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Today, the International Blind Sports Federation World Championship and Games begin in São Paulo. The competition is worth classification for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. There are over 1,600 participants from 63 countries, including delegations from Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Tunisia. The competition ends on August 06th.
Brothers Adrian and Antoine Jaoude, from Rio de Janeiro, are going to compete, on Friday and Saturday, in the wrestling competitions in the Pan-American Games. Adrian, naturalized Brazilian, was born in Lebanon and Antoine spent his childhood in the Arab country. They are sons of a Lebanese father and usually communicate in Arabic during the fights.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Flamengo, a football team from the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, has confirmed today (10) that left midfielder Renato Abreu is leaving to play for the Al-Nasr team, of the United Arab Emirates. The information was supplied by news site Globo Esporte. According to an article published
The Metodista/São Bernardo handball team will participate in one of the most important world interclub championships in the modality, the Super Globe 2007. The Brazilian team is going to play against teams from Spain, Kuwait, Algeria and Egypt. The tournament will begin on June 04, in Cairo.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Iraqi Football Federation will have a new coach: the Brazilian Jorvan Vieira. The information was disclosed today (22) by the Folha Online Website. Vieira will replace coach Akram Salman, who was fired after Iraq was eliminated from the Gulf Cup, held in the United Arab Emirates, in January.
The youths of Projeto Sol (Sun Project) are going to participate in a basketball free throw championship in doubles with former players of the Brazilian team, who won the gold medal in the Pan American games in 1987. The athletes are also going to play an exhibition game at the gymnasium of the organization, which offers sports and culture to youths from the outskirts of São Paulo.
A team of veterans from the Brazilian Esporte Clube Sírio (Syrian Sports Club) is going to play against a Tunisian team next Friday (30). The game is a tribute to the former vice-president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Ramon Semin, who was also the president of the club in 1979, when it won the World Interclub Championship.
For the first time ever, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) will send boys up to 13 years of age to participate in the International Mediterranean Cup, in Spain, usually disputed by the Sub-15 and Sub-17 teams. Today (20), 37 boys will leave to Qatar to train for a week before they play the Cup, to be held in Barcelona from April 4 to 8.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism is going to invest R$ 175 million (US$ 83.8 million) in the Pan American and Parapan American Games, to take place in Rio de Janeiro this year. The announcement was made last weekend by the Brazilian minister of Tourism, Walfrido dos Mares Guia. "The Games
Despite Tunisian Wajdi Bouallegue’s hopes for podium, Brazilian Diego Hypólito and Canadians Kyle Shewfelt and Brandon O’Neill were the medalists in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. ‘I know I could have done better,’ said Bouallegue. He considered the points as fair.
Wajdi Bouallegue is going to arrive in Brazil today to participate in the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final, to take place on December 16 and 17 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium. Gymnasts from 25 countries will be participating in the event. The Brazilian team includes Daiane dos Santos, Daniele Hypólito, Laís Souza and Diego Hypólito.
Dono da Raia, the winner of GP São Paulo and GP Brasil, the two main horse races in the country, now belongs to Godolphin Stables, which belong to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice president of the Emirates. At least another two Brazilian horses have already been purchased by the Maktoum family this year.
