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Brazil started the game off with the same squad that drew with Ecuador a few days back. Willian and Coutinho on the wings accompanied the resurgent Jonas who lead the attack for the first half. Elias and Augusto played ahead of Real Madrid’s Casemiro in midfield while Marquinhos and Gil occupied the centre of the defence. Veterans Dani Alves and Filipe Luis took the wings and had important contributions to the game - especially the former Barcelona man who contributed two assists to the Selecao to put away....

The Brazil-born striker is awaiting a decision by world football’s governing body FIFA over his availability for his adopted country. “Whether a player wants to play here or there, this organisation won’t be the one to say no,” Brazil Football Confederation (CBF) vice president Marco Polo del Nero told O Estado de Sao Paulo Sunday. Costa admitted for the first time Sunday that he wanted to represent Spain and called on FIFA to decide his eligibility....

“I can say it is the saddest moment of my career, the pain is great because we knew we could get there, we know we had a chance to go far, to make history… But it wasn’t to be this time,” he wrote in an Instagram post. Brazil were left stunned in Friday night’s match in Kazan, finding themselves 2-0 down at half-time and unable to rescue the game in the second half, despite substitute Renato Augusto getting a goal back late on....

Through her Twitter account Thursday, Rousseff greeted the Australian squad, the first foreign team to arrive in Brazil for the tournament, reports Xinhua. “I want to welcome the Australian team, the first foreign team to arrive in Brazil for the World Cup. I wish Coach Ange Postecoglou and the Australian team a nice stay in Brazil and good luck in the Cup’s Group B,” she said. The Australians headed to the city of Vitoria, in Espirito Santo state, southeastern region, where they will begin their preparation for the tournament....

Armies have long sought engineering solutions to military objectives. The Assyrians used inflated animal skins to cross defensive moats. American sappers knocked out German minefields and blockhouses on D-Day. In October 1973, Egyptian combat engineers employed water cannons to break through Israeli sand ramparts on the eastern side of the Suez Canal. Desert Storm’s ground campaign will be heavily engineered as well. Bombers will be able to eliminate some of the Iraqi defensive perimeter, but most allied air power will be focused on artillery and tank positions in the rear....

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after the announcement was made, Formula 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali said: There were rumors that the race at Spa was in danger of being removed from the calendar for the 2023 F1 season. The calendar for next year is expected to have as many as 24 races. With new venues like Las Vegas getting added to the calendar, there were rumors about the future of the Belgian GP....

La Albiceleste are gearing up for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and part of their preparations is a friendly encounter with the UAE at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium. Lionel Messi will start up top for Lionel Scaloni’s side, alongside Juventus winger Angel Di Maria and Manchester City’s young forward Julian Alvarez. Messi is in form heading into the FIFA World Cup. He has scored 12 goals and contributed 14 assists in 19 appearances across competitions for PSG....

Michael Thomas is returning to the fold from an injury, while Chris Olave and Jarvis Landry will round out the base of Jameis Winston’s receivers. On the offensive line, the Saints are returning four of their five spots, with Terron Armstead being the notable departure. In other words, on paper, the Saints are in pretty decent shape. But they’re missing one major mainstay: Sean Payton, who retired after the Saints went a frankly miraculous 9-8 last year and missed the playoffs by a game....

Costa clashed with the Sassuolo forward at the end of Sunday’s Serie A match, which Juve won 2-1 thanks to a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored his first goals for the club. The Brazil international elbowed and headbutted Di Francesco then spat in the face of his opponent, with referee Daniele Chiffi producing a red card after a VAR review of the incident. Costa apologised on social media without mentioning Di Francesco, while Juve head coach Massimiliano Allegri claimed his player had been provoked....

The Argentina international has been a key part of his side’s domestic dominance since joining from Manchester United in 2015. He has now committed his future to the Ligue 1 champions until June 30, 2021, by which time he will be 33. “I am very happy to have extended my contract with Paris Saint-Germain,” he told the club’s official website. “I have loved the last three years in Paris, where I have everything I need to play my best football....

