Midfielder Richarlyson scored a first-half goal as defending champions Sao Paulo defeated struggling Fluminense 1-0 to extend their winning streak to seven matches and move closer to the Brazilian league lead on Wednesday.
Sao Paulo are now only one point behind rivals Palmeiras, who lost 1-0 to Coritiba.
Richarlyson scored Sao Paulo’s winner with a remarkable goal at the Morumbi Stadium, dribbling past two defenders before firing a shot over charging Fluminense goalkeeper Rafael.
The loss extended Fluminense’s winless streak to four matches and kept them second-to-last in the 20-team standings.
Palmeiras’ winless streak increased to four matches with the loss to Coritiba at the Couto Pereira Stadium in Curitiba.
Former Wolfsburg midfielder Marcelinho Paraiba scored the winner with a 90th-minute penalty. He had already come close to scoring twice — with a close-range header saved by Palmeiras goalkeeper Bruno in the first half and with a shot that struck the crossbar in the second half.
Both teams had players sent off at the end of the first half and Palmeiras also had defender Marcao ejected for the foul that prompted the penalty kick. Coritiba had defender Pereira red carded in injury-time.
Corinthians won their second in a row by beating Internacional 2-1 at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre. Defender Jean and striker Jorge Henrique scored the goals.
Santos edged Gremio 1-0 at the Vila Belmiro Stadium behind an 80th-minute header by striker Paulo Henrique and Botafogo lost 2-1 to 10-man Santo Andre. Vitoria defeated Atletico Paranaense 2-1 in Salvador, while last-place Sport lost 2-1 to Barueri.
Yu Yao-hsing on Tuesday nabbed Taiwan’s only goal in the final round of qualifiers for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, as they fell 3-1 to Sri Lanka at Taipei Municipal Stadium. Early goals from Sri Lanka in the first half left Taiwan struggling to get on the board, and Christopher Tiao’s own goal at 53 minutes sealed the team’s fate in the third round of qualifiers. While acknowledging that the defeat, Taiwan’s sixth in Group D, was disappointing, head coach Matt Ross said he saw reasons to stay positive about the team’s development. “There were lots of positive signs in terms of the
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli yesterday vowed to “keep raising the bar” after winning the Japanese Grand Prix to become the youngest driver in Formula One history to lead the championship standings. The 19-year-old Italian took advantage of a mid-race safety car to jump into the lead after a dreadful start from pole position, crossing the line ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Antonelli’s Suzuka victory came two weeks after the first grand prix win of his career in China, and sent him top of the championship standings after three races, nine points ahead of team-mate George Russell. Mercedes are struggling to
INDIGESTION: Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for a third consecutive time after a 4-1 defeat to Bosnia on penalties in a loss Gattuso said was ‘difficult to digest’ Coach Graham Arnold on Tuesday challenged his players to “shock the world” after Iraq became the 48th and final team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup with a nerve-shredding 2-1 win over Bolivia in an intercontinental playoff in Mexico, as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Sweden and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) also secured their places at the finals. Iraq, whose preparations were disrupted by the war in the Middle East, sealed their first appearance at the finals in 40 years and are to play in Group I against France, Senegal and Norway. Goals from Ali al-Hamadi
Teng Kai-wei, the only Taiwanese player on an opening-day roster in this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) season, took his first win of the year with the Houston Astros in his season debut. Teng entered in relief in the top of the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, with the Astros trailing 5-0. He pitched 2-1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, as Houston scored 11 runs during his outing to snatch an 11-9 comeback victory. The win is the Astros’ first of the season and the third of Teng’s MLB career. “It’s my first time pitching for the Astros, so
RSS