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Brazil's Neymar, left, fight s for the ball with Japan's Hiroki Sakai during their international friendly soccer match Brazil against Japan at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, northern France, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Neymar is in tears after coach Tite defends his reputation

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe

By AMANDA LEE MYERS and STAN LEHMAN - Associated Press

The Latest: Spokesman: US family missing in Brazil is found

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California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe

By AMANDA LEE MYERS and STAN LEHMAN - Associated Press

Uber drivers gather outside the Brazilian Congress to protest a bill aimed at regulating ride-sharing apps, that the Senate is expected to take up Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Brasilia, Brazil. The lower house of Congress has passed a bill that would require municipal governments to regulate ride-sharing apps like Uber. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil Senate softens bill proposing new rules for Uber

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Brazil's President Michel Temer attends the Aviator Day ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Aviator Day commemorates Brazil's first official flight and celebrates the Brazilian Air Force. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil leader hospitalized as he faces vote on suspension

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Besiktas' Cenk Tosun, left, challenges for the ball with Monaco's Jemerson during the Champions League Group G first leg soccer match between Monaco and Besiktas at Louis II stadium in Monaco, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Brazil summons Costa and leaves out Luiz for friendlies

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Brazil to play Russia in Moscow in pre-World Cup friendly

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Brazil's coach Tite, left, shouts instructions to his players and Chile's Pedro Hernandez gets ready to throw in the ball during a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Tite’s rebuilt Brazilian squad is winning back fans

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Chile' coach Juan Antonio Pizzi attends a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Chile will face Brazil in a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match on Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Pizzi quits as Chile coach after World Cup elimination

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

This Sept. 28, 2017 photo shows the facade of what once was the Stylofino picture frame factory owned by members of Rhema Community Evangelical Ministry, affiliated with the Word of Faith Fellowship church, in Franco da Rocha, Brazil, in the greater Sao Paulo area. The business and its labor practices are under investigation by Brazilian authorities, just one of several inquiries launched into a pair of Brazilian churches connected to Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical sect based in Spindale, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil branches of US-based church target of numerous probes

By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's player Miranda speaks during a news conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. Brazil will face Chile in a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match on Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Argentina and Messi not getting any sympathy from Brazil

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Germany's Sandro Wagner, left, and his teammate Leon Goretzka celebrate after Wagner scored his side's second goal during the 2018 World Cup qualifying Group C soccer match between Germany and Azerbaijan in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany looking good to defend World Cup title

By CIARAN FAHEY - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts during a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Peru at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Argentina tied the match 0-0 and is almost eliminated from the upcoming World Cup in Russia. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Get out the calculators: Argentina may miss World Cup

By RICARDO ZUNIGA - Associated Press

A man walks past a fence with graffiti depicting Argentina's soccer legend Diego Maradona in the town of Volkhov, 130 km (80 miles) east of St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Brazil is in; Argentina still fighting for a World Cup spot

By STEPHEN WADE and RICARDO ZUNIGA - Associated Press

Brazil great Marta to stay on national soccer team

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil negotiating friendlies against Japan and England

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Paulinho, center, and Denis Suarez during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Eibar at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Paulinho has silenced his critics at Barcelona

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016 file photo, Carlos Nuzman, President of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, speaks during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian Senator Romario de Souza Faria, the star of Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning team,told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, hopes to open a congressional investigation of Nuzman, who headed last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Romario seeks senate probe into Rio Olympic organizer Nuzman

By STEPHEN WADE and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, Carlos Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic committee, arrives at Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ON Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 a former member of the Brazilian Olympic committee showed the Associated Press letters he sent to the IOC eight years ago warning against awarding the games to Rio de Janeiro, and cautioning against the administration of Carlos Nuzman. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

IOC president warned 8 years ago about Nuzman, Rio Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press