Leaders Brazil easily defeated Uruguay 4-1 in their South American World Cup qualifying match while second-place Argentina beat Peru 1-0 a few hours earlier and are also close to clinching a direct qualifying berth.
Lionel Messi was among the scorers as Argentina beat rival Uruguay 3-0, hours after Brazil's run of consecutive wins in South American World Cup qualifying ended in a 0-0 with Colombia.
Leaders Brazil and second-place Argentina had uninspiring performances in their World Cup qualifying matches on Thursday, but gained key competition points.
The president of the Brazilian football confederation was suspended for 21 months as a sexual harassment case against him proceeds.
Brazil's squad for three World Cup qualifiers, including the Uruguay game and matches at Venezuela and Colombia, will be announced on Friday.
Brazil's health minister tested positive for the coronavirus in New York after President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at the U.N. General Assembly.
World football governing body FIFA will next week hold an online summit with its member associations to discuss a series of proposals
Pele Health Live Updates: Brazilian football legend Pele is currently in semi-intensive care and recovering well, according to his daughter.
Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo said in a statement that Pele was recovering “in a satisfactory manner," though still in intensive care.
Just minutes into their match on Sunday, a Brazilian health official entered the pitch to remove four Argentina players.
The match between Brazil and Argentina was interrupted when an Anvisa agent and a policeman walked on to the pitch to remove four Argentina players who the agency says should be in quarantine.
Four of Argentina's Premier League players were accused of flouting quarantine requirements in Sao Paulo and of falsifying Brazilian coronavirus declarations.
Four Argentina players from EPL clubs were accused by agents of Brazil's health agency of breaching COVID-19 restriction rules by not declaring on arrival in Brazil that they'd been in England.
World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended after local health officials walked onto the pitch on Sunday in a bid to remove three players who didn’t comply with coronavirus restrictions.
Mandaviya is in Rome, Italy, for the G20 health ministers' meeting.
The clash at Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena later on Sunday comes just three days after Argentina beat Venezuela 3-1 in Caracas.
The ban came after 12.13 mn Corona Vaccine doses already entered the country in 25 batches.
Brazil topped Chile 1-0 in Santiago in a tense match despite the absence of nine of its England-based players, while Argentina beat Venezuela 3-1 at the Olimpico Stadium in Caracas.
The Premier League clubs have been reluctant to send players to South American nations that are red-listed by the British government because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With youthful squads, Olympic men's football lacks the status of the European Championship or Copa America. The Tokyo Games still offer the chance for the countries to collect trophies this year.
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