The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes got the inside track on St James' Park from his Brazil team-mates Alisson, Richarlison and Gabriel Jesus before he joined the club

WARNING, GRAPHIC DETAILS: A 14-year-old boy was attacked by a shark and lost his leg in the water at Piedade Beach in Pernambuco State, Brazil - now a second teen has been hit

Brazil will require sports betting companies operating in the country to also be headquartered in Brazil, in addition to creating oversight mechanisms to curb fraud and manipulation of match results, its finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Brazilian police and the Portuguese branch of Interpol have dismantled a criminal network operating a sham company in Lisbon that defrauded thousands of Brazilians in a scheme inspired by the film "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro went to US after losing re-election but has suggested he could return to lead opposition.

A proposed EU law to prevent environmental and human rights abuses by multinationals has been cautiously welcomed by global Indigenous leaders seeking to highlight the damage done by extractive industries. However they say the text needs to go further if it is to protect Indigenous populations from mining companies.

A Brazilian family struggling with their ailing grandfather are offered an unusual way out in Carolina Markowicz’s darkly comic and suspenseful feature debut

Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher did not hold back in his assessment of Casemiro after the Brazilian was at the heart of a Manchester United midfield that was second best at Anfield

The Brazil forward will undergo surgery on an ankle ligament injury

The 31-year-old sustained the problem last month.

Paris Saint-Germain says Brazilian soccer player Neymar will undergo season-ending surgery on his damaged right ankle and will be out for up to four months