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    Pelé, seen here following Brazil's 1970 World Cup win, epitomized "the beautiful game" Image: Wikipedia

    Can Brazil Soccer Get Its Beautiful Game Back?

    Experts have long been warning that a sell-off of Brazilian talent is seriously damaging ...

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    Tobias Käufer
    Robinho must serve his nine-year jail sentence for rape in his native Brazil

    Brazilian Justice Rules Robinho Will Serve Italian Nine-year Rape Sentence in Brazil

    Brazilian judges have ruled to uphold former footballer Robinho’s Italian rape conviction, adding that ...

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    Zagallo reached the World Cup final in various capacities

    Brazil and World Say Goodbye to Old Wolf Zagallo, Four-time World Cup Champion

    Brazilian football legend Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallo died aged 92 on Friday of multiple ...

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    The four legs of two players battle for a soccer ball. Image: Markus Ulmer/ Pressefoto ULMER/picture alliance

    Brazil and Germany: Soccer Giants Have Become a Shadow of Their Former Selves

    When it comes to football, Germany and Brazil have a lot in common. The ...

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    Stefan Nestler
    Players from Botafogo wearing Parimatch jerseys.

    How the Russia-Ukraine War Is Interfering with Soccer Deals in Brazil

    A Brazilian soccer club says it is considering its future relationship with its shirt ...

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    Anthony Harwood
    A Braziliian football player is seeen dribbling the ball. Image: David Zalubowski/AP Photo/picture alliance

    Football Scandal: Brazil’s Beautiful Game Is Becoming the Dirty-Trick Game

    In a bland, cold courtroom on Monday, another football career likely ended. The Court ...

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    Tobias Käufer
    Vinícius Júnior is making the point, but are soccer’s governing bosses getting it? Aitor Alcalde Colomer/Getty Images

    Brazilian Soccer Star Vinícius Jr. Won’t TaKe Abuse Anymore from European Racist Fans. But Changes Are Slow

    After suffering months of racial abuse on the field and off, Brazilian soccer star ...

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    John M Sloop
    Held aloft as the embodiment of the beautiful game. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

    Pelé, We’ll Never Forget You for All the Joy You Brought the World

    Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many ...

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    Simon Chadwick
    Here Pelé is shown in 1971, in Paris. (AP Photo/Levy)

    Netflix Documentary on Pelé Passes Up a Chance to Deal with Brazil’s Class and Race

    A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ...

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    Luisa Farah Schwartzman
    Generation Amazing, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Flamengo FC officials with participants of soccer classes for poor kids in Rio.

    Qatar’s Generation Amazing Reaches Out to Poor Kids in Rio

    Two former Brazil footballers have been teaching soccer to poor children in Rio de ...

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    Anthony Harwood