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[ad_1] Details on the official ball for the Women's World Cup are seen next to Stadium Australia© AFPBrazil said Tuesday it will change civil servants' work schedules so they can watch the national team play in the women's World Cup -- a concession until now reserved for the men's top-flight football tournament. The employees can start their work days later so as to take in the tournament starting Thursday in Australia and New Zealand.  "It is a measure of equity to give civil servants wishing to watch the matches the same rights as during the men's World Cup," the minister for management and innovation, Esther Dweck, said in a statement. As the tournament gets under way on the other side of the world, Brazil's team will start their games at either 7:00 am or 8:00 am Brazilian time.The m...

[ad_1] Image for representative use© TwitterA 23-year-old woman died Monday after a glass bottle severed her jugular vein in a brawl between fans of two Brazilian football clubs in Sao Paulo over the weekend, her family said. Gabriela Anelli's brother Felipe announced her death on Instagram, thanking well-wishers for their prayers since she was hospitalized Saturday after being hurt in a fight between supporters of her favorite club, Palmeiras, and visiting rivals Flamengo. The altercation took place outside the Allianz Parque stadium where the two teams were playing a match, according to police.Anelli was near a fan zone where Palmeiras supporters were eating and drinking when passing Flamengo supporters started hurling stones and glass bottles in their direction, said Cesar Saad, a pol...