Tag: Brazil
Brazil Among Three Countries Declared Non-Compliant at WADA Foundation Board Meeting
Olympic and Paralympic Games host nation Brazil, Azerbaijan and Indonesia were declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) during the organisation’s Foundation Board...
So, You Want To Be An Olympian? Good luck.
An e-mail came from a politician asking for money. That's not unusual as politicians of all stripes run perpetual campaigns and always need money....
Rio 2016 President Claims Committed to “Zero Tolerance” to Doping After Revealed Brazil Stopped...
Olympic hosts Brazil have been criticized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after halting its drug testing programme during the build-up to Rio 2016.The...
Rousseff Pulls Out of Attending Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony to Avoid Playing “Second-Fiddle” to...
Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has joined her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in confirming she will not attend the Opening Ceremony of...
CO-LOM-BIA! CO-LOM-BIA!! ATLETICO NACIONAL CHAMPIONS OF THE COPA BRIDGESTONE LIBERTADORES DE AMÉRICA
It is no secret to anyone how important soccer, football, or futbol is around the world. This sport awakens the deepest passion between its...
Eleventh Suspect Linked with Rio 2016 Terror Plot Hands Himself Into Police as Fears...
An eleventh suspect linked with a potential terrorist plot at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has handed himself into police as...
Rio 2016 Olympic Security Force Members Threaten to Quit Over Poor Accommodation and Working...
Hundreds of Brazilian National Force officers, who form part of the security force for next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, have threatened...
Italy Meets With Brazil on Olympic Aspirations
“Sport has a political and diplomatic role to play,” said Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs meeting CONI President Giovanni Malagò and Rome 2024...
Rousseff and Lula To Be Offered “Place of Honour” at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony
Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a “place of honour”, Sports...
Comcast NBC Should Hire Sgt. Schultz as a Reporter
Comcast's NBC television network ran a commercial during the Days of Our Lives soap opera promoting the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. There was nothing...
