The white and blue jersey was deemed unlucky when Brazil lost the World Cup at home to Uruguay in 1950 so they switched to the yellow jersey, and won five World Cups wearing it – a finals record ...

Aldyr Garcia Schlee's design of yellow shirt with a green trim, blue shorts, and white socks won, and that kit has been used by the Brazilian team since 1954. MORE: Why is Brazil so good at soccer ...

Reporting from Sao Paulo, Brazil — Yuri Peterson has the speed and elusiveness of a top striker and the vision and touch of a playmaking midfielder. But what really marks the tiny 11-year-old as ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It took an angry-looking bird to get Brazilians hooked on their World Cup mascot. The team’s new mascot — a yellow canary with an angry face that represents some of the ...

But she looks like she could be strutting her stuff on a runway modeling Brazil's latest fashion trend: World Cup style. As the five-time champions wage their campaign to bring home their sixth ...

Though he continues to live in Brazil, Garcia Schlee’s soccer loyalties have long been with neighboring Uruguay. On the day of “The Defeat,” in 1950, the fifteen-year-old Garcia Schlee had ...

What does it take for a soccer zealot to show his love for the game? For Nelson Paviotti, a Sao Paulo attorney and a Selecao Brasileira aficionado, this means dressing in green, yellow, white and ...

Brazil’s bright yellow jersey is a symbol that unites the country through a love of football and national pride, but over the past two years the shirt’s adoption by right wing supporters of ...