Sports in Brazil are those that are widely practiced and popular in the country, as well as others which originated there or have some cultural significance. Brazilians are heavily involved in sports. Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. Other than football, sports like volleyball, mixed martial arts, basketball, tennis, and motor sports, especially Formula One, enjoy high levels of popularity.
The Brazil women's national water polo team represents Brazil in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches.
Association football is the most popular sport in almost all South American countries. There are a wide range of sports played in the continent of South America. Popular sports include rugby union, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, volleyball, hockey, beach volleyball, motorsports and cricket. South America held its first Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. Two years prior to this, major cities in Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo is a Brazilian former handball player. She played for the Brazilian national team. During her playing career she played in Spain, Romania, Austria, Russia and Italy.
Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events. She is the former South American record holder in the 100 metres (11.05 seconds) and the current (2017) record holder in the 200 metres (22.48 seconds). She also was part of the team that broke the 4×100 metres relay continental record with a time of 42.29 seconds.
Jéssica Da Silva Quintino is a Brazilian handball player for Minaur Baia Mare and the Brazilian national team.
Mayara Fier de Moura is a Brazilian handballer. She is a member of the Brazilian national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Maik Ferreira dos Santos is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper for Al-Rayan and the Brazilian handball team.
Brazil competes at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Brazil women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Brazil. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international goalball competitions.
Ana Carolina da Silva is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She plays as a Middle blocker and has been a member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team since 2014.
Ana Cláudia Trindade Araújo da Silva is a Brazilian artistic gymnast that represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She contributed a score of 13.375 on floor during the team final to help the team finish in eighth. Individually, she finished 22nd in the all-around final. She was the 2008 national all-around champion.
Vinícius Santos Teixeira is a Brazilian handball player for Handebol Taubaté and the Brazilian national team.
Ana Beatriz Moser is a Brazilian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian who played as an outside hitter. She helped make the Brazilian women's national volleyball team a dominant force in the 1990s. From January to September 2023, she served as minister of Sport, and was the first woman to hold the office since its creation in 1995.
The Brazil women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Brazil in FIG international competitions.
Ana Cláudia da Silva Ramos is a retired Brazilian female volleyball player.
Rudolph Hackbarth is a Brazilian handball player for REBI Cuenca and the Brazilian national team.
Renata Lais de Arruda is a Brazilian handballer for CS Gloria 2018 and the Brazilian national team.
The South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) (Spanish: Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL)) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of Handball and Beach handball in South America and Central America. It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).