The former Zenit boss, who has agreed to a contract of undisclosed length, will be officially presented at a news conference in Florence on Tuesday. The news brings to an end Italy’s exhaustive search for a permanent replacement for Gian Piero Ventura, who left his role after the World Cup play-off defeat to Sweden in November. Luigi Di Biagio had been in interim charge of the senior side during the hunt for a long-term successor, with Carlo Ancelotti and Chelsea boss Antonio Conte among the other leading candidates....

Benitez, 59, officially left the Magpies at the end of June after failing to agree a contract extension. The former Liverpool, Inter and Real Madrid coach claimed the Premier League outfit did not share his “vision” and brought an end to a three-year stay on Tyneside. Clubs in England and across Europe are said to have expressed interest in the Spaniard’s services, but a lucrative switch to China emerged as his most likely destination....

Can anybody break up the Alabama-Clemson monopoly at the top of college football? Sporting News will take a closer look at some of the top-10 programs with the best chance to do just that. We have already looked at Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma — schools that have combined for six CFP appearances. We even gave Michigan a look. MORE: Sporting News post-spring top 25 Today, we’ll take a closer look at the team still looking to break through for that first appearance out of the SEC West....

Even so, women with their eyes on the White House–or any public office–still face obstacles. Women have an edge in honesty and caring, but on the qualities that matter most, leadership and the ability to be decisive, men still rule in the public’s mind. As a result, many women who might have presidential dreams are reluctant to advertise it. The most prominent of all, Hillary Clinton, insists that a Senate seat from New York is her highest political aspiration–for now, anyway....

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One could seek to apply hybrid technology more tactically in engine regulations being drawn up for 2020, motorsport managing director Ross Brawn said on Wednesday. The Briton said there would be no return to the raucous, normally-aspirated V12 engines of old but the sport hoped to bring back some of the key qualities of the past. “Hybrid technology is probably going to be retained because it offers some relevance, and the engagement of manufacturers,” Brawn told reporters at a round table briefing organised by F1 connectivity partner Tata Communications....

The Ohio State quarterback reinjured his surgically repaired throwing shoulder on Monday, which puts his status for the year “in jeopardy,” the Columbus Dispatch’s Tim May reported. Miller was hurt during practice, May reported. Neither the university nor coach Urban Meyer has commented on Miller’s status. UPDATE (Tuesday, 1:20 p.m.): Miller will miss 2014 season with shoulder injury HAYES: Don’t panic, Buckeyes, Urban’s got this | BENDER: OSU has lost Heisman candidates before Miller is 28-8 as Ohio State’s starter and has led the Buckeyes to 24 consecutive regular-season wins....

Brazil internationals Fred and Jean were both on target as Fluminense moved to the top of the Campeonato Carioca’s Group B with a 3-0 victory over Quissama. Jean opened the scoring in Macae with a curling free-kick into the top corner before Wagner’s first-time finish and a Fred penalty Saturday gave the reigning Brazilian top-flight champions their third victory from five games, reports Xinhua. Fred and Jean will travel to London Sunday to join the rest of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Brazil squad ahead of Wednesday’s international friendly against England at Wembley Stadium....

“The state is pretty much collapsing,” Dr. Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist at Universidade Federal de Pelotas said to the BBC World Service. Intensive care unit capacity has reached over 90 percent in 15 of the nation’s 27 capital cities, and in some states hundreds of people are waiting for ICU beds, according to the Associated Press. The nation reported over 2,000 deaths in a day on Wednesday. The nation’s governors gathered to draft a COVID-19 plan of action, which Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has rejected doing with receiving the COVID-19 vaccine....

The 28-year-old suffered the injury during PSG’s 1-1 draw with Monaco in France’s Ligue 1 on Sunday, reports Xinhua. “I have bad news, but it could have been worse. I’ve had an exam and will be sidelined for six weeks, according to the doctors,” Silva wrote on Instagram. The injury is a repeat of the problem that kept him out for almost two months last season. Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is likely to replace Silva in his starting line-up with Bayern Munich centre-half Dante....

On Tuesday night, it will play host to one of the biggest fixtures in world football - Brazil vs Argentina. The Superclásico de las Américas - to be played more than 10,000 km away from either of the two South American nations. But one shining jewel of a footballer will remain absent. Argentina’s Lionel Messi is yet to play for La Albiceleste since their disastrous World Cup campaign and there is no word yet on when he could return to the national side as he takes an extended leave of absence....