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Heavy rains leave dozens dead in Brazil as cities cancel Carnival

The cities of Sao Sebastiao, Ubatuba, Ilhabela and Bertioga, some of the hardest hit and now under state of calamity, canceled their Carnival festivities as rescue teams struggle to find the missing.

WEKU

Brazil floods: Dozens dead and carnival festivities cancelled after torrential rain

35 killed in Sao Sebastiao while seven-year-old girl dies in neighbouring Ubatuba

Evening Standard

Dozens dead as flooding and landslides hit carnival revellers in Brazil

Residents are bracing for more rains, raising the prospect of a higher death toll

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Heavy Rains Leave 36 Dead in Brazil, Cities Cancel Carnival

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides that have killed 36 people in Brazil’s north Sao Paulo state, officials said Sunday, and the fatalities could rise. Sao Paulo state government said in a statement that 35 died in the city of Sao Sebastiao and a 7-year-old girl was killed in neighboring…

Asharq Al-Awsat

26 dead amid heavy rains in Brazil, cities cancel Carnival

Brazilian authorities said Sunday at least 26 people died in two cities in north Sao Paulo state amid floods and landslides and the number could rise

The Independent UK

LGBT Brazilians compete in country's first drag king contest

At a downtown Sao Paulo tattoo studio, drag performer Hinacio King has a six-pack contoured onto their abdomen and their breasts tightly tapped down to transform into their alter ego.

Reuters

Massive aeroplane fight breaks out between two families in flight row over window seat

The row erupted between two families on a Gol Airlines flight bound to Sao Paulo-Congonhas from Salvador in Brazil, after a mum's request to switch seats was turned down

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Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution risk

Critics of Brazil’s planned sinking of the Sao Paulo described it as a ‘state-sponsored environmental crime’.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States

Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.

Reuters

Luizao's 'biggest dream' with West Ham and the AC Milan and Real Madrid icons who influence him

West Ham United January signing Luizao has been with the club since New Year's Day after completing a free transfer from Brazilian side Sao Paulo where he made 20 first-team appearances

Football London

Sao Paulo assistant on Rangers training ground visit and key Michael Beale strength

IT is not uncommon for coaches to travel abroad and visit foreign clubs in major footballing nations in order to study their methods and increase…

The National (Scotland)

Thousands take to the streets in Brazil to condemn rioters

The riot in Brasilia was a reminder of the threat to democracy posed by those that refuse to accept former President Jair Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat

The Independent UK

'No amnesty!': Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters

Thousands of protesters in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo demanded “No amnesty!"

The Independent UK

West Ham’s January signing makes Hammers debut vs Everton after Sao Paulo transfer

West Ham United have completed one signing already in January and he made his debut in a Hammers shirt on Friday night during a 2-1 victory over Everton in Premier League 2

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Michael Caine: It was a privilege to film with ‘outstanding talent’ Pele

The Brazilian football star is to be buried on Tuesday after lying in state at the home of his former club Santos in Sao Paulo.

Daily Mirror

Brazilian New Year reveller dies after firework gets caught in her clothes and explodes

Elisangela Tinem Goncalves, 38, was at a New Year's celebration on a Sao Paulo beach when she was hit by a firework in the chest which got caught in her clothing before exploding

France 24

‘It’s going to be crazy’: Crowds flock to Santos for Pelé’s wake

Aside from the extraordinary international career that brought him his greatest fame, Pelé was well known for his loyalty to his club Santos, based in the eponymous port city south of Sao Paulo where he spent most of his life. Fans gathered to pay tribute to the king of football…

France 24

Brazilians bid farewell to football legend Pelé

Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos on Monday. Watch FRANCE 24’s special programme on the passing of Brazil’s football legend.

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Daily Record

Michael Beale reacts to Rangers and Celtic ticket squabble with Brazilians 'don’t argue about 700 away fans’ line

The Ibrox boss on the passion of the Old Firm and where it ranks among the world’s greatest derbies.

The Times of India

Pele: The first-ever global sports hero

Salve Jorge, a popular restaurant in Historico Centro district in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, pays homage to the famous ‘George’s’ from across the world. Literally meaning ‘Hail George’, the colonial-styled watering hole displays rows of framed illustrations of well-known namesakes – the saint, Shaw, Harrison, even George of the Jungle --…

Daily Mirror

Ronnie O’Sullivan makes touching Pele tribute after icon lobbied for snooker in Olympics

Ronnie O'Sullivan paid a touching tribute to Brazilian football icon Pele, who died aged 82 at a Sao Paulo hospital on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer

The Independent UK

Pele’s influence on football will be ‘eternal’, says Pep Guardiola

Three-times World Cup winner Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday at the age of 82.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Movies, Music and TV Helped Pelé to Even More Stardom

Whether or not Pelé scored almost 1,300 goals in his professional soccer career, all of his biographers agree that the three-time World Cup champion wrote more than 100 songs and sold more than 100,000 copies of one of his albums. He was also in the movies, notably in the World…

The Independent UK

An absolute giant – Newcastle boss Eddie Howe pays tribute to Pele

The Brazil great died in Sao Paulo on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pele, Brazilian Legend of the Beautiful Game, Dies at 82

Pele, the legendary Brazilian football player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele was undergoing treatment, said he died at 3:27 p.m. "due to multiple…

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