Tag: Brazil
Rio Paralympics: Brazil president booed at opening ceremony
Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the 2016 Paralympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro to a backdrop of…
Ban Ki-moon extends wishes to new Brazilian president
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has extended his best wishes to Brazilian President, Michel Temer, as he began his tenure. The…
Brazil’s president begins impeachment trial
Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff enters her final battle to win back power on Thursday when senators open an impeachment…
Brazil maul Honduras 6-0 to reach Rio football final
Neymar scored after only 14 seconds – the fastest goal in Olympic football history – as Brazil thrashed Honduras 6-0…
Wild celebration as hosts Brazil win first Rio gold
Brazil won their first gold medal of the Rio Olympics as Rafaela Silva triumphed in the women’s 57kg judo. Silva…
Rio Football: South Africa Hold Brazil to goalless draw
Home advantage, a multi-million dollar strike force and a man advantage for almost half the match could not help Brazil…
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Pictures: Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil
Members of Nigeria’s U-23 team have finally arrived Manaus, Brazil after the delay in Atlanta caused by payment for flight…
Brazil to distribute 9 million condoms during Olympics
Brazil’s government will hand out nine million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a…
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Neymar, Costa in Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympics squad
FC Barcelona’s Neymar and Bayern Munich’s Douglas Costa have been named as over-age players in Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympics squad.…
Russia bans meat imports from Brazilian, Argentine companies
The Russian agricultural watchdog agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, on Tuesday imposed a ban on the poultry imports from a Brazilian company, as…
Brazil’s senate suspends President Rousseff
Brazil’s Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant’s first woman president. President Dilma Rousseff is accused of…
Brazil’s Senate set to suspend President Rousseff
Brazil’s Senate looked increasingly likely to vote for President Dilma Rousseff to face trial on charges of breaking budget laws…
Brazil’s President Rousseff loses appeal, faces suspension
Brazil’s Supreme Court has on Wednesday in Brasilia, rejected an appeal by President Dilma Rousseff, to block a Senate vote…
Brazil FA boss hails Olympic Eagles, as team returns
The President of the Brazilian Football Federation, CBF, Antonio Carlos Nunes has expressed joy that the Nigeria’s U-23 team accepted…
Flying Eagles beat Brazil in friendly
Nigeria U23 team has stunned hosts Brazil 1-0 in an international friendly played at the Estádio Kléber Andrade on Friday…