Brazilian News: International Edition.
Santos won a Copa do Brasil match Wednesday over minnows Naviraiense 10-0. They have scored 44 goals in 15 matches with Robinho and Neymar leading the attack.
Robinho told the press that going to Brazil “was the right choice…I’m good physically and mentally. I hope to continue like this until the end of my [...]
Manchester City striker Robinho has reiterated his desire to extend his loan stay at Santos and hopes talks have already been initiated with the Premier League club.
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Brazilian President Lula told the Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview on topics including Iran, that Ronaldinho “does not deserve to play in the World Cup.”
The President stated, “He is a player of great quality, but this is not enough. You need to see how each player fits into the development of selection. It is [...]
Adriano has been the dominant story in the Brazilian sports press all week. After the bizarre encounter with his ex-girlfriend last week, he showed up to Flamengo practice today with…you know it, his ex-girlfriend, now again current girlfriend, Joana Machado. This comes after Fla official Marcos Braz told Globo that the player had started [...]
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Brazil’s president is lashing out at critics who say the country is wasting money on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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There were multiple reports last night of Adriano being involved in a recent altercation with his ex-girlfriend Joana Machado at a club in Rio. She attacked him and threw stones at his car on the way out the door. This is the same girlfriend whose break up last year caused Adriano’s bizzare mental breakdown, exit [...]
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I am using a new feature starting today: polling. I figured the best question to ask was the one causing the most debate on the comment board these days.
Should Ronaldinho be recalled to the national team?survey software
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Arsene Wegner has expressed an interest in bringing Felipe Melo to the Emirates. Wenger said this week, “We were interested in Melo during the summer. We watched him in Brazil’s international at the Emirates, against Italy [in February 2009], when he had an outstanding game. Then he went to Juventus and that team has struggled [...]
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After making his international debut for Republic of Ireland against Brazil on Tuesday, Wigan midfielder James McCarthy has paid tribute to Roberto Martinez for the impact the manager has had on his career.
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Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal are still interested in signing Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo.
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Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle has told Soccernet that Brazil deserve to be amongst the favourites to win the World Cup following their impressive 2-0 victory at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
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A good result for the national team tonight in London with a 2-0 over a solid Ireland side. Goals were scored by Ryan Andrews (own goal) and Robinho. Unsurprisingly for a mid club season international friendly, Brazil came out flat in the first 30 minutes of the match. However, as the match went on, Brazil [...]
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I will have a full recap later on tonight. It was a deserved win, no matter how offside Robinho was on the first goal.
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Chelsea midfielder Deco has revealed he hopes to leave the club this summer and return to his native Brazil to be closer to his children and play first team football.
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“I guess it’s normal (for Ronaldinho’s exit to cause controversy) because the players who are absent are always the best and everyone wants to talk about who is not part of the national team,” Dunga said.
“None of this is new on the eve of a World Cup. The questions and answers continue to be the [...]
Captain Robbie Keane has rejoined the Republic of Ireland squad for tomorrow’s friendly against Brazil after recovering from a knee injury.
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Celtic’s Robbie Keane will miss the Republic of Ireland’s friendly with Brazil on Tuesday night after aggravating a knee injury during Sunday’s Old Firm defeat by Rangers.
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Ireland v. Brazil
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:05 ET
Emirates Stadium, London, U.K.
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Brazil travels to London on Tuesday for what may be the national team’s last match before the World Cup. Brazil faces a nearly full Ireland squad that was controversially left out of the World Cup mix with Thierry Henry’s Diego Maradona impression back in [...]
My apologies for taking a couple of days to get this posted. I had to take my computer in for a virus, and hence the delay. If you get a bunch of pop-ups for a Windows Vista Pro 2010 anti-virus, you have a problem. Credit to reader Hector for posting the news in the meantime, [...]
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Brazil international Dani Alves has said he is not worried that he is yet to sign a new deal at Barcelona.
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And in a bit an irony, the model for the kit was….
Yep, that’s a non-member of the national team modeling the new kits for South Africa. What do you think was going through Pato’s head when he was out there? The WCB will be selling the new kits soon.
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Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the season, after rupturing his cruciate ligament during United’s 3-0 win against West Ham on Tuesday. The Brazil international could face up to ten months on the sidelines with the injury.
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Ronaldo announced today that next year will be his last in football as a player. The 33 year old forward will finish his career with Corinthians after penning an extension that runs until December 31, 2011. Today begins the countdown to the end of one of the great Brazilian careers of all time, but one [...]
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Wigan teenager James McCarthy has been called up by Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni for next week’s friendly against Brazil.
