searching for striker […]
Croatia will host Brazil in a friendly in Split on August 17 the CBF confirmed on Friday. ‘I expect a great game and huge interest, particularly because the match comes in the midst of the tourist season,’ Croatian coach Zlatko Kranjcar told reporters. It is the first time Croatia have played Brazil since the former […]
Goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni scored one of his trademark free kicks as Sao Paulo hammered Marilia 6-0 at the weekend to stay unbeaten this year. Sao Paulo’s win took them seven points clear of Santos, who were held 3-3 at home by America amid calls for the sacking of Oswaldo de Oliveira. Two goals from midfielder […]
Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar has completed a loan switch from Internazionale to Chievo. The 25-year-old, second-choice keeper for his country behind AC Milan’s Dida, only joined Roberto Mancini’s side in January after his contract with Flamengo expired at the end of last year. But he has been farmed out to Chievo, where he will compete […]
COPA LIBERTADORES Palmeiras (Bra) 1 x 1 Santo André (Bra) Pedrinho for Palmeiras. Rafinha for Santo André. Quilmes (Arg) 2 x 2 São Paulo (Bra) Osório and Caneo for Quilmes. Diego Tardelli and Grafite for São Paulo COPA DO BRASIL Ceará/CE 4 x 0 Paysandu/PA Moré, Anderson Lobão x2 and Maurílio Coritiba/PR 3 x 0 […]
Adriano’s hat-trick booked Internazionale their place in the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League as they defeated Porto 4-2 on aggregate. The Serie A outfit managed to come away from Estadio Dragao with a 1-1 draw from the first leg and recorded a 3-1 win on home soil to become the third Italian side […]
PAULISTA LEAGUE Santo André 2 x 3 Corinthians Bobô and Tevez x2 for Corinthians. Ramalho and Leandrinho for Santo André. Santos 2 x 0 Barbarense Deivid x2 for Santos Palmeiras 1 x 2 Portuguesa Rodriginho and Alexandre for Portuguesa. Osmar for Palmeiras. América 3 x 0 Mogi Mirim Guin, Chicão and Lairson for América. Guarani […]
Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva has revealed that he feared for his career after discovering the extent of his back injury. The 28-year-old admitted he needed to wear a special brace to stabilise his back for up to 12 weeks and that the experience left the Brazilian wondering if he would play again. “No matter what […]
Carlos Alberto Parreira named his World Cup qualifiers squad on friday to face Peru and Uruguay late this month. Leading players of the 2002 World Cup-winning team like Ronaldo, Cafu, Roberto Carlos and FIFA Player of the Year Ronaldinho were recalled into the 22-man squad. Eighteen of the players called play for European clubs, with […]
The mother of Brazilian soccer star Luis Fabiano, a striker for European champions Porto, was kidnapped on Friday in her hometown of Campinas, police said. It was the third time the mother of a Brazilian soccer player has been kidnapped over the last months. “We can confirm the kidnapping but we can’t give any more […]
Rogério Ceni struck again! A splendid free kick shot in the Copa Libertadores against Universidade of Chile on Wednesday. This was his 32nd goal from a free kick in his career. In total, the international goalkeeper has scored 42 goals. São Paulo’s captain has the world record of goals scored from free kick, being ahead […]
Former Brazilian international and World Cup winner Romario is to join English non-league team Garforth Town, the club said. The 39-year-old forward, who plays for Vasco de Gama in Brazil, will join the side for the 2005-06 Northern Counties Eastern League (NCEL) competition. The 1994 World Cup winner is the second high-profile Brazilian international coaxed […]
COPA LIBERTADORES Santo André (Bra) 2 x 2 Cerro Porteño (Par) Santiago Salcedo and Ramirez for Cerro Porteño. Rodrigão x2 for Santo André. Palmeiras (Bra) 3 x 0 Deportivo Táchira (Ven) Kloker csc, Osmar and Warley for Palmeiras COPA BRASIL Moto Clube/MA 1 x 2 Vasco/RJ Róbson for Moto Clube. Alex Dias x2 for Vasco.
