EX - FLAMENGO, MATHEUS FRANÇA STANDS OUT AT CRYSTAL PALACE AND BECOMES COACH'S PUPILE

Brazil and Argentina face each other this Tuesday (25), at 9 pm (Brasília time), for the 14th round of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The match takes place at the Mâs Monumental stadium, in Buenos Aires, with live broadcast on Globo (open TV) and SporTV (closed TV).

The retrospective of the South American classic points to a historical balance. In 109 matches played, the Brazilian team won 43 times, while the Argentine team has 40 triumphs, in addition to 26 draws. In the Qualifying table, Argentina leads with 28 points, while Brazil occupies third place, totaling 21 points under the command of Dorival Júnior.

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Dorival Júnior will have to make adjustments to his team due to important absences. Goalkeeper Alisson, who suffered a concussion in the last match against Colombia, will be replaced by Bento, from Athletico Paranaense. In addition, Gabriel Magalhães and Bruno Guimarães are serving suspensions due to their third yellow card, while Gerson is still recovering from an injury and will also be unavailable. Wesley, a Flamengo full-back, will also play.

Given the absences, Brazil's likely line-up for the match will be: Bento; Wesley, Marquinhos, Murillo and Guilherme Arana; André and Joelinton; Raphinha, Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo and Matheus Cunha.

This Sunday (23), Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto's race in China was affected by a failure on the first lap . When fighting for position at the start with Oliver Bearman, from Haas, the Brazilian lost control of the car and ended up in the gravel. The skid forced the young man to go to the pits, which caused him to distance himself from the pack.

Upon returning to the Shanghai International Circuit track on hard tyres, Gabriel Bortoleto was in last place, far behind 19th, his teammate Nico Hulkenberg . In the end, the Brazilian still managed to cross the finish line ahead of Nico and Yuki Tsunoda - with Alonso's retirement and the subsequent disqualifications of Leclerc, Hamilton and Gasly, he officially took 14th place.

After the race, the São Paulo native admitted his mistake and explained that the skid happened because he was on the dirty side of the track in the fight against Bearman. Bortoleto also assessed the not-so-good weekend in China and lamented the failure at the start :

" Today was definitely not an ideal race. After the first lap, the focus was on recovering and gathering as much information as possible about the car. Although our position was not favorable, it was good to continue and finish the race, because it was my first full race on a dry track ," said the Brazilian.

In the final part of the race, Bortoleto still saw Yuki Tsunoda go to the pits after having his front wing damaged and rose to 17th - he only gained three positions due to disqualifications after the end of the race.

" It's difficult to say where we could have been with a cleaner race. I wish this weekend had been more positive, but it is what it is. Now we move on and go to the factory to analyse what we learned from these first two races, prepare for Suzuka," he concluded.

Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will have a new sport: boxing . The announcement was made by the chairman of the Olympic Program committee, during the 144th session of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday (20). Remembering that in the last two Olympics, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, boxing disputes were organized by the IOC. In February last year, the entity provisionally recognized World Boxing as a new International Federation of Modalid. Last Monday, the Executive Committee had recommended the inclusion of the modality present in the games since 1904. of gender. About transgender athletes, we still do not have it and it is not possible to comment on the policies of the IOC. Many experts are helping us in this construction. Sport that had the largest number of countries on the Paris 2024 Olympics podium, when the sport was organized by the IOC instead of an international federation. Of the 68 national Olympic committees who competed, 32 won medals in 13 categories, including the refugee team. Remembering that Brazil took the bronze with Beatriz Ferreira.