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  Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay to visit every state in Brazil

  Other Sports | January 30, 2015 10:38 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: The Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay will visit each one of Brazil's 26 states, carried 20,000 km by 10,000 torchbearers, reaching 90 percent of the Brazilian population, organisers said of the first

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  Neymar vows to help Brazil win Olympic gold in 2016

  Football | January 28, 2015 12:33 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Football superstar Neymar has vowed to end Brazil's Olympic gold duck by leading his nation to its first title on home soil in 2016."I think we can learn from everything and if

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  BRICS on growth track through planned reform: Experts

  World | January 23, 2015 10:45 IST

  Davos (Switzerland):  The economies of BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- are constantly growing through planned structural reforms, experts said at the 45th World Economic Forum annual meeting here Thursday.In

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  FIFA returns $100M to Brazil; World Cup cost $15 billion

  Football | January 21, 2015 7:32 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: Football's world governing body FIFA said Tuesday it had set up a $100 million World Cup Legacy Fund for Brazil, aimed at sports facilities, youth and women's football, and medical and health

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  Brazil's Ronaldo to attempt comeback with Strikers

  Football | January 15, 2015 17:27 IST

  Hollywood, Florida: Brazilian star Ronaldo says he will attempt to make a playing comeback this spring with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the second-tier North American Soccer League.The world player of the year in 1996,

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  Neymar says I have learnt from World Cup pain

  Football | December 24, 2014 11:32 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's star footballer Neymar said he has learnt important lessons from his 2014 FIFA World Cup heartbreak and he looks to the next year for redemption.The Brazil captain Tuesday reiterated that a

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  Mexico club threaten to sack Ronaldinho

  Football | December 24, 2014 10:56 IST

  Mexico City: Ronaldinho, two-time world footballer of the year, has been threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to his Mexican club Queretaro on time.The Brazilian had said he would return to the club

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  India can achieve 8-9 percent growth rate: Manmohan Singh

  Politics | December 12, 2014 15:34 IST

  New Delhi:  India can achieve a growth rate of 8-9 per cent provided there is a “national consensus” on methods to take advantage of globalised world, said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose tenure saw

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  Brazil great Ronaldo buys stake in US outfit

  Football | December 12, 2014 13:57 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's soccer great Ronaldo has become a part-owner of US football outfit Fort Lauderdale Strikers.The two-time World Cup winner Thursday said he hoped his involvement would help turn the club into a

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  India can produce more Mary Koms

  Other Sports | December 07, 2014 17:35 IST

  Gurgaon: India has the potential to produce many Mary Koms, the Asian Games gold medal winning boxer from Manipur said Sunday.Mary Kom said she was working hard to win a gold at the 2016 Olympics

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  Mark Webber in horror crash in Brazil

  Other Sports | December 01, 2014 11:35 IST

  Sao Paulo: Mark Webber was undergoing medical checks on Sunday after a horrific crash during the final race of the World Endurance Championship in Brazil.The Australian's Porsche collided with Matteo Cressoni's Ferrari before slamming into

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  Brazil and Colombia to meet in Copa America

  Football | November 25, 2014 8:18 IST

  Vina Del Mar, Chile: Brazil will face Colombia and Argentina will play defending champion Uruguay after the group-stage matchups were drawn for the 2015 Copa America on Monday.Brazil was drawn against Colombia, Peru and Venezuela

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  Hyundai to build train factory in Brazil

  November 20, 2014 7:51 IST

  Brasilia: A subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai announced on Wednesday it will invest 100 million reais ($38 million) to build a train factory in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.Hyundai-Rotem said the facility will

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  Pele's son arrested in money laundering case

  Football | November 19, 2014 8:01 IST

  Sao Paulo: The 44-year-old son of soccer legend Pele was arrested in Brazil after losing an appeal in a money laundering case involving a drug gang.Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, known as Edinho, had been convicted

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  Artistes from Colombia, Brazil, Palestine and Mali to perform at Amarrass music festival

  Bollywood | November 17, 2014 19:41 IST

  New Delhi: An eclectic array of musicians from Colombia, Brazil, Palestine and Mali, along with India's shining stars, will perform at the third edition of Amarrass music festival in the capital beginning Nov 21, said

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  18 arrested over Petrobras corruption case in Brazil

  World | November 15, 2014 11:04 IST

  Brasilia: Brazilian authorities have arrested at least 18 people linked with state oil giant Petrobras corruption case.The investigation named "Operation Car Wash" has led to arrests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco

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  India need to make the best out of ISL: Zico

  Football | November 13, 2014 8:36 IST

  New Delhi: Comparing Japan's rise in Asian football after the advent of J-League to that of Indian soccer post Indian Super League, Brazilian great and FC Goa head coach Zico yesterday said that the 159-ranked

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  Germany's World Cup win immortalized in film

  Football | November 11, 2014 12:06 IST

  Berlin: Germany's World Cup winners were given the Hollywood treatment Monday for the premiere of a film celebrating their victory.Players, coaching staff, football emissaries and invited guests gathered at glitzy Potsdamer Platz in Berlin to

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  Neymar on path to greatness with Brazil

  Football | November 09, 2014 10:56 IST

  Sao Paulo: Despite being only 22 years old, Neymar has already done enough to be ranked among Brazil's greatest players of all time.   If he can keep it up, not even the great Pele may

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  Kaka: Sao Paulo stay doesn't depend on me

  Football | November 02, 2014 11:09 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Brazil star Kaka has given his strongest indication that he could remain in Brazilian football club Sao Paulo next year.The 32-year-old former Real Madrid and AC Milan playmaker is due to join