By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In report published yesterday by the Folha do São Paulo newspaper, Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been linked to a company under investigation for corruption charges. Ailanto Marketing is being investigated for fiddling expenses surrounding a friendly [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke was in Brazil last week to inspect the nation’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup. The Frenchman spent two days in Rio de Janeiro to speak to the city’s associated press about his impressions, as well as outlining FIFA’s [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With Brazilian football on its summer break, national team coach Mano Menezes has the chance to observe those playing in Europe while he prepares for 2012′s upcoming test, London’s Olympic Games. Menezes hopes to become the first Brazil manager to win the gold medal in [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former Seleção striker and current government deputy, Carioca legend Romário de Souza Faria (known simply as Romário) brought festive cheer to the city last Friday, December 23rd. The 45-year-old secured a donation from the CBF (Brazilian Football Federation) of 32,000 tickets for the 2014 [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A key article in Brazil’s O Projeto da Lei Geral da Copa (The Proposed Law of the Cup) could see discounts given on World Cup tickets to those who hand over firearms prior to the FIFA World Cup, to be held in Brazil in 2014. [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A report released on Monday by the Comitês Populares da Copa (the People’s World Cup Committees) lists a series of alleged human rights abuses surrounding the preparations for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, ranging from housing and information [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister for Sport, Orlando Silva, announced his resignation yesterday in the wake of corruption allegations that have dominated national headlines for the last week. The Chief Secretary for Sport, Waldemar Manoel Silva de Souza, will take his place temporarily until a [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL РCariocas run the risk of not seeing the Sele̤̣o (Brazilian national team) in action during the 2014 World Cup after FIFA revealed the schedule for the tournament last Thursday, October 20th in Zurich, Switzerland. The twelve host cities were allocated the matches they will [...]
By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s popular former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called on embattled Sports Minister Orlando Silva and the PCdoB (Communist Party of Brazil) to stand up to pressure and not give up the Sports Ministry. In a call to PCdoB president Renato Rabelo, ex-President [...]
By Gregory Scruggs, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL РWith the release of the 2014 World Cup group stage and elimination round schedules, Cariocas discovered that their beloved national team will only play in Rio if they reach the final, to be held on July 13, 2014 at Maracaṇ Stadium. Classified as the top [...]
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