Rio de Janeiro football giants Flamengo on Friday suspended the contract of Peru captain Paolo Guerrero following a doping scandal that has ruled him out of the World Cup.... more »
The 2016 plane crash that wiped out a Brazilian football team was caused by a lack of fuel, Colombia's aviation authority said Friday following an extensive investigation into the disaster.... more »
Football's world governing body FIFA said Friday it had banned the head of the Brazilian football federation, Marco Polo Del Nero, for life following a graft probe.... more »
Brazilian full-back Dodo has been loaned by Sampdoria to Santos in his home country for the rest of the year, the Serie A club said Thursday.... more »
Colombia centre-back Yerry Mina joined Barcelona from Brazilian side Palmeiras on Thursday on a five year contract for a fee of 11.8 million euros ($14mn), the Catalan club announced.... more »
With Barcelona enforcer Javier Mascherano on his way out, the La Liga leaders are "one step away" from signing Colombian international Yerry Mina from Palmeiras, according to the Spanish press.... more »
Brazilian former international star turned senator Romario said Wednesday he wants to run for the presidency of the country's corruption-tainted football governing body.... more »
A far-right Brazilian party on Friday denied reports that World Cup-winning footballer Ronaldinho is to be one of its candidates in elections for the Senate.... more »
Paris Saint-Germain will reinforce their midfield with the latest Brazilian wonderkid Wendel in the January transfer window, the player's agent told French daily L'Equipe on Wednesday.... more »
At a trial for youngsters at Rio de Janeiro's Vasco da Gama football club, Vanessa Dias pushed through the bushes to glimpse her 12-year-old son Caua, nervously hoping that he'd just taken his first step to the big time.... more »
A year after Brazil's Chapecoense football club was all but wiped out in an air crash on their way to play the game of their lives, the team is winning again -- and daring to think of the future.... more »
Few players encapsulate the idea of wasted potential like Robinho, once one of the world's most sought-after talents but now far from the spotlight and mired in scandal after a conviction for gang rape.... more »
At a trial for youngsters at Rio de Janeiro's Vasco de Gama football club, Vanessa Dias pushed through the bushes to glimpse her 12-year-old son Caua, nervously hoping that he'd just taken his first step to the big time.... more »
Spanish giants Barcelona said Thursday they had pledged to aid the reconstruction of Brazilian side Chapecoense, decimated by an air crash last month in Colombia.... more »
The authorities on Thursday shut down a Bolivian charter airline whose plane ran out of fuel and crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian football team.... more »
Crowds lined up Friday at Rio's Maracana ahead of the first club game to be played in the famed football stadium since a long break for the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies.... more »
Much-travelled Turkish international striker Colin Kazim-Richards joined Brazilian side Coritiba from Scottish champions Celtic on Thursday, the Scottish Premiership team announced.... more »
The land of the beautiful game faced up to its ugly side Monday as Brazilian lawmakers announced a congressional commission to investigate the "crimes committed by FIFA's directors."... more »
Chinese Super League clubs wrapped up a record spending spree on Friday after football transfers worth a world-beating 331 million euros ($365 million) sent the sport into a spin.... more »
Chelsea on Friday completed the loan signing of Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato from Corinthians until the end of the season, the London giants announced.... more »
