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Brazil network ends Rio soccer deal over new Bolsonaro rule

by Associated Press
| July 2, 2020 3:27 PM

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s TV Globo terminated its contract with Rio de Janeiro state’s local soccer body Thursday after powerhouse club Flamengo broadcast a home match using the team’s YouTube account under a new federal rule.

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