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/ 1 November 2011
Fifa has sold rights to sell corporate tickets at the 2018 & 2022 World Cups for $300m to Match, which lost $50m in its 2010 World Cup venture in SA.
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/ 1 November 2011
A leading anti-mafia campaigner and MP is preparing to flee Brazil after receiving a barrage of death threats from Rio de Janeiro’s violent mafia.
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday, casting doubt on his political future.
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/ 25 October 2011
Fifa have agreed to allow Brazilians over 65 to attend World Cup matches for half price at the 2014 finals, clearing
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/ 19 September 2011
The Brics emerging market powerhouses have already bought debt through the European Financial Stability Facility, says a Brazilian financial daily.
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/ 15 September 2011
Brazil’s tourism minister resigned on Wednesday — the fifth Cabinet member to resign in three months — over allegations of ethics violations.
It might sound counterproductive, but any strategy to address violence against women has to work to empower men too, says Helen Joseph speaker.
Germany have ended an 18-year wait for a victory over Brazil and Italy beat Spain in a meeting of the last two world champions in friendlies.
India, Brazil and South Africa (Ibsa) are launching a mission to Syria, in a bid to halt a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests there.
Women with heavy hips and buxom busts want clothing that suits their voluptuous forms in Brazil, more more commonly known for its string bikini.
Sepp Blatter says Brazil must work for a 2014 World Cup legacy, insisting the event is not a ‘circus’ which pitched its tent and then leaves.
The eyes of the footballing world were focused on Rio de Janeiro on Saturday for the preliminary draw for the 20th World Cup.
Sobbing and playful laughter echo off the walls at Casa Viva, a rehab centre in Rio that takes in children who have become addicted to crack.
Pele has been named as the honorary ambassador for the 2014 World Cup to rally Brazilians around delayed efforts at preparing for the tournament.
Spanish and European champions Barcelona have begun their pre-season training with only their Argentinian and Brazilian Copa America players missing.
SA has joined other Brics nations in a pledge to bring down the cost of high-quality medicine — and make it more accessible to the poor.
Brazil offers economic policy lessons for South Africa but not in the manner proposed by Malema or Vavi.
Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke lamented on Friday that Brazil put more value into winning the hosting rights than organising the World Cup.
An indigenous tribe which has had no contact with the outside world has been located in Brazil’s Amazon near the Peruvian border.
Thirty years after he first visited Brazil’s Amazon to observe natural gas seeps, geologist Marcio Mello is back to fulfil what he calls his destiny.
Trade and finance officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa pledged pledged on Wednesday to examine ways to expand economic links.
Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, bid $1,1-billion for Metorex to tap into its copper and cobalt operations and drive growth via Africa.
At a sun-scorched Murundu cemetery in west Rio de Janerio, the families of three young girls gathered to say their final farewells.
The death toll from a school shooting in Brazil was raised late on Thursday as authorities said a 13-year-old boy had succumbed to his injuries.
A heavily armed man entered a school in Rio de Janeiro and opened fire, killing 10 children and wounding 18 people before taking his own life.
In the forest, there are no horizons and so the dawn does not break but is instead born in the trees — a wan and smoky blue.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Monday that Brazil needed to speed up its preparations to host the 2014 World Cup.
Ah, yes, Rio, the home of Copacabana beach, samba, thongs, the girl from Ipanema and – what’s that? A pair of stout hiking boots? Hmm.
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/ 14 February 2011
Legend Ronaldo, who helped his country to two World Cup trophies and is still the tournament’s top scorer, is to retire on Monday, Brazilian media say
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/ 3 February 2011
A Brazilian goalkeeper who injured his knee while celebrating a goal he scored with a 90th-minute header will be sidelined for at least six months.
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/ 23 January 2011
The death toll from floods and landslides that devastated a mountainous region near Rio de Janeiro has reached 803, authorities said on Sunday.
Towns hit by Brazil’s deadliest flooding disaster on record were on Wednesday waiting for millions of dollars in aid as the death toll climbed to 712.