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  Former Real Madrid and AC Milan legend Kaka hints at retirement

  Football | July 20, 2017 15:02 IST

  World Cup winner Kaka hints at retirement at the age of 35 as he currently plays for Orlando City in MLS. The Ballon dór winner will retire after the season comes to an end.

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  Brazilian electoral court rules against striping Michael Temer off his presidency

  World | June 10, 2017 10:15 IST

  Had the court convicted Michael Temer in this case, his current status as president would have come under fire.

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  Steamrolled and melted: Brazil destroys over 4,000 guns seized from criminals

  World | June 03, 2017 15:01 IST

  The Brazilian army and Federal Police on Friday destroyed some 4,000 guns seized from criminals or handed over by people in Rio de Janeiro.

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  Brazil Supreme Court authorises police to question President Temer over corruption allegations

  World | May 31, 2017 7:55 IST

  The Supreme Court is investigating Temer on suspicion he accepted bribes and conspired to obstruct justice.

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  Brazil prison riot leads to death of over 50

  World | January 02, 2017 22:21 IST

  More than 50 people were killed in a bloody prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, a Brazilian security official told the Globo TV network today. Sergio Fontes, the head of security for

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  Tens of thousands throng Brazil stadium to bid emotional farewell to plane crash victims

  World | December 04, 2016 9:28 IST

  People thronged the stadium in the southern Brazilian city of Chapeco to bid an emotional farewell to players and other members of the Chapecoense soccer team who died in a plane crash earlier this week

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  Black boxes found from Brazilian football team plane crash

  World | November 30, 2016 11:12 IST

  Emergency department officials have found the black boxes with flight data and cockpit voice recordings from a plane that crashed in the Colombian mountains with a Brazilian football team on board.

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  Brazil promises to support India’s entry into NSG

  India | October 18, 2016 7:46 IST

  Brazil today said it will work with member countries of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to facilitate India's entry in the elite grouping that controls global trade in the atomic field

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  25 inmates killed in deadly Brazil Prison clash

  World | October 17, 2016 12:15 IST

  At least 25 inmates died in a massive prison fight on Sunday in the northern Brazilian city of Boa Vista, local media reported citing police. Seven of the dead were beheaded and six burned to

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  Brazil hints supporting India’s bid to join Nuclear Suppliers Group

  World | October 11, 2016 13:20 IST

  A day after China said that it was ready to discuss Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership issue with India, Brazil, which had initially opposed New Delhi’s entry into the 48-member group, has hinted to back the south Asian country’s bid.

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  Brazilian scientist discovers 25-metre-long dinosaur, possibly the biggest ever

  World | October 07, 2016 13:18 IST

  A 25-metre-long fossilised vertebrae of a dinosaur, possibly the biggest of the reptile species to have walked the earth, discovered by Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1950 has now been officially declared as a

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  Need to be intensify efforts for UNSC reform: G4 nations

  World | September 22, 2016 11:22 IST

  G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have said that efforts need to be intensified for Security Council reforms.

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  Brazil: Michel Temer sworn in as president after Dilma Rousseff’s removal by Senate

  World | September 01, 2016 13:10 IST

  Brazil’s Senate on August 31 voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, the culmination of a yearlong fight that paralyzed Latin America’s largest nation and exposed deep rifts among its people on everything from

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  Brazil's Senate removes President Dilma Rousseff from office for breaking fiscal laws

  World | August 31, 2016 23:42 IST

  In an impeachment process on Wednesday, Brazil's Senate voted to remove leftist President Dilma Rousseff from office for breaking budgetary laws.

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  Rio 2016: Neymar’s dominant spot-kick leads Brazil win Olympic football gold

  Football | August 21, 2016 12:35 IST

  Neymar delivered Brazil’s first Olympic man’s football gold medal after winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over Germany in a thrilling final at the Maracana stadium on Saturday. Neymar scored the clinching goal

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  Meet Rafaela Silva, a victim of racism who won the first Olympic gold medal for Brazil

  Other Sports | August 13, 2016 13:45 IST

  Tears of joy shed off Rafaela Silva’s eyes, as she earned the first-ever gold medal for Brazil of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. But only a few people know that the 22-year-old gold medallist was

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  31st Rio Olympics starts with colourful, melodic ceremony; Abhinav Bindra leads India in parade

  Other Sports | August 06, 2016 13:16 IST

  Depicting Brazil's vibrantly diverse culture at the Macarana stadium, thousands of people joined an open air party here to mark the opening of 31st Olympics, the first to be held in South America and only

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  Onset of 31st Olympic Games in Rio in thick of doping controversies

  Other Sports | August 05, 2016 17:50 IST

  Despite Brazil putting its best foot forward to detach the Games from the shadow of the biggest doping scandal afflicting the Russian players, a plethora of incidents related to doping have cast a heavy shadow

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  Brazil arrests IS-linked group suspected of planning terrorism during Olympics

  World | July 21, 2016 23:01 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: In a testimony to growing terror activities in all over the world, Brazilian police have arrested a group of 12 members who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State via social media

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  Rio 2016: Amazon Jaguar used in Olympic torch event shot dead in Brazil

  World | June 22, 2016 12:02 IST

  Brasilia: An Amazon jaguar who participated as a 'mascot' for an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead on Monday by a soldier shortly afterward when it escaped its handlers, the Brazilian military said . The