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Peru sealed a World Cup playoff spot on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Paraguay secured fifth place in the South American qualifying group.

Neymar will rejoin Brazil for its final two World Cup qualifiers, after missing the national team’s first two matches of the year due to injury, coach Tite said Friday, announcing his squad.

Rescue workers on Wednesday searched for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people.

Brazil scored twice in the last four minutes to seal a comfortable 4-0 win over Paraguay in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Belo Horizonte.

Brazilian health authorities authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 on Wednesday, as South America’s most populous country faces a rapid increase in cases due to holiday gatherings and the arrival of the Omicron variant.

Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that two Brazilians had tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the first reported cases in Latin America.

Brazil host Colombia in Sao Paulo on Thursday knowing victory will book their ticket to Qatar with six World Cup qualifiers to spare following a near perfect record so far.

Marilia Mendonca, one of the hottest young stars of Brazil’s answer to country music, died in a plane crash on Friday, officials said.

Colombia held Brazil to a 0-0 draw in an engrossing game at home on Sunday, ending Brazil’s nine-match winning run in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Finals.

A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended on Sunday after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players, they say broke quarantine rules.

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Brazil registered 1,480 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 354,617, the country’s Health Ministry reported on Monday.

The number of COVID-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said Sunday, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus variant.

India reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections, data from the health ministry showed on Monday.

Brazil on Sunday recorded 1,803 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said Sunday.

Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 4,195 deaths from COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, taking the accumulated pandemic death toll to 336,947, the country’s Health Ministry said.

Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho underwent knee surgery on Monday as he races against time to be fit for this year’s Copa America.

Former Barcelona defender Dani Alves on Saturday that he hopes to continue his international career until the 2022 FIFA World Cup when he will be 39.

Brazil set a new daily COVID-19 death toll record of 3,650 on Friday, the Latin American country’s health ministry said.

Brazil’s death toll in the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 300,000 on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days.