Disc Golf
By Terry Caesar Brazilians may have never heard of this sport, but most Americans, like me, have some knowledge of disc golf—if they have any at all—through throwing a frisbee. But most people, unlike me, do not have a brother for whom throwing a frisbee is no more akin to throwing a disc than hacking on a “green” with a single club is More...
Barbosa and Prieto Win Master’s Title of Curitiba
The first stage of the Itaú Masters Tour has come to an end at the Graciosa Country Club in Curitiba. The country’s biggest doubles event brought several generations of tennis idols to the competition. Names More...
Barrichello goes Indy
At the Sonoma race track in California last Saturday, every time the yellow and green car entered the track, some 1,500 fans watching the Indy training session applauded. The scene, repeated throughout the More...
Brazilian Soccer Survives Transfer Period
The season’s first transfer period ended yesterday without causing the usual damage to Brazilian teams. Although first division teams sold (and lent) more players than they hired, it is clear that the teams More...
His Formula-One Days are not Over
If there was any hope for Rubens Barrichello, 39, it ended yesterday on the F-1 circuit with the announcement that the Indian driver, Narain Karthikeyan, would occupy the last unclaimed cockpit in the category. More...
Lionsraw: Football Fans Create Chance For Change
The World Cup may be three years away, but the global football movement, Lionsraw, is already making plans to bring 500 football fans to Curitiba during the tournament. But this is no ordinary football tour. Lionsraw More...
Football Stars Draw 22,000 to Help Victims in Paraná and Japan
More than 22,000 fans watched the Solidarity Match held on April 7, 2011, in the Arena da Baixada, which brought together such stars of world football as Zico, Romario, and Rai in the Friends of Japan vs. Friends More...
Paraná May Host Foreign Teams During World Cup
After visiting seven cities in Paraná, the World Cup in Paraná Committee secretaries Mario Celso Cunha and Luiz de Carvalho, the latter responsible for Curitiba, concluded the evaluation of locations that could More...
Minister Orlando Silva Criticizes Infraero
The Ministers for Sport, Orlando Silva Junior, and Tourism, Luiz Barretto, expressed their concern for the Brazilian airport situation on November22 in Rio de Janeiro, where they participated in the opening ceremony More...
Barigui Park Features Three New Footsack Courts
Curitiba has opened its first public footsack courts, installed in Barigui Park by the Municipal Secretary of the Environment. Three courts are now being used by players of the sport. Footsack combines the techniques More...