Former Brazil great Rivaldo set aside his country's fierce football rivalry with Argentina to praise Lionel Messi's standout performance against Egypt. Rivaldo also congratulated Argentina on reaching ...

The frightened face of Bruno Guimarães when his penalty kick bounced off Norwegian goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland’s palms; a crushed Endrick weeping on his knees inside the box; Gabriel Magalhães slumped in ...

Haaland has scored five goals in this tournament, and Ancelotti is fully aware of the threat posed by the Premier League's top marksman when his side look to shackle the Manchester City forward and ...

Brazil’s modern World Cup story is measured against ghosts. The 1970 side turned football into theatre, 1982 became the patron saint of beautiful failure, 1994 won by discipline and 2002 by ...

FOOTBALL – GABRIEL Martinelli scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time and Brazil climbed out of a halftime hole to send Japan packing 2-1 in a World Cup round of 32 ...

Arsenal's Martinelli scores 96th-minute winner as Brazil beat Japan Ancelotti's side had to come from behind, with Casemiro scoring after Sano opener Brazil will play either Norway or Ivory Coast in ...

It was looking dicey at first, but Brazil pulled off a stunner against Japan on Monday in the 2026 World Cup round of 32 matchup in Houston. For much of the teams' first knockout game, Japan had a 1-0 ...

Brazil advanced from their tense tie against Japan with a late goal to keep their World Cup title defense alive. The Seleção will face an unknown opponent in the round of 16 on Sunday, July 5, ...

Well that was a bit scare for Brazil, wasn't it? Many were touting their round of 32 tie against Japan as a potential upset, and those people were feeling rather smug when the Samurai Blue led at ...

HOUSTON — Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal late in injury time to give five-time champion Brazil a 2-1 win over Japan in the round of 32 at the World Cup on Monday. Subscribe to read this ...

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli struck at the death to earn Brazil a hard-fought passage to the World Cup round of 16 as Japan fell at the first knockout round in dramatic fashion once more. Samurai ...

Brazil punched its ticket to the Round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup after securing a dramatic 2-1 victory over Japan in Houston, courtesy of a stoppage-time match-winner. Following the thrilling ...