If Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia is the birthplace of the country’s vibrant Afro-Brazilian culture, then the city of Salvador is its epicentre. This was one of the first and largest slave ports ...

On days without polls, we calculate our average by extrapolating trends in recent surveys. A previous version of our average let this extrapolation veer too far from the latest polls. We have adjusted ...

Five-time World Cup champion Brazil enter the the 2026 tournament at a bit of a crossroads. Still among the best teams on the planet, the era of Neymar is beginning to wind down as a number of young ...

United States manager Emma Hayes said she had “an experience I will never forget” after her side’s bad-tempered 1-0 win over Brazil in Fortaleza saw the home team handed eight red cards. Brazil head ...