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Bitter pill for Botafogo and its U.S. owner John Textor as Brazil title slips away
After 28 years, it looked like Botafogo’s Brazilian league title drought was finally ending, thanks to a crackling start to the season and a huge cash infusion from U.S. magnate turned soccer investor John Textor. Then it lost its coach to Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Saudi club and spectacularly imploded in a string of key matches before […]
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Brazilian strike ace Dinamite dies at age 68
Statue of former Brazilian star Roberto Dinamite at Vasco da Gama’s stadium in Rio de Janeiro. * * * * * * * * * * Ex-Brazil international Roberto Dinamite, the top scorer in the history of the Brazilian league, has died at age 68 of intestinal cancer, his former club Vasco da Gama confirmed […]
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Moving documentary shows Ronaldinho's Barca rise and decline
Ronaldinho – The Happiest Man in the World (Goldman Pictures) * * * * * * * * * * Once they’re out of the public eye, it’s easy to forget how good some players really were. Sport is focused in the main on the present moment, and current discussions about the best player in […]
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Watch (trailer): 'Neymar: The Perfect Chaos'
David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are among those appearing in the three-part series, “Neymar: The Perfect Chaos,” coming to Netflix Jan. 25. The documentary promises to track Neymar’s rise from Santos teen star to Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain while scoring 70 goals for the Brazilian national team. At age 29, Neymar is seven shy […]
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Watch (highlights): Brazil trounce Argentina, starting with Marta
The Pia Sundhage-coached Brazil, the USA’s SheBelieves Cup opponent on Sunday, beat Argentina, 4-1, with goals by Marta (penalty kick), Debinha, Adriana and Geyse.
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Watch (profile): Marta — 'the only girl who dared to play' — usher in a new era of Brazilian soccer
The glaring gap in world’s greatest soccer country was filled when Marta broke through Brazil’s machismo attitude toward the sport. From the WICC Best XI video series: * * * * * * * * * * Jean-Michel Aulas on creating the world’s top women’s club team Kelly Simmons on the rise of English women’s soccer […]
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Watch: A most bizarre goal from Brazil
The craziest goal you’ll see for while: Internacional’s gamewinner over Botafogo came after its players didn’t consider the ball in play. After a free kick had been called, the Botafogo defender seemed to be passing the ball back toward where the incident took place. But goalscorer Yuri Alberto, the ref, and VAR judged the defender’s […]
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Watch: The five goals from Brazil's first game in 11 months
Marquinhos, Firmino (twice), Coutinho, and an own goal gave Brazil a 5-0 win in its first 2022 World Cup qualifying game — and the Selecao’s first game in nearly a year.
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SA Movie Choice: 'Victory' with Sylvester Stallone is the imperfect soccer film classic
Older American soccer fans may have a biased affection for the 1981 movie “Victory,” so we asked a Gen Z, Arlo Moore-Bloom, to give it a look. * * * * * * * * * * (Victory1981) The spielWatching “Victory” for the first time the other day was an exercise of nostalgiaand frustration in […]