SPORTS BIZ: Buyers' remorse - Washington Times

26 August 2008, 9:47 pm

Wall Street JournalSPORTS BIZ: Buyers' remorseWashington Times, DC - 15 hours agoIt must decide on a host city for the 2016 Summer Games from a short list that includes Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. ...Sports Waves Washington Postall 168 news articles... read more

CUBA: The End of the Long Olympics Reverie - Inter Press Service

26 August 2008, 6:20 pm

CUBA: The End of the Long Olympics ReverieInter Press Service, Italy - 19 hours ago... already been noticed at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, and the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...... read more

Rio's Fluminense club ends contract with striker Dodo - Xinhua

26 August 2008, 5:40 pm

Rio's Fluminense club ends contract with striker DodoXinhua, China - 19 hours agoRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rio's football club Fluminense's management announced that striker Dodo is no longer playing in the team, ...... read more

Faster, higher, stronger . . . and straighter - Irish Times

26 August 2008, 12:10 am

Faster, higher, stronger . . . and straighterIrish Times, Ireland - Aug 26, 2008The cities believed to be in the running to play host to the 2016 Games are: Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. What's different now is that the ...... read more

Brazil's athletes do well in Beijing Olympics: President - Xinhua

25 August 2008, 7:10 pm

Zee NewsBrazil's athletes do well in Beijing Olympics: PresidentXinhua, China - Aug 25, 2008RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that Brazilian athletes, bringing home three gold, ...Brazil frustrated with Olympic score, eyes ... read more

EFE News Briefs for Monday, Aug. 25 - TMCnet

25 August 2008, 5:27 pm

EFE News Briefs for Monday, Aug. 25TMCnet - Aug 25, 2008Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- Twelve people were injured when a grenade was accidentally detonated during a street dance on the western outskirts of Rio de Janeiro ...... read more