Browsing: Sports
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
In the World Cup that finished on Sunday (4), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian athletes won eight medals. The result brought Daiane dos Santos, 21, who is going to the Olympic Games in Athens and has chances of putting Brazil on to the podium for the first time, great acclaim.
The president of the international association is in the country to evaluate the local infrastructure and participate in the first phase of the Visit Brazil Playing Golf (Conheça o Brasil Jogando Golfe) circuit, a program supported by the official Brazilian Tourism Agency (Embratur).
Starting in 2005 the intention is to have races on three continents. Brazil is one of the possible destinations. The 2004 season will include Brazilian racing car driver Augusto Farfus Jr., European Formula 3000 Champion in 2003, and will also mark the return of Italian driver Alessandro Zanardi to the race tracks.
