The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games were an athletic festival held in Rio de Janeiro that took place August 5–21, 2016.
Rio de Janeiro - Carnival, Beaches, Favelas: As the country’s cultural capital, Rio de Janeiro has many prestigious artistic, literary, and scientific institutions. These include the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, and n
Soccer and Racism. The Beginnings of Futebol in So Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1895-1933doi:10.25160/bjbs.v12i1.137368SAO Paulo (Brazil)RIO de Janeiro (Brazil)SOCCERRACISM in sportsXENOPHOBIAHISTORY of sportsRACISMSOCCER teamsSOCCER tournaments...
Rio Carnival is one of the world’s best known events. Its glittering costumes and samba inspire thousands of visitors to take a Rio de Janeiro vacation. Hotels host Rio Carnival balls and parties through the night.
In June, the state government of Rio de Janeiro announced a "state of public calamity," which authorized "exceptional measures" in the form of cash aid from the federal government to ensure that the Olympic Games go on as planned, according to The Telegraph. Economic ruin: The state of...
As we all know by now, the 2016 Summer Games of the XXXI Olympiad are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 05 August to 21 August 2016. Puerto Rico will be represented by 41 athletes at these Olympic Games. They will be competing in Athletics, Boxi
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Vasco da Gama have been ordered to play home matches behind closed doors after the violent death of a fan, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Monday. Davi Rocha Lopes, 27, was gunned down following Vasco's 1-0 defeat to Flamengo at...
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- As China unveiled its Rio de Janeiro Olympics delegation, 29 foreign names drew attention in the 711-strong roster. These foreign coaches mentor Chinese athletes from 17 sports, bringing both expertise and experience to sports like soccer, basketball, fencing, sailing...
SOCCER Marta and Brazil are a win away from the gold-medal match, but the team will first have to overcome a pumped up Sweden team that knocked off the three-time defending champion United States in the quarterfinals. They play at 1 p.m. ...
(Mount of Pleasures), in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. Though there's not a blade of grass on the hard dirt pitch, none of the 30 or so children who have gathered on this hot, sunny afternoon seem to care. All they want is to get some touches on the ball and a chance to ...