Dunga vows to fight on after early exit

Defiant Brazil manager Dunga on Sunday brushed off suggestions that early elimination from the Copa America would cost him his job, telling reporters that he feared "only death" and not unemployment.

There was immediate speculation over Dunga's future after Peru's contentious 1-0 win eliminated Brazil in the group stage, but the former World Cup-winning captain expects to be leading Brazil at its home Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August.

"I am only afraid of death - I am not afraid of that," he said when asked if he feared losing his job after Brazil's premature exit from the centenary Copa America being hosted by the United States.