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Uruguay fires Copa America staffer after harassment charge

Uruguay's soccer association fired a member of its Copa America staff after reports of a team security guard being arrested for sexually harassing a woman. The soccer body said in a statement on Monday it made the decision due to the staffer's "reprehensible and unacceptable behavior," without providing details. It added the person, whom it did not identify, would return to Montevideo and be investigated from there. The Uruguay team is in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba, where it was playing Chile late Monday at Arena Pantanal. Chile and Argentina share the lead in Group A with four points after two matches. Uruguay has zero after one match. CONMEBOL said in a separate statement it received information of a sexual harassment accusation against a member of a team at the Copa America. It added it will cooperate with authorities in the investigation. Police from the state of Mato Grosso, which includes Cuiaba, did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

Brazil's Covid death toll tops 500,000, second largest in the world

Brazil surpassed half a million Covid-19 deaths after registering 2,301 more fatalities from the fatal disease in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.

Brazil's Covid death toll tops 500,000: Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga

The country has registered more than 17.8 million Covid-19 cases

Brazil says Copa America's Covid-19 cases increase again from 66 to 82

Brazil's government said that 82 people connected with the Copa America soccer tournament had contracted Covid-19, an increase of 16 infections from the previous day

Brazil: Copa America's Covid-19 cases increase 13 to 66

Brazil's health ministry said that 66 people connected with the Copa America soccer tournament had contracted COVID-19, an increase of 13 infections from the previous day

Copa America: Neymar shines as Brazil thrash Peru 4-0 to reach quarters

Neymar and Alex Sandro scored for Brazil as they beat Peru on Thursday night to attain a comfortable 4-0 win in the 2021 Copa America clash here at Nilton Santos Stadium

Brazil beats Peru 4-0 to move atop in Copa America group with 6 points

Brazil changed half of its starting lineup to face Peru in its second Copa America match and still cruised to a 4-0 victor.

Brazil drop star forward Neymar from its Olympic games squad

Another big name missing is Marquinhos, who was part of the gold-winning Brazilian team medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Brazil keeps search for striker against Peru at Copa America

Brazil coach Tie has hinted he'll continue searching for his ideal strike force in Thursday's Copa America game against Peru. Tite tested Everton Ribeiro, Everton and Gabriel Barbosa up front at practice on Tuesday instead of Lucas Paquet, Richarlison and Gabriel Jesus, who started in Brazil's 3-0 win over Venezuela in the tournament opener on Sunday. Roberto Firmino, who was on the bench against Venezuela, didn't participate in the practice game in the time while the Brazilian soccer confederation broadcast training to the media. The coach also tried a change in defense with Thiago Silva replacing Marquinhos as Eder Militao's partner and a defensive midfield duo with Fabinho joining Fred in place of Casemiro. Tite has said the 20 days of Copa America will be used to test some things, with an eye the World Cup in Qatar next year. He and his players publicly said they were against the Copa America taking place in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic but would always answer the call f

Brazil counts 52 coronavirus cases connected to Copa America

Brazil's health ministry raised the number of COVID-19 cases related to the Copa America to 52, including 33 players or staffers. The ministry said Tuesday that the increase, from 41 total cases earlier, includes 19 workers hired for the tournament. Some of the workers are located in Brasilia, where Brazil opened the tournament on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Venezuela, and others in Rio de Janeiro, which hosted Monday's 1-1 draw between Argentina and Chile. The Venezuela squad was depleted after nearly a dozen cases of COVID-19 involving players or staff. Bolivia was missing three players. Bolivian media reported striker Marcelo Martins was one of the players who tested positive. Martins criticized the South American soccer body for the outbreak. Thank you for this, CONMEBOL. It is completely your fault, Martins said on Instagram. If someone dies what will you do? What matters to you is money. The lives of players are not worth anything. Staffers of Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia als

