November 17, 2020 | 11:17
Uruguay's top goal scorer Luis Suarez has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss their World Cup qualifier against Brazil, local football chiefs said on Monday.
October 14, 2020 | 10:53
Neymar scored a hat-trick to become the second highest scorer in Brazil's history as the Copa America champions won 4-2 away to 10-man Peru in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
September 04, 2020 | 11:01
Brazil topped four million Covid-19 cases on Thursday as health ministry officials said infections were beginning to slow in the world's second worst-hit country.
August 26, 2020 | 11:33
Former football star Ronaldinho arrived home in Brazil on a private jet on Tuesday, following more than five months in detention in Paraguay over a fake passport scandal.
August 19, 2020 | 10:48
Brazilian health regulators said Tuesday they had approved Johnson & Johnson's experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus for the final stage of clinical trials, the fourth vaccine to receive widespread testing in the hard-hit country.
August 13, 2020 | 11:04
The Brazilian state of Parana signed a deal Wednesday to test and produce Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, though officials stressed they would have to be sure of its safety and effectiveness first.
July 23, 2020 | 09:03
More than four million coronavirus cases have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean, half of them in Brazil, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
June 29, 2020 | 11:41
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian clubs Botafogo and Fluminense protested on Sunday against the resumption of professional football in Rio de Janeiro in mid-coronavirus pandemic, as they returned to the pitch after losing a fight against the decision.
June 03, 2020 | 09:53
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday (Jun 2) as the disease continued to rip through South America's worst-hit country.
June 01, 2020 | 17:51
BRASILIA: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Latin America have surged past 1 million, while hard-hit Britain and Russia eased lockdowns on Monday (Jun 1), despite not having their outbreaks fully under control.
May 30, 2020 | 09:21
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Friday (May 29) reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making it the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities.
May 28, 2020 | 09:00
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Wednesday (May 27), as the country emerged as the latest epicenter in the pandemic.
May 27, 2020 | 15:57
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil reported on Tuesday (May 26) the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world with 1,039 people killed, the fifth straight day the country has topped the list.
May 16, 2020 | 09:08
SAO PAULO: The coronavirus pandemic has hit 38 indigenous groups in Brazil, raising fears for populations that have a history of being decimated by outside diseases, the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Association (APIB) said Friday (May 15).
May 11, 2020 | 08:21
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 10,000 deaths, according to figures released Saturday (May 9) by the Ministry of Health.