When World Baseball Classic rosters were announced on Feb. 5, the headlines naturally gravitated towards the tournament’s ...

Team Brazil debuted in the World Baseball Classic in 2013. They were the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, so it wasn’t exactly surprising when they were swept in pool play, losing to Japan, Cuba, ...

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 ...

When it comes to sports in Brazil, fans naturally gravitate toward the rich heritage of soccer. But baseball has been quietly building something of its own. Brazil’s silver medal run at the 2023 Pan ...

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 ...

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, ...

IBIUNA, Brazil (AP) A prospect with a 94 mph fastball gets a lot of attention, no matter where he is pitching - even when that prospect is a diminutive 16-year-old from a country with little baseball ...

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 ...