Brazil is playing a World Cup elimination game Monday in Houston. Nearly 60 years earlier, a Houston doctor played a key role ...

In this extract from their forthcoming book on South America and the World Cup, Mark Biram and Tim Vickery describe a Seleçao’s strange buildup to the classic tournament ...

The most revered national team of all time, packed with stars, put on a show in Mexico at the 1970 World Cup. With joy, purpose, and highly refined technique, the Brazilian National Team made the ...

Plenty of books have been written about the 1970 World Cup, but Gary Thacker still finds fresh angles - and hits the target.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Brito, a center back on Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning team, has died at age 86. The Brazilian Football Confederation announced that Brito died Thursday. It did not provide ...

Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning defender Brito has passed away at 86. A cornerstone of that legendary squad, he was an ever-present force in their Mexico triumph. His passing casts a shadow as the ...

Brazil legend Jairzinho believes the modern national team has moved too far away from the creative, attacking identity that ...

No country has played more World Cup games than the Seleção. Find out the other records the Brazilians hold at the global showpiece. Brazil and the FIFA World Cup™ are closely intertwined, so much so, ...

The squads that became legends While the world often talks about how much of a full-package Cristiano Ronaldo is as an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: The father-son directing team behind Netflix’s Brazil ’70: The Third Star told Deadline they set out to take viewers ...

Brito, one of the heroes of Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning squad, has died aged 86. Tributes are pouring in for the defender whose contribution helped cement Brazil's place in football history ...

Brazil used to be synonymous with the World Cup, adored for the way they played as much as for winning more than any other ...