The 160 kilometre long race is going to take place on Thursday. Six competitors from Brazil, four men and two women, are going to participate together with competitors from another 42 countries, in a total of 185 teams. Among the favourites are the riders from Dubai, Spain, France, Italy and the United States.
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Brazilian figher Carlão Santos, three times world champion and black belt, works at Abu Dhabi Combat Club, an academy belonging to sheikh Tahnoom bin Zaied, son of the president of the Emirates. He is organizing the first jiu-jitsu championship in the Arab country. The sport started being spread in the Emirates after Tahnoom started learning with Brazilian fighter Nelson Monteiro, while studying in the United States, seven years ago.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Yesterday, on the last day of the Athens 2004 Olympic games, the Brazilian male volleyball team won gold, guaranteeing Brazil its best ever performance in Olympic Games. The country won four gold medals in Greece, a performance better than in Atlanta, in 1996, when the athletes came home with
Agência Brasil Brasília – Duo Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira guaranteed Brazil its third gold medal today (26), at the Athens Olympic Games. They arrived in fourth place in the tenth and second to last event in the Star class. Grael and Ferreira could have arrived up to the tenth position and guaranteed gold. With
Agência Brasil Athens (Greece) – Brazilian judoka Flávio Canto (-81kg) won the second Brazilian Olympic medal today at the Athens Olympic Games, at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. The medal, the second bronze, was also the twelfth of Brazilian judo in the history of the games. The sport has now equalled athletics and sailing as
After a 2 -2 draw in playing time, Brazil defeat Argentina in a penalty shoot-out, winning Copa America for the seventh time.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The Brazilian soccer team, coached by Carlos Alberto Parreira, plays today (21) at 21:45 Brasilia time, in Lima, Peru. They will play against Uruguay in the America Cup semifinals. The winner will play Argentina on Sunday (25) in the finals. The Argentine team beat Colombia yesterday (20) 3 to
On October 8, 1979, the Syrian Club won the Basketball Interclub World Championship. Almost 25 years later, three world champions recall the whirlwind of emotions that took charge of the team – which included famous player Oscar Schmidt – on the day in which a crowded Ibirapuera gymnasium screamed with every point scored by the Brazilians.
Al Wahda, from the United Arab Emirates, wants centre forward Alex Dias, from Goiás, to play for them for 10 months. Due to contract matters, the negotiation has not yet been completed.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – João Havelange Olympic stadium, in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro city, where the athletics competitions of the Pan-American Games 2007 will take place, is currently being graded and having the foundations worked on so that they may be ready by the end of June. The 117,000 square-meter area
