Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he was more afraid of losing his voice than dying from cancer.

"If I lose my voice, I would be dead," Xinhua quoted the former president,

Football legend and current Brazilian parliamentarian Romario has bragged that he is still the best football player ever.

The scorer of more than 1,000 career goals pretentiously stated on Saturday t

The Brazilian government, after a long and heated debate, has guaranteed the sales of alcoholic beverages during the 2014 football World Cup.

Currently, alcoholic beverages are prohibited in football

Ronaldinho was on Wednesday named in Brazil coach Mano Menezes' preliminary 52-man squad for the football tournament at this year's London Olympics.

Menezes must whittle the squad down to 35 players

Barcelona confirmed that Santos striker Neymar remains a target for the Spanish club and they want to have him and Lionel Messi playing side-by-side in 2013.

Barcelona promised to return to its endea

A dramatic video showing 30 beached dolphins being rescued by beachgoers in Brazil has become an internet sensation.

The video shows dolphins appearing out of nowhere and suddenly beaching en masse o

Rio's riotous Carnival was in full swing on Monday as top samba schools paraded sumptuous allegorical floats and hundreds of exquisitely costumed performers to a thumping drum beat.

The night parades

Rescue teams frantically dug through rubble on Thursday for at least 22 people missing after three buildings collapsed in the historic heart of Rio, killing at least four people, officials said.

Rio

Nineteen people were missing early on Thursday after three buildings, one of them 20 stories high, collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, injuring five people, authorities said.

The collapse, apparent

Brazilian international striker Adriano has accidentally shot a woman in the hand with a gun belonging to his bodyguard, according to reports here on Saturday.

The player, 29 and now plying his trade