Brazil politics spills over to soccer

Posted 2022-11-29, Taipei Times Headlines

Photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO Normally, it would be horrible news to soccer fans anywhere that their team’s star player was injured. Yet even as they endured an anguished wait for a Neymar-less Brazil to score in their 1-0 win over Switzerland on Monday, some Brazilians found it hard to miss the... read full story

"The team are missing him,"

Photo: A person wearing a Brazilian national soccer jersey holds a mask of President Jair Bolsonaro during his motorcycle campaign rally in Pocos de Caldas, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2.


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