Hosts Brazil enjoyed a triumphant finale to the troubled Confederations Cup with a 3-0 defeat of world champions Spain in the Maracana Sunday. A tournament marked by nationwide protests ...

Brazil head into the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup next week under immense pressure. With just a solitary win against Bolivia to their name this year, Luiz Felipe Scolari's return to management of ...

Brazil has delivered only four of the six stadiums that will be used in June’s Confederations Cup, considered a dress rehearsal for next year’s World cup, on time. One of the venues – Recife ...

Neymar scored his third goal in three matches and Fred added two others as Brazil beat Italy 4-2 and finished on top of Group A of the Confederations Cup on Saturday. Substitute defender Dante ...

Brazil need several results to occur on June 10, including a win against Paraguay, to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

It was a deserved defeat." Brazil won its third straight Confederations Cup, and is unbeaten in 57 consecutive home competitive matches since 1975. Yet, no reigning Confed Cup winner has gone on ...

The 2009 Confederations Cup has, as usual, been a roller coaster ride of triumph and despair. Before the competition started, almost everyone would have expected to see Brazil make the final.

Brazil, the five-time World Cup winner ... Italy, third at the Confederations Cup, climbed to No. 6. Uruguay rose seven spots to No. 12 after finishing fourth. Germany followed Spain.

And Sunday’s Confederations Cup final in Rio de Janeiro’s massive Maracana Stadium didn’t disappoint, with Brazil routing Spain, 3-0. Goals by Fred two minutes into the first half and two ...

When the 10th Confederations Cup kicks off Saturday in Saint Petersburg, it will do so with Brazil absent from the tournament of continental champions for the first time since 1995. FIFA and the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 30: Fred of Brazil kisses the FIFA Confederations Cup trophy after the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Final match between Brazil and Spain at Maracana on June 30, ...