Representatives of the country’s Olympic Museum will attend the International Forum on Development of Olympic Sports, to start tomorrow and end on Wednesday in the capital of Rio Grande do Norte.
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The Brazilian women’s rugby team competed last weekend in the United Arab Emirates and finished in tenth. It was the first-ever Latin American participation in the championship.
Both Arab countries were classified to the cup after reaching the finals of the African cup. The games begin on September 30th, but Egypt should also play two friendly games with the Brazilian team.
They will come from five countries in the Gulf and Africa to participate in the IAAF/Caixa World Half Marathon Championship, to take place in Rio de Janeiro, in October.
Brazilian businessman Alain Levy crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco last month. The effort was part of a personal challenge for Levy, who swims as a hobby.
Twelve Brazilian teachers were selected to teach the martial art in public schools in Abu Dhabi. The emirate plans to make jiu-jitsu into the national sport.
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.
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.
