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A regional turboprop plane crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 people on board, the airline said. Regional carrier Voepass said the plane, bound for Sao Paulo’s international airport, took off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, and crashed at around 1:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) …

Neymar has surpassed Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known by his nickname Pelé,  as Brazil’s male all-time top scorer with two goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia. The forward, 31, who went into the World Cup qualifying match tied with legend Pele on 77 goals, missed a penalty before …

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, has shared WhatsApp conversations with several of his Brazil international teammates “without their permission” after the side’s World Cup exit. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar has admitted he is thinking about quitting international football following his nation’s shattering exit from the World Cup at the hands of Croatia in Friday’s quarter-final …

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior,  has been ruled out of Brazil’s next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, says their team doctor. The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia after a heavy tackle by Nikola Milenkovic.   Neymar sat …

The international friendly between Brazil and Ghana on Friday will be officiated by French referee Mikael Lesage.   The 47-year-old French official has officiated over 180 Ligue 1 games, issuing 666 yellow cards and 44 red cards.   Alexis Auger, Assistant I, and Valentine Evrarde, Assistant II, will assist him, …

The Black Stars of Ghana will engage the five-time FIFA World Cup champions, Brazil in an international friendly next month, 23rd September 2022.   🚨Pre-World Cup friendly Alert We’ll take on Brazil in a friendly game as part of preparations for the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #BringBackTheLove | #BlackStars pic.twitter.com/d1GfXpttmd — 🇬🇭 Black …

Brazil edged Spain to the gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Men’s Olympic Football Tournament after a late goal from substitute Malcom in extra-time sealed a 2-1 win. It took a goal deep in extra-time from super-sub Malcom to see Brazil beat Spain 2-1 and claim their second …