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  • Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil Widespread anti-graft protests rock Brazil

    SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...

  • Cristiano Ronaldo denies cheating on Irina Shayk

    Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he did not cheat on his model girlfriend Irina Shayk with Brazilian model Andressa Urach. A newspaper report had carried a story that Urach - also known as Miss BumBum - had claimed that she had a fumble with him that went on for hours, the Mirror reported. The 28-year-old footie ace said termed the story as fiction and forgery and that he was in an interview ...

  • Protests wont interfere with Confederations Cup

    Brazil will not allow anti-government protests to mar the Confederations Cup being hosted here, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said. Rebelo said Monday that Brazil must show the world that it is a democratic country but also that it can guarantee the order needed to undertake such events, reports Xinhua. "We will not allow any of these protests to get in the way of the events we have committed to ...

  • Corinthians await Tottenham bid for Paulinho

    Corinthians says it is expecting English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur to make an offer for Brazil international midfielder Paulinho. The Brazilian club's deputy director Duilio Monteiro Alves said Monday that all offers for the 24-year-old would be considered during the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. "We know that Tottenham are interested but there is nothing ...

  • We want to win hearts says Tahiti coach

    An emotional Tahiti coach Eddy Etaeta, after a 1-6 thrashing by Nigeria, said his team hoped to "win the hearts" of Brazilian fans during the Confederations Cup. The Pacific island minnows lost their opening Group B match against Nigeria Monday, but they were clearly the team of choice among neutral observers at the Mineirao stadium, reports Xinhua. The reigning Oceania Nations Cup champions ...

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  • Gisele Bndchen unveils new lingerie line

    Brazilian model Gisele Bndchen unveiled her new line of lingerie in Sao Paulo over the weekend, with its seductively vibrant colours, delicate lace, transparencies and a wink at eroticism. Her new line, Gisele Bndchen Intimates, was shown at the Brazil Fashion Salon that opened Sunday and where fashionistas can see the styles of bikinis and lingerie that Sao Paulo designers have come up with ...

  • Confederations Cup David Luiz leads player support for Brazil protests

    mass protests in the country that have overshadowed the start of the Confederations Cup . Some 250,000 people took to the streets of major cities on Monday ...

  • All signs point to Brazil

    Reuters With the United States grabbing all three points in Salt Lake City, it’s almost certain they will qualify for the World Cup. With Jurgen Klinsmann’s men atop the group, it’s at this point we start talking about the magic number for qualification, which sits at 7 (6 to go in on goal differential).u00a0 That is the combination of points that the United States can get plus ...

  • Brazil protests continue as government struggles with how to respond

    Brazilians gather at the city hall in So Paulo as part of widespread protests about high costs, poor services and spending on the World Cup. Photograph: Sebastiao ...

  • Brazil Belindia No More But Still Troubled

    This week, Brazil has seen the largest mass demonstrations across its major cities since the return of democracy in 1985. Citizens are angry over heavy-handed police tactics, ineffective public programs, corruption and costly renovations ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Guy Pfeffermann analyzes what has improved and where Brazil still needs ...

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