OIZUMI, Japan (AP) — Brazil's national soccer team is a draw wherever it plays, often a sentimental choice. The affection will run deeper for some in Japan when the countries play Monday in Tokyo with ...

Andres Reiner was right about Venezuela. He was an executive with the Navegantes del Magallanes, one of the most storied franchises in the Venezuelan Winter League, during the 1970s. He knew the ...

Yan Gomes knew the idea was to hit the ball and run. That much he’d gotten down pat, although the rest was a mystery. He was like any other Brazilian kid, growing up with soccer written in his genetic ...

With Brazil about to make its first appearance in the World Baseball Classic, the sport which is barely known in the land of soccer is starting to attract some rare attention. Little by little, ...

Barry Larkin's Brazil team isn't likely to advance in the World Baseball Classic. (Getty Images) Scores from World Baseball Classic action on Sunday in Asia: Cuba 5, Brazil 2; Japan 5, China 2; and ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil – There he was, leaning over the dugout’s top stair in an almost entirely empty ballpark in Japan, teetering between stepping up or stepping down, a Hall of Famer toiling in complete ...

Did Major League Baseball see the unofficial birth of its next big talent market on Monday night? Maybe. Despite making just its first appearance in the World Baseball Classic qualifying round, Brazil ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Gaijin! Gaijin! Gaijin was Paulo Orlando’s nickname growing up. His teammates called him gaijin; he called his coaches sensei. Gaijin is the Japanese word for foreigner. Orlando, a ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil is and always will be a soccer country, especially during a year in which it hosts the World Cup. Nevertheless, the major U.S. sports leagues for football, baseball and ...