Players of the Under-20 category in the Saudi team spent one month in Rio de Janeiro to practice and play against Brazilian teams. All the players have one dream: playing professionally in Brazil.
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The IOC decided to allow the country to participate in the Olympics after excluding it last week. The organisation and the Iraqi government came to an agreement on an independent national committee.
The Al-Jazira club made a bid for midfielder Guiñazu, who plays for Internacional. He is Argentine, but has played for the Brazilian team since last year. The Arabs offered US$ 4.5 million for him.
The Iraqi Ali Khaled Abu Taha, aged 18, is the new member of Brazsat Football Club, from Brasília, the Brazilian capital. After spending the last four years in a refugee camp in Jordan, Taha sees in Brazil a unique opportunity to fulfil his dream: becoming a famous football player.
Two-times world champion and black belt Alan Corrêa is going to travel to the Arab country next Wednesday, March 12. The athlete is going at the invitation of Guigo Jiu-Jitsu and will be employed by the Bahrain Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Academy, in Bahrain.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Internacional, a football team from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, won the Dubai Cup yesterday (7), in the United Arab Emirates. The Brazilian team defeated Inter Milan by 2 x 1. According to Brazilian sports news site Lancenet, the victory goals were by Fernandão, in
The Emirates Asian Super Cup Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu took place in the last weekend in Abu Dhabi, and brought together 145 athletes from 20 countries. Competitors from the Emirates won four gold, three silver and seven bronze medals.
Since July, a team of eight Brazilians, including technical and physical coaches, and physiotherapists, is working at the athlete formation department at the Al Nasr Sport Club. Videos of the Brazilian national football team are among the teaching material used by the group.
From the Sahara Desert to the arid Northeast of Brazil, rally pilots show in a new book that the sport is about much more than just adventure and competition. As they eat dust, pilots, navigators, mechanics and the entire team involved get in touch with new cultures, and promote social assistance in the farthest places.
The government of the Arab country, in partnership with Brazilian company Liyen Corporate and Fator Bank, is gong to take to the Arab world a centre for football training. The campus is going to operate in a sports university for Arabs, who will be taught by Brazilian technicians and players.
Once upon a time, there was a Brazilian player who wanted an opportunity to play football abroad. One day, his path crossed that of a half-Brazilian, half-Egyptian businessman who wanted to hire talented players to the Egyptian teams. Know the story of Rogério Dantas and Mohammed Youssef, and find out why this partnership might be only the first of many to come.
Algerian athlete Si Smail Yahia became totally blind at the age of 16. With the aid of his parents and friends, he started practicing sports and in 2005 was second place in the Junior world championship in the 4×100 metre relay. This week, Yahia and other visually impaired athletes are participating in the International Blind Sports Federation World Championship and Games. Competitors from Tunisia are also present, as is the case with judo teacher Mounia Kerkar, and some are from Iraq.
