Welcome back to the Brazil Sports newsletter. This week, we have our first national champions of the year as Athletico won the 2019 Copa do Brasil. There’s the results from a recent football fanbase survey, showing one team well ahead of the rest, plus Brazil’s new left-back and the country’s Formula 1 dry spell. All that and much more. Happy reading!
Athletico win the cup
After an impressive 2-1 win away from home to Internacional on Wednesday night, Athletico Paranaense won the 2019 Copa do Brasil, seeing them pocket BRL 52 million in prize money and a spot in next...