The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Tournament favourites Brazil are red-hot favourites to continue their stunning form in qualification and win Group G

"I'm ready for Pereira too in Brazil and directly after that March if Colby wanna fight." – Khamzat Chimaev says of his 2023 plans.

Traditionally, the favourite hasn't been the team to lift the World Cup

Brazil's army, which is facing calls from President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters to stage a coup after his election loss, is unhappy its generals are being derided as "watermelons" - green on the outside, communist red on the inside - by his fans.

England could have a favourable route through to the semi-finals, it's bad news for Wales, and we could be in for a terrific final

Neymar thinks that England are World Cup contenders

The Newcastle playmaker picked up a knock earlier in the week

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.

The former Brazil and Gunners midfielder has been technical director since 2019

Defending champions France enter the World Cup in Qatar hoping to break the curse that has plagued recent title holders – a jinx the French inaugurated in 2002 when their formidable armada of strikers famously failed to score a single goal.

Ahead of the big kick-off in Qatar, Standard Sport writers make their last-minute predictions for a World Cup like no other.