Brazil: 41 Covid-19 cases connected to Copa America event

Brazil's health ministry has documented 41 cases of COVID-19 related to the Copa America, including 31 players or staffers and 10 workers who were hired for the event. The ministry said in a statement that all workers who tested positive were in Brasilia, where Brazil kicked off the tournament on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Venezuela. The visiting Venezuela squad was depleted after nearly a dozen cases of COVID-19 involving players or staff. Brazil stepped in late as emergency host of the 10-team continental championship despite the country having the second-highest number of recorded deaths from the coronavirus in the world, almost 490,000. President Jair Bolsonaro offered to hold the tournament in Brazil only two weeks ago after Argentina and Colombia were dropped as co-hosts. He is a critic of social distancing policies and argues the economic impact of shutdown measures kills more than the virus. Brazil's health ministry said 2,927 COVID-19 tests related to Copa America have bee

Brazil reports 827 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hours; total tally at 488,228

Brazil registered 827 more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 488,228, the health ministry said Monday.

Copa America: Colombia, Brazil off to winning start in tournament

Colombia and hosts Brazil kicked off their Copa America campaign with a win in Group B.While Brazil thrashed Venezuela 3-0, Colombia defeated Ecuador 1-0 in a tight encounter.Marquinhos, Gabriel Barbosa, and a Neymar penalty helped Brazil take all three points against a spirited Venezuelan side.On the other hand, both Colombia and Ecuador came out looking to impose themselves on the game but neither was able to take control or play with their usual style. The first half was filled with plenty of even sparring but very few clear chances or openings.Edwin Cardona scored the only goal of the match in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Colombia allowed Ecuador to take control of possession and looked to defend their advantage.Colombia will now lock horns with Venezuela while Brazil will face Peru on Thursday.

Copa America: Neymar on target as Brazil blank Venezuela 3-0

Neymar scored a goal and provided an assist as Brazil cruised to a 3-0 win over Venezuela in their Copa America opener here.

Committed Brazil a favorite to defend Copa America title

Brazil's international players were reluctant to play in the Copa America on home soil. Now that they're committed, they're favored to win it. Argentina still looms as a threat to Brazil's title defense, but now as a visiting team. Argentina and Colombia were dropped as tournament co-hosts before Brazil contentiously stepped in late to stage the continental championship. Being away from home takes some pressure off Lionel Messi and his Argentina team. The Copa America will kick off Sunday with defending champion Brazil against Venezuela at the Man Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. The final will be on July 10 at the Maracan stadium in Rio de Janeiro, one of the COVID-19 epicenters in Brazil, where more than 480,000 have died from the coronavirus. No spectators will be allowed to attend any Copa America matches because of restrictions in place for the pandemic, which has already delayed the tournament by a year. Brazil players ended speculation about a potential boycott by issuing a

Chile's Alexis Sánchez out of Copa America group stage with injury

Striker Alexis Sánchez will not travel to Brazil with the rest of the Chile squad and will miss at least the group stage of Copa America due to a calf injury.

Roberto Firmino out and Paquet in for Brazil's Copa America opener

Brazil is starting Lucas Paquet up front instead of the experienced Roberto Firmino against Venezuela in their Copa America opener on Sunday, coach Tite said.

Brazil reports 85,149 new Covid-19 cases, 2,216 deaths in last 24 hours

Brazil on Friday reported 2,216 more deaths from COVID-19 and 85,149 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said.The nationwide death toll thus stood at 484,235 while the national count of COVID-19 cases mounted to 17,296,118, said the ministry.Most of the country is seeing more than 80 per cent occupancy of hospital intensive care units (ICU) by patients with COVID-19, according to a newsletter published by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil's state-run medical research facility.Some states, including Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana, have over 95 per cent occupancy of ICUs, overwhelming their healthcare systems.Brazil's current average of daily COVID-19 deaths stands at 1,913, according to a daily report from the national council of health secretariats.Some 23.5 million people, or 11.11 percent of the population, have received both vaccine shots, while 52.7 million, or 24.9 per cent, have received the first shot.Brazil has the world's second-highest COVID-19 death ...

Brazil coronavirus update: 2,378 fresh Covid-19 deaths registered

Brazil registered 2,378 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 476,792, the health ministry said on Tuesday

Decks cleared for import of Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V into Brazil

Brazil has cleared the proposal to import Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin into the South American country