Brazil

The 30-year-old football player defrauded the Spanish authorities in 2013 of €490,000 (£436,000; $576,000) by using foreign firms to handle his earnings, according to Spain’s EFE new service.

Thirty-three of the inmates from Romeu Goncalves Abrantes prison in the city of Joao Pessoa were recaptured soon afterwards.

Reports say the National Museum, also known as Rio Museu Nacional, located in Rio de Janeiro, caught fire Sunday night after the building had closed for the day, according to O Globo.

Pereira, the 22-year-old attacking midfielder who spent last season on loan at Valencia, is one of two Manchester United players in the squad, along with Fred.

Imprisoned former President, Luiz Lula, on Wednesday will be registered as a candidate for this year’s presidential election in spite his 12-year sentence for corruption and facing several more graft trials.

The 41-year-old was admitted on Friday after reportedly suffering from pneumonia. Hospital sources told Spanish media that Ronaldo left on Tuesday.

Newspaper Diario de Ibiza said the two-time Ballon d’Or winner and 2002 World Cup Golden Boot winner is currently in the intensive care unit at the private Policlinica Nuestra Senora del Rosario hospital.

According to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the share of people older than 65 in Brazil will rise from the current 9.2 per cent to 17.4 per cent in 2040.

The 48-year-old, who won 55 caps for Brazil, played for the Italian Serie A side from 1997 to 2001, winning the league title and Coppa Italia.

Liverpool have completed the signing of Alisson Becker for a world-record fee of 75m Euros (£67 million) subject to the Roma goalkeeper passing a medical, according to Sky in Italy.

Belgium’s soccer team received a hero’s welcome in Brussels on Sunday, after achieving their best-ever World Cup result in Russia.

This they did by pelting the bus of the team, which included Neymar, with stones

Belgium struck early and held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out in an end-to-end thriller that earned it a semi-final with France.

Pre-tournament favourites Brazil have been eliminated from the World Cup by Belgium at the quarter-final stage, falling to a 2-1 defeat in Friday's gripping clash at the Kazan Stadium. Belgium stunned their opponents by taking a two-goal…

Brazil coach Tite has confirmed that Real Madrid full-back Marcelo will return to the side to face the Belgians

“It’s an embarrassment for soccer that so much time was wasted on one player,” Osorio said in Spanish at his postgame news conference. “The officiating was very biased and the players got tired of that.

But the title talk has been drowned out in much of the world by a debate over Neymar’s play acting.

Two goals in the first seven minutes of the second half put Japan on course to reach their first World Cup quarter final before Roberto Martinez's game-changing substitutions.

After a goalless first half, Neymar soon gave Brazil the lead

After finishing top of Group E following a slow start, five-time winners Brazil are now looking to reach the last eight for the seventh straight World Cup.