•Brazil’s players pose for a team photo Brazil’s quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages today as Carlo Ancelotti’s team face Japan in the last 32, before four-time champions Germany play Paraguay and Morocco take on the Netherlands in perhaps the tie of the round. The Brazilians are desperate […]
•US midfielder Giovanni Reyna celebrates goal against Paraguay with teammates, on June 12, 2026 The United States and Australia will look to book their place in the World Cup knockout rounds today while Brazil aim to win against Haiti. After an unconvincing build-up, the Americans made a flying start to the World Cup last week […]
•Mexican and South African flags during the opening ceremony Five-time winners, Brazil roll into the World Cup today when they play surprise 2022 semi-finalists Morocco in one of the standout group-stage matchups. On the first day featuring four matches at a tournament expanded this year to 48 teams, Scotland return to the World Cup for [&he...
Neymar is a major doubt for Brazil’s opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after suffering a calf injury that could sideline him for up to three weeks. Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed today that scans revealed Neymar sustained a grade two muscle injury, ruling the 34-year-old out of the team’s pre-World Cup […]
•Neymar celebrates after scoring a penalty against South Korea Brazil superstar Neymar was handed a dramatic recall to the country’s World Cup squad yesterday, returning to the national team after a near three-year absence. The inclusion of Neymar, Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer with 79 goals in 128 appearances, was the biggest surprise...
•Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup, underwent a “successful” surgery on Thursday for an inguinal hernia, his wife said. The 70-year-old former president left prison on Wednesday for the first time since late November to undergo the...
•Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Flavio Bolsonaro said yesterday that his father, Brazil’s jailed ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, has chosen him to lead the country’s powerful conservative movement, shaking up the 2026 election race. The 44-year-old senator declared on social media that he will carry forward the political legacy that re...
•The laden vessel – MV Nord Bosporus marked 9760110 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 20 Filipino sailors caught ferrying at least 20 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil to Lagos main port. The anti-narcotics agency also intercepted the laden vessel – MV Nord Bosporus marked 9760110 from the port of Santo...
•Bolivia’s forward Miguel Terceros (C) celebrates goal against Brazil with his teammates yesterday Bolivia kept their 2026 World Cup dream alive by snatching a play-off place with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in El Alto on Tuesday, taking advantage of Venezuela’s home defeat to Colombia. Miguel Terceros’s penalty on the stroke of half-time prove...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent claim in Brazil that his government’s reforms have ‘eliminated corruption’ in Nigeria has sparked strong reactions at home, with religious leaders insisting that the reality on the ground tells a different story. During his visit to Brazil, Tinubu told investors that reforms under his administration...

