Vasco de Gama are in trouble. The usually pretty successful club (they've won a Brazilian championship in every decade since the '70s, and the Copa Libertadores in 1998) are currently in the bottom four of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, so if the season ended right now they'd be relegated to Série B. Click to continue reading...

Wednesday night, Fluminense hosts Liga Deportiva Universitaria (LDU) Quto in the second leg of the finals of the Copa Libertadores. Last week, in the first leg of the final in Quito, Ecuador, LDU Quito saw goals from four different scorers in the first half and held on to score a 4-2 victory. Regardless of what happens on Wednesday night, a little history will be made. Click to continue reading...

Here are the results and next games on the 2007 Brazilian Championship: Date Home Result Visitor Stadium and City 08/08 Wed 19:30 Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Mineirao, Belo Horizonte 08/08 Wed 19:30 Juventude 0-0 Fluminense Alfredo Jaconi, Caxias do Sul 08/08 Wed 20:30 Náutico 4-2 Figueirense Aflitos, Recife 08/08 Wed 21:45 Goiás 3-2 Atlético-MG Serra Dourada, Goiânia 08/08 Wed 21:45 Atlético-PR 2-0 Flamengo Kyocera Arena, Curitiba 08/08 Wed 21:45 Botafogo 0-2 São Paulo Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 09/08 Thu 20:30 Vasco 2-0 Corinthians São Januário, Rio de Janeiro 09/08 Thu 20:30 Grêmio 3-0 América-RN Olímpico, Porto Alegre 09/08 Thu 20:30 Palmeiras 1-1 Internacional Palestra Itália, São [. Click to continue reading...

Early this week, Corinthians midfielder Vampeta stated that Corinthians would walk away from the game against Vasco with a certain victory and a good taste of bacalhau, the traditional dried-and-salted-stockfish-based Portuguese dish an allusion to Vasco, as the fan base is of Portuguese descent. However, what we had last night was a completely disorganized [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, during its match against Botafogo, São Paulo managed to win not only the match a good 2-0 score, goals by Alex Silva and Leandro but the team also overcome the unacceptable amount of violence that Botafogo showed, with its players making several violent incidents during the play. One of the worst cases [...] Click to continue reading...

This Wednesday, São Paulo and Botafogo will face each other at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, each one with an eye for the leadership of the 2007 Brazilian Championship. Botafogo will play on the offensive, while São Paulo probably will try to have a more tight defense, as Botafogo playing on Maracanã has the [...] Click to continue reading...

Today, after its 2-0 victory over Grêmio at the Olimpico Stadium in Porto Alegre, and the tie of Botafogo with Paraná Clube, São Paulo is in the top on the position table with 34 points, two more than Botafogo. Still, the position of both may change as they will face each other next Wednesday, at [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, in Curitiba, during its match against Atlético-PR, Corinthians managed to be ahead in the score, 2-1, after beginning the match losing by a 1-0. However, at about 89′, Atlético-PR got a tie after Cadu, of Corinthians, accidentally scored against its own team. With the tie, Corinthians was unable to put an end of the [...] Click to continue reading...

With each passing day, São Paulo is closer to the leader position in the 2007 Brazilian Championship after the last round-up, during which Sao Paulo won over América-RN by an 1-0 score, while Botafogo was defeated by Cruzeiro, 3-2, the team from São Paulo city has now the same 28 points that the team [...] Click to continue reading...

There are things to worry about for Corinthians fans: last Sunday, Corinthians once again was defeated by Náutico, by a 3- score in the match played on Morumbi Stadium, in São Paulo, for the 2007 Brazilian Championship. With the result, Corinthians is on the zone of decrease to the second division in the tournament table, [...] Click to continue reading...

Today in the afternoon, Santos won its match against Botafogo, current the leader in the 2007 Brazilian Championship, by a 3-0 score. With the victory, Santos improves in the table and impose the first defeat of the leader Botafogo. Rodrigo Tabata, Marcos Aurélio and Moraes scored for the team. Botafogo did not played a good game [...] Click to continue reading...