Tag: Brazil
-
Ex-Brazilian international murdered
Ex-Brazilian international, Valdiram Caetano de Morais has reportedly been found dead in the streets of Santana area of Sao Paulo, Brazil over the weekend. Marca reports that three men were arrested over Valdiram’s murder, even as one of them has since been released because of lack of evidence of his participation in the ex-striker’s death.…
-
Football legend, Pele leaves hospital in France
Brazilian soccer legend Pele was discharged from a French hospital on Monday after recovering from a urinary infection, media in France has reported. Pele, 78, was admitted to the hospital in Paris last Wednesday with a fever after attending an event in the city with French World Cup-winner Kylian Mbappe. Pele, considered by many as…
-
Terrorism: Nigeria to send Military to Brazil for training
The Federal Government has called for the support of Brazilian Government in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the call in Rio de Janeiro, when he visited his Brazilian counterpart, Mr Fernando Silva. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, Media Assistant…
-
Real Madrid’s Vinicius earns first Brazil call-up
Real Madrid’s forward Vinicius Jr. was called into the Brazil squad for the first time on Thursday and will travel for March friendlies against Panama and the Czech Republic. Real Madrid paid Flamengo a reported fee of 46 million euros (39 million pounds) for the 16-year old in 2017. This was in spite of the…
-
I cried for two days after sustaining injury – Neymar
Brazil striker Neymar says he cried for two days after breaking a metatarsal bone in his right foot in late January. The Paris St-Germain star is out until April, having sustained the problem in a French Cup game against Strasbourg. It is the same injury he suffered in February last year which put his World…
-
Over 300 feared dead after after dam collapses in Brazil
About 300 people are feared dead after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say. The break caused a sea of muddy sludge that buried the dam’s cafeteria where workers were eating lunch on Friday. Rescue teams used earth-moving machinery at the site near the town of Brumadinho, in Minas…
-
Brazil follows U.S. lead, to move its embassy to Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of “when, not if” he moves his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The far-right Bolsonaro, who takes office on Tuesday and is hosting Netanyahu and the leaders of other countries for…
-
Ex-Brazilian FA boss Marin jailed for four years for corruption
A former head of Brazil’s football association has been jailed for four years for corruption. Jose Maria Marin, 86, was one of seven Fifa officials arrested at a hotel in Zurich in May 2015. He was convicted of accepting bribes from sports marketing companies in exchange for contracts to broadcast tournaments such as the Copa…
-
Heineken considers closing Brazilian factories
Heineken NV, the World’s second-largest beer maker, is considering closing two factories in North-eastern Brazil, the company said on Friday in a statement. “This is as an extreme measure after a court ordered the company to sell beer and soft drinks in the region at a money-losing price. “Heineken is in a court dispute with…
-
World Cup exit left me mourning – Neymar
Brazil forward Neymar said he “didn’t want to see a ball” or watch any of the remaining World Cup matches after his side’s quarter-final defeat by Belgium. “I was in mourning, I was really sad, but sadness passes,” the Paris St-Germain player said. “I have my son, my family, my friends and they don’t want…