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After World Cup success, concern at Rio Games
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil defied dire predictions to deliver one of the best World Cups in history, but with two years until the Rio Olympics, organizers are racing against the clock all over again.
Brazil leader hails World Cup as a success
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the World Cup has been a success but acknowledged the host country's football team needs reform after its humiliating elimination from the tournament.
BRICS to launch bank, tighten Latin America ties
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» BRASILIA (BRAZIL) - The BRICS group of emerging powers will launch its own development bank at a summit next week, using its growing influence to establish a counterweight to Western-dominated financial organizations.
IOC chief says Brazil World Cup exit won't sour 2016 Games
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was confident Brazil's World Cup humiliation would not sour the mood ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and that the city would be ready.
Overpass collapse kills two in Brazil World Cup city
AFP, Published on 04/07/2014
» An unfinished overpass being built for the World Cup crashed down on several vehicles in Brazil's southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring 22.
World Cup 'not lost cause' for Asia
AFP, Published on 28/06/2014
» Asia is refusing to give up on World Cup success despite its worst performance in 24 years when the four teams did not manage a win between them.
World Cup boosts Brazil economy, but what comes next?
AFP, Published on 27/06/2014
» With a goofy sales pitch, piercing vuvuzela solos and giant green and yellow hat, Brazilian entrepreneur Josimar Barbosa was wooing customers and raking in a World Cup windfall.
Sorting the World Cup's trash
AFP, Published on 25/06/2014
» World Cup tickets can cost hundreds of dollars, but Alex Pereira is paid to go to matches -- and he doesn't mind that he spends the game sorting through other people's garbage.
Brazil's World Cup party off to strong start
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» There were fears of mass protests, unfinished stadiums and rampant crime, but a week into the World Cup, there is a carnival atmosphere in Brazil and the worst doubts have largely dissipated.
Brazil scoring World Cup tourism goal
AFP, Published on 17/06/2014
» Four days after the host nation set the ball rolling with a win over Croatia, Brazil is also winning off the pitch and hitting its World Cup tourism goals, the government said Monday.