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Brazil CADE widens gun-jumping probes into soccer as new clubs targeted

By Henrique Santiago ( January 6, 2026, 20:24 GMT | Insight) -- Clubs Volta Redonda, Ferroviária and Remo face an investigation over the formation of the Liga do Futebol Brasileiro, while Brazil’s antitrust watchdog also opened a probe into the rival Liga Forte União do Futebol Brasileiro.Brazil’s competition regulator has expanded two separate gun-jumping investigations into soccer institutions with the inclusion of three additional teams in a probe of the formation of private associations....

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