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Muricy Ramalho was fired from Palmeiras on Friday. The manager only survived 34 matches with the club after being axed by São Paulo. It was at São Paulo that Muricy made a name for himself, winning three consecutive brasileiros. He was axed by São Paulo after failing to make steady progress in the Copa Libertadores.
Muricy [...]
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has revealed he would like to end his career in Argentina with Independiente or in Brazil with Sao Paolo.
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Dunga stated today that he is still intending to leave the national team following the World Cup. He made these comments in Rio while attending a Carnival event. He said that regardless of Brazil’s result in the tournament, he would want to leave the managing hot seat.
Dunga has been on the record about his intentions [...]
Pato returned to action today in style. Dinho played like a man pissed he is not going to London the beginning of March.
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Ronaldinho has been dealt a major blow to World Cup ambitions after he was left out of Brazil’s squad for their final warm-up match against Republic of Ireland in London.
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The problem with the Ronaldinho omission has more to do with Kaka’s injury situation than it does Dinho’s current form. You have a player in Kaka with a well documented health issue, and who has missed a decent amount of time the past two years. Your insurance for that player, Julio Baptista, is a person [...]
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No Ronaldinho, and you have to wonder if the book is closed for his return to the national team under Dunga. I really hope Dunga gets on his knees and prays for Kaka’s health every night.
Michel Bastos and Gilberto are the left back call-ups. Doni, despite being the backup keeper for his team, gets the [...]
The Injuries:
Dani Alves has returned to training after missing over a week of action with a muscle injury. He should be available for Barca’s match against Getafe on Saturday.
Real Madrid’s unofficial newspaper of record, Marca, ran a story this week about Kaka’s nagging hernia injury that limited his appearances this winter. The paper claimed that [...]
Ronaldinho has defended himself against accusations that he held a ‘mega party’ prior to AC Milan’s derby defeat to Inter Milan on January 24, amid claims that a lack of professionalism on his part undermined the team.
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Ronaldinho has reportedly been fined by AC Milan after the club discovered he attended a party during the week leading up to the derby defeat to Inter Milan.
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Extremely absurd.
One quick bit of news at the closing of the transfer window. Sao Paulo defender Andre Dias was signed by Lazio for € 2.5 million. Not a bad signing at that price. However, I am not expecting him to receive another national team call-up next week.
Brazil striker Adriano scored a hat-trick to give national champions Flamengo a 5-3 win over Fluminense in a spectacular Carioca (Rio de Janeiro) championship derby on Sunday.
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Keirrison has completed a loan move from Benfica, via Barca, to Fiorentina. The young forward had a difficult time getting meaningful minutes in Portugal. Keirrison joined Benfica this summer from Barca, who spent €15 million for the player.
He did not score a goal for Benfica during his five appearances for the club. The signing of [...]
The state championships have started in Brazil. The man of the summer so far has been Neymar, who is clearly meeting the expectations surrounding him to this point. He had two goals in Santos’ match against Oeste. This came after scoring another two on Wednesday against Gremio Barueri. Hopefully Robinho will be a positive influence [...]
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Manchester City have made a formal offer for Adam Johnson and the Middlesbrough winger could act as a replacement for Robinho as he closes in on a loan move to Brazil.
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Fabio Simplicio will move to Roma at the conclusion of the Serie A season. “Simplicio has an agreement with Roma. Once his contract here ends, he will play in the capital,” Palmero Sporting Director Walter Sabatini told an Italian radio station. Simplico had been linked with a move to Roma since the summer. He will [...]
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Manchester City forward Robinho has confirmed he is set to leave Eastlands, with a return to Santos the likely destination.
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Multiple media outlets have been reporting that Robinho is telling people close to him that he wants to return to Santos. To say that this has been an awful season for Robinho would be an understatement. He was recently subbed in a match against Everton that he came on as a substitute. It is become [...]
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Brazil international striker Jo has joined Galatasaray on loan until the end of the 2009-10 season from Manchester City, the Turkish club have announced on their official website.
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Its official, Brazil will play Ireland in their next match. This matchup had been all but official for some time now. However, the match will not be in Dublin, but rather the Emirates Stadium in North London. The match will be March 2nd. Dunga will name his squad for that match on February 9th.
I would [...]
Olympiacos have sacked coach Zico following a string of poor results, the Greek champions confirmed on Tuesday. The 56-year-old Brazil legend had only been in charge at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium for fourth months
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Ronaldinho has revealed that the key to his resurgence in form at AC Milan has been his off-field happiness.
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