Brazil

This is the first time in history that CONMEBOL has decided to split the award between two players.

Neymar Jr. was disappointed to lose out on his chance to win the Copa with Brazil

Neither player has won the Copa America title despite having successful club careers

Messi is currently a free agent and is free to receive offers from other clubs who may want to avail of his services next season.

Players that have been eliminated from Euro 2020 are now on holiday before returning to Valdebebas

The pair could lead the attack for FC Barcelona next season if Messi signs his contract extension

Authorities in many countries continue to wrestle with crowds flouting coronavirus rules on social distancing and mask-wearing.

Neighborhoods in Rio and Sao Paulo that normally erupt in cheers when the home team score were conspicuously quiet Sunday.

Argentina only managed a 1-1 draw against Chile

Many players and coaches have criticized the event, including Uruguay's Luis Suarez, Argentina's Sergio "Kun" Aguero and the entire Brazilian national team.

Brazil defeated Paraguay 2-0 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Covid-19 has already claimed more than 470,000 lives in Brazil, second only to the United States.

The Brazilian national team is threatening to boycott the Copa America in their own country

The Brazilian squad itself is not keen on pushing through with the tournament

Bolsonaro meanwhile faces mounting criticism and a Senate inquiry into his government's controversial coronavirus response.

Brazil is one of the hardest-hit countries during the pandemic, logging close to 17 million cases.

Hosting the Copa America now is "reckless," said epidemiologist Pedro Hallal of the Federal University of Pelotas.

A close friend of the footballer has reportedly passed away.

Brazil could have secured more Pfizer doses faster, but Bolsonaro's government refused an offer last August to purchase more than 70 million of them.

The president argues the economic damage of measures such as a national lockdown would cause more suffering than the virus itself.

Speculation is swirling on whether the administration will try to lay the blame for the pandemic chaos on former health minister Eduardo Pazuello.

Over 2.9 million people have died of Covid-19 around the world since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019.

In the 12 months to August 2020, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 9.5 percent, destroying an area bigger than Jamaica, according to government data.

The government has prioritized health workers, teachers, the elderly, indigenous people and people with underlying health conditions for the first vaccination round.

The persistent threat of the coronavirus despite vaccinations is well illustrated in Europe.

South America has been hard hit by a new pandemic wave with Brazil at its epicenter.

At least 230 patients with suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19 died waiting for a bed in intensive care in Sao Paulo this month.

The trial is connected to the Brazilian's initial transfer to Barcelona from Santos.

The average of new daily infections over the past seven days is 77,050 -- twice what it was in January.

EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen released updated figures on how many vaccines the bloc has exported -- 77 million vaccine doses to 33 countries since December.