Brazil are hoping to repeat their success from the home Paralympics of 2016 at the Boccia World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Pole vaulters Katie Nageotte and Holly Bradshaw have been awarded the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) Fair Play Award as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022, with the Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt) taking the Member Federation prize.

Brazilian football icon Pelé is no longer responding to chemotherapy for bowel cancer, it has been reported.

The final day of group stage matches at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup finished on a dramatic note, with Switzerland overcoming Serbia to qualify for the round of 16 in a match that saw both teams take the lead.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has launched its "Esporte Cria" programme which aims to show school students that it is possible to work in sport even if they are not an athlete.

Brazil and Portugal earned places in the knockout stages at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar after wins over Switzerland and Uruguay respectively.

Brazil won five gold medals in the singles disciplines at the Pan American Para Badminton Championships in Bogota, Colombia.

Richarlison scored a stunning brace to help Brazil defeat a stubborn Serbia 2-0 after Portugal and Switzerland secured wins earlier.

Kenya is one of six nominees for the World Athletics Member Federations Award this year, despite a flurry of anti-doping rule violations coming from the nation over the past 12 months.

Portugal are the most overworked of the 32 squads preparing for the FIFA World Cup followed by Brazil and Mexico, based on the combined minutes played by those selected for since the start of the season.

Iran and Brazil were victorious in the finals at the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Sarajevo.

The Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation (CBTKD) has held six days of training for coaches as part of its Radar 2028 project.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who led Rio de Janeiro's historic bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has pipped far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian Presidential election in a stunning comeback.