MOSCOW: Neymar and his Brazil teammates landed on Russian soil in the early hours of Monday morning, fresh from beating Austria 3-0 in their final warm-up outing ahead of the World Cup.…
SAO PUOLO: Maria Bueno, the Brazilian “queen” of tennis, who won three Wimbledon and four US championship singles titles, died Friday in Sao Paulo at age 78, the hospital where she was…
MERAJNAGAR: Flagmakers in Bangladesh are doing a roaring trade weeks ahead of the World Cup, but no-one is interested in the home nation’s colours – the money is all on pennants for…
BRASILIA: Brazilian prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, the federal prosecutors office in the…
RIO DE JANEIRO: Striker Neymar, who hasn’t played a game since breaking his foot in February, was named Monday as the star of the Brazilian national team which will seek a record…
BRASILIA: Two kinds of river dolphins are dying off fast in the Amazon region and may face extinction unless they are more vigorously protected against fishing, researchers in Brazil have said. Once…
BRASILIA: Millions of sterile mosquitoes will be released from drones over parts of Brazil to combat the Zika virus, after successful field tests were hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ by the United Nations.…
SAO PAULO: No mirrors needed by these Brazilian women when they apply eye-liner, mascara and blush brushes. They can’t see their faces. Blind women are being taught makeup techniques and even how…
BRASILIA: At least 21 people died Tuesday in an attempted breakout from a prison in northern Brazil aided by an armed group on the outside trying to blow up a wall, officials…
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to police on Saturday, ending a day-long standoff to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for…
BRASILIA: Ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a fallen giant of emerging nation politics and still the frontrunner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, was given 24 hours to surrender to police and…
BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court judges voted early Thursday to reject former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to avoid prison. After over 10 hours of session, there were six votes against…
ISLAMABAD: An event to celebrate the National Day of Pakistan was held in Brazil on March 23 with Ambassador of Pakistan to Brazil H E Najmus Saqib being the host. ISF Vice…
BRASILIA: A Brazilian appeals court rejected on Monday final procedural objections raised by lawyers of former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against his conviction for corruption, raising the possibility that…
BRASILIA: US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on imported steel and aluminium could spark retaliation from other countries and lead to unforeseen consequences, the head of the World Trade Organization(WTO) …
BELO HORIZONTE: Surgery on the broken right foot of Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar went successfully Saturday, officials said, leaving the planet’s most expensive footballer in a race to recuperate before…
Salvador: With only 11 minutes remaining, a Brazilian local derby between Vitoria and Bahia resulted in the match being abandoned, on Sunday. It all started when a Vitorian player incited the home…
