By Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The celebrations are done and the torch extinguished, but now that the Olympics are gone, Rio is left with questions about what will become of the city’s plan to convert the Olympic Park into a bustling recreational district with luxury apartments and offices. Amid a continuing national recession, the consortium behind the park has sold less than 7 percent of the Olympic Village’s 3,604 apartments, and real estate experts worry a similar fate is ahead for the main Olympic site where the city is hoping private companies build housing and offices in close to half of the park’s land. “Right now we are in the bottom of a well. Nobody is making offers
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Neymar and Brazil strike Olympic gold on penalties
Neymar coolly converted the decisive penalty to win Brazil's first gold medal in the Men's Olympic Football Tournament, the hosts defeating Germany 5-4 in a shoot-out after a 1-1 draw at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.Eight spot kicks had been scored when Freiburg's Nils Petersen – on target six times in Germany's run to the final – had his effort saved by Weverton.That set the stage for the Barcelona forward to step up and end Brazil's wait for the only piece of silverware to have eluded them and ease some of the pain inflicted by Germany's 7-1 victory over the Seleção in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, a game Neymar missed due to a fractured vertebra. ... UEFA.com - News
Neymar’s Brazil to face Germany in Olympic final
Nigeria 0-2 GermanySao PauloHorst Hrubesch's Germany side ensured European representation in the gold-medal match with a goal in either half of Wednesday's second semi-final. Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann made it advantage Germany by converting Max Meyer's ninth-minute cross at the end of a sweeping move. Substitute Nils Petersen later removed any doubt about the outcome at the Arena Corinthians, angling home the 89th-minute clincher following Davie Selke's cross-shot. It put the seal on a clinical German performance.Brazil 6-0 HondurasRio de JaneiroTwo Neymar goals bookended an emphatic Brazilian success. The forward g... UEFA.com - News
How Brazil Lost To Peru At Gillette Stadium, Flamed Out Of Copa America 2016
FOXBORO, Mass. — The biggest of controversies cost Brazil its life at Copa America 2016. Peru defeated Brazil 1-0 on Sunday at Gillette Stadium, leap-frogging the soccer giant into second place in Group B at Copa America 2016. The result gave Peru a place in the quarterfinal and sent Brazil out of the tournament in a flash. The result will surpsise most but the circumstances are even more shocking than the outcome. Peru’s Raul Ruidiaz used his hand in the 75th minute to score the winning goal, but referee Andres Cunha and his assistants inexplicable missed the infraction and awarded Peru the most dubious, and important, goal of the tournament to da...
Pele calls for end to protests in Brazil
Brazil legend Pele has urged protesters in his homeland to leave the streets and focus on football. GettyImagesBrazilian protesters demonstrate outside the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza • Duarte: Issues unmasked Demonstrations continued across Brazil on Thursday with protesters notably blocking the main access road to the Arena Castelao, in Fortaleza. The protest was the latest of a wave in recent days that has marred the ongoing Confederations Cup, and has been organised by groups demanding better public services and complaining about the local government. "Let's forget all this commotion happening in Brazil, all these protests, and let's remember how the Brazilian squad is our country and our blood," Pele told O Globo. The former Santos player's appeal, however, was soon derided on social media, with many claiming
Coaches react to Brazil 2013 draw
© Getty ImagesThe build-up to the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 began in earnest on Saturday, when the draw for the group phase took place in Sao Paulo. Hosts Brazil line up in Group A with Japan, Mexico and Italy, while Spain, Uruguay and Tahiti will be joined in Group B by the champions of Africa, whose identity will be revealed after next February’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations final. Speaking to the press afterwards, the coaches of the seven national teams to have already secured their places looked ahead to what they can expect when next June’s Festival of Champions gets under way:Group ALuiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil): We Brazilians think we’ve got a competitive, quality team, and this tournament
Thrills aplenty as Brazil are crowned
© Getty ImagesThe FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012 came to a thrilling and fitting climax in a dramatic final between the two powerhouses of the sport, with Brazil - already the world's most successful futsal nation - edging out Spain and successfully defending the global crown they won in 2008. The South Americans literally struck in the final minute to win the encounter at Bangkok's Huamark Indoor Stadium 3-2, match-winner Neto scoring the conclusive goal 19 seconds from the end. Brazil thus add a fifth world title to their previous triumphs in 1989, 1992, 1996 and 2008.In the match for third place, Italy claimed the final podium berth with a 3-0 victory over Colombia. There were no goals in the first