8 d. ago Brazil fans enjoy carnival atmosphere despite World Cup rout by South Africa | Luke McLaughlin

Just seeing the first Brazil team to reach a Rugby World Cup was enough for fans as South Africa roared to 66-6 winIn certain other sports, Brazil’s absence from any World Cup tournament would be regarded as downright bizarre. It’s not quite like that in rugby, and their women’s 15s team created history simply by running on to the turf.The first Brazil team to qualify for a men’s or women’s Rugby World Cup had played only 16 times before this, winning five matches, including a playoff against Colombia that secured qualification. Their prize, if you can call it that, was an intimidating opener against the famously powerful South Africa. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival 2025: Big crowds enjoy Children's Day Parade as festivities gather pace

Streets in west London awash with colour as children’s parade follows J’Ouvert

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9 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival 2025 under way as thousands enjoy Children's Day Parade in sun

Streets in west London awash with colour as children’s parade follows J’Ouvert

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9 d. ago ‘Not everyone can handle it!’ Discover the raunchy, relentless sounds taking over Caribbean carnivals

At Notting Hill carnival this weekend you’ll hear the sound of bouyon and dennery segment, mutated subgenres full of sexualised lyrics. The creators explain how this deliriously fun music went viralAt this year’s Fête de la Musique in Paris, British ravers who had streamed over to enjoy the annual street party – think Notting Hill carnival without the procession – found themselves hearing, and then swiftly dancing to, a wildly uptempo tune called Bouwéy.Built from a languid vocal at odds with clattering African percussion, the track bowled out from sound systems and car windows, quite unlike anything else: a defining song of the summer. Made by Guadeloupean act 1T1, Bouwéy has now hit 12m views on YouTube. But its frenetic pace and startling synth work haven’t arrived in a vacuum – instead it is the vanguard of a sound known as bouyon, part of a whirlwind of dance genres leaping out from the Caribbean to the world, including at Notting Hill carnival this weekend. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Karol G to headline halftime show during YouTube’s first exclusive NFL broadcast, live from Brazil

Bringing football fans, Brazil and Karol G together for a one-night experience

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3 w. ago Neymar’s return to Brazil: mixed form, a fight with a fan and a few great goals

He has not always been fit or available for the team, but Neymar’s time back at Santos has certainly not been boring“Eu vou mas, eu volto!” Those are the words that Neymar famously scrawled on a wall in the home changing room of the Vila Belmiro in 2013 before he crossed the Atlantic to join Barcelona. His message to the Santos fans was clear: “I’m going but I’ll come back!”Great things were expected of the prodigious 21-year-old who had been reared at the academy that produced Pelé. Brazilians hoped he would lead them to their first World Cup on home soil in 2014, erasing the hurt of 1950, and go on to become their first Ballon d’Or winner since Kaká in 2007. As we now know, these conquests did not come to pass. Continue reading...

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