Brazil

Swedes defeated hosts 4-3 in shootout on Tuesday

Nets first goal of tournament to set up semi-final clash with Honduras

The hosts' much-needed victory sealed top spot in Group A to set up quarter-final meeting with Colombia

Brazil take on Iraq after 0-0 draw against South Africa in Selecao’s opening match saw skipper roundly criticised

The opening ceremony was decidedly simple and low-tech, a reflection of Brazil's tough economic times

Captain remains hosts’ primary hope for maiden gold at Games

79-year-old said contestant should aim for solidarity in the world

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Olympic city exceeds WHO limits for most dangerous air pollutant

Verde-Amarela are placed in Group A in the first round along side Denmark, Iraq and South Africa

2015 Puskas Award winner Wendell Lira announced retirement from professional football to pursue career in video gaming

The company's refused to surrender data from its WhatsApp messenger program to a police investigation

Incident is the latest to raise worries over security in the city

Envoy asks businessmen to enter into joint ventures, report tariff issues

Soldiers carry out simulated counter-terrorism exercises ahead of Rio Games

Artwork is half the size of a football pitch created with spray paint, acrylic and varnish

The new security measures would include extra checkpoints, barricades and traffic restrictions

Andre Martins is the only player in Portugal’s squad with senior international experience

Stabilising finances: Troubled Brazil targets tighter deficit 

India’s Oil, Natural Gas Corp, IBV Brasil fight delay in troubled Brazil oil project

Brazilian forward confirms deal on his official Twitter account, ending transfer rumours

Little was known that the 17-year-old would later go on to become Brazil's footballing icon

Chased by police, Italo Ferreira stepped on the gas in the stolen car until they stopped him with a bullet to the head

The jaguar is a near-threatened species that is already extinct in Uruguay and El Salvador

Corinthians manager replaces sacked Dunga

Local media speculates former World Cup winner will be replaced by coach of Corinthians's side Tite

Sao Paulo pilot program is Uber's biggest step yet in a partnership with Airbus Group, announced in January

The defeat left Canarinho struggling to digest their worst performance in tournament 1987

Rye Hunt, 25, disappeared on May 21 from the Copacabana Beach area

The driver lost control of the bus carrying 46 passengers and crashed into a rock in the opposite lane

Result moves Canarinho to four points from two games after they were held to a goalless draw in their opening match

Referee ruled out La Tricolor's goal after Bolanos' cross was fumbled by Canarinho's goalkeeper into his own net

Embraer's Kyoto Airship interior concept features large vertical windows and skylights

Mega event is scheduled to begin on August 5 and will end on September 18 later this year

The researchers said they had found the virus in three groups of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

A nearly 22-hour debate in the Senate closed with an overwhelming 55-22 vote against Brazil's first female president

Brazil's Senate is set to start voting on whether to open an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff

Former Newcastle Jets is second player to die last week from heart problems, following Patrick Ekeng’s death on Friday

Rousseff says 'Machado tortured her during military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985'

Prosecutors file lawsuit against over the Samarco mine dam burst that killed 19 and wreaked environmental havoc

Facebook, the owner of the service, failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation

Senate is expected to vote for an impeachment trial on charges that Rousseff illegally manipulated government accounts

There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus

It is the latest sign of Brazil slipping into unpredictable political territory

Wagner accused deputies of voting for impeachment without proving that President Rouseff had committed a serious crime

He has swooped back into active politics to help his embattled protege Dilma Rousseff

Her government is in crisis after the main coalition partner went into opposition.

Both picked up a yellow card in Brazil’s 2-2 draw with Uruguay

The app will provide the virtual diagnosis as well as information on preventing Zika

A landslide buried 13 of the victims, while two others drowned in the floodwaters