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.
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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.
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The athletes from Ghana and Brazil will have the chance of exchanging experiences in the field of high performance sports. This is the content of the agreement signed yesterday (10) by the Foreign Ministers Celso Amorim, of Brazil, and Nana Akufo Addo, of Ghana, during the official visit of the Ghanese
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The first of two Brazilian football schools in Russia will start operating as of September, in Krasnodar, in the south of the country. The project was developed with support from the Ministries of Foreign Relations and of Sports, and, on the Russian side, of the National Sports Agency, of
Antonio Akbar, Brazilian son of a Tunisian father, watched apprehensive the game yesterday between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, for the H Group of the World Cup.
Saudi Arabia and Tunisia are going to play for the H group, tomorrow (14) at 06:00 pm, German time. In São Paulo, a group of Tunisian businessmen plans a great party to celebrate their national team and, at the same time, promote trade relations between Brazil and Tunisia.
In the Brazilian city of Zé Doca, 51,000 people are going to accompany the steps of their most famous townsman, Francileudo dos Santos, a Brazilian who naturalized himself Tunisian and has been defending the country team since 2004.
Twelve postal workers from the Arab country are going to participate, starting today, in the World Indoor Labour Volleyball Championship, in Rio de Janeiro. Over 400 people from 13 countries are participating in the competition. All are connected to companies.
