Fluminense Beats Botafogo 2-1 in Taça Rio
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Last weekend saw Taça Rio reaching round three, and the first classic match in the competition: Fluminense versus Botafogo. The two traditional rivals met on Sunday at the Maracanã Stadium, in a showdown that is known in Rio as “o Clássico Vovô” (“the Grandfather Classic”), since Botafogo [...]
Delays in World Cup 2014 Works
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Representatives for the twelve Brazilian host cities of the World Cup 2014 had a meeting last Thursday with the Minister of Sports, Orlando Silva, to discuss preparations for the international event.
The meeting was called by Ricardo Teixeira, head of both the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) [...]
Taça Rio Kicks Off in Style
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – One week after Botafogo’s 2-0 victory over Vasco da Gama in the final of the Taça Guanabara, the Campeonato Carioca continued at the weekend with the opening round of the Taça Rio, the second leg of the state championship. As expected, the ‘big four’ of Rio [...]
Brazil Unveils World Cup Uniform
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Nike have finally presented their new Brazil football uniform for the forthcoming South Africa World Cup. The iconic yellow shirts are made entirely from recycled polyester, with each one produced from eight recycled plastic bottles collected from Japanense and Thai landfill sites.
According to Nike, the recycling [...]
Botafogo Wins Taça Guanabara
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Botafogo beat Vasco da Gama 2-0 to win the Taça Guanabara on Sunday evening, the first leg of the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro State’s hotly contested annual soccer championship. The match took place in front of a packed Maracanã Stadium, with an attendance of almost [...]
Brazil in the Vancouver Winter Olympics
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – From February 12th to February 28th Vancouver, Canada is hosting the XXI Winter Olympics. It is the third time Canada is the site of the Olympic Games: in 1976 Montreal hosted the Summer Olympics and in 1988 Calgary received the Winter Olympics.
Fifteen different disciplines comprise the [...]
Vasco in Taça Guanabara Final
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Vasco da Gama fans had one extra reason to celebrate Carnival: their team defeated Fluminense in the Taça Guanabara semifinal and advanced to the next stage of the competition.
The match happened on Saturday night at the Maracanã Stadium, and even though Fluminense was superior the whole [...]
Big Four Reach State Semis
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Round seven of the Taça Guanabara (Guanabara Cup) came to an end without any big surprises at the weekend; Rio’s big four Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama all advanced to the state competition’s semifinals.
On Sunday, Flamengo consolidated itself at the top of Group A [...]
Rio’s Athletes Receive R$12M
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and the Prefeitura (local government) have just signed a deal to invest more money in young Carioca athletes that have medal potential in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Time Rio (‘Team Rio’) is the name of the new project, [...]
The Super Bowl in Rio
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Next Sunday, the United States of America will stop to watch the 44th edition of the NFL (National Football League) Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the country. The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints promise a clash of epic proportions, and expectations are [...]
