Badminton Comes to Brazil
Brazilian teenager Ygor Coelho knows that Olympic medals are practically out of reach, but he smiles from ear to ear because his participation in the upcoming Rio Summer Olympic Games is already a victory. Ygor is the first badminton player ever from Brazil to qualify for the Olympics, an amazing accomplishment considering the sport is barely known More...
Olympic Torch Arrives in Brazil
While preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympics have been ongoing for years, for many the official start of “Olympic fever” begins with the Olympic Torch. The Torch travels every four years from Greece, the site More...
FIFA Ethics Committee
When they checked into their rooms at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in São Paulo, just before Brazil’s 2014 World Cup, global football officials were greeted with leather gift bags from the CBF, Brazil’s football More...
Brazil Loses Its Biggest Football Fan
Legendary Brazilian football fan, Clovis Acosta Fernandes, has died in Porto Alegre. Clovis was not just another ordinary football fan, he was the face of Brazilian football. He became world famous when his image More...
Thieves Return Football Gold Medal
Thieves in Brazil stole a gold medal won by Tamires Britto, 27, a member of the victorious woman’s football team. Tamires won the medal at the Pan Am Games in Canada, when Brazil’s women’s team More...
USA Women Triumph at World Cup
It’s time for Brazilians to pay attention to their women athletes. While Brazil’s men went down to embarrassing defeat in this year’s Copa América, the Brazilian women at least played like a More...
Brazil Hopes for End to FIFA’s Fiefdom
While most football fans throughout the world are applauding the investigation into FIFA by US federal authorities, no one is happier than Brazilians. Brazil has been complaining about the steady decline of football More...
Brazilian Surfer Discovers New York City
Millions of Brazilians visit the US every year and return home after their vacation is over. While Brazilians enjoy the US for shopping and visits to Disney World, there are a few who make the difficult decision More...
FIFA: The Organization that Keeps on Giving
To the 7,000 residents of Visp, Switzerland, Sepp Blatter is a hero. For the people who live in Blatter’s hometown, he’s seen as a man who has accomplished everything, climbing to the top of global More...
FIFA’s Power
The source of FIFA’s power is twofold. First, it produces and markets the World Cup, the most lucrative and popular event in human history. Advertising revenues alone from the last tournament came to U$4 More...
