Recently, it was reported everywhere that Christian Vieri was hanging up his boots. Vieri, at one time one of the most feared strikers in all of world football, had given all he had and was going more and more into a decline, so he it looked like he wanted to finally call it quits at age 36.

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Jogaram em Rouen na França, as seleções do Paraguai (21º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Qatar (94º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
26-02-1986 - Qatar 1x1 Paraguai (Amistoso)
01-03-1986 - Qatar 0x3 Paraguai (Amistoso)
12-11-1999 - Paraguai 2x0 Qatar (Mundial Sub-17)
O Qatar derrotou o Paraguai por 2 a 0 nesta sexta-feira, em amistoso disputado na cidade francesa de Rouen, preparatório para a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal dance with Wolves.

An own goal by Ronald Zubar gets things rolling. A fine steal by Song puts Aaron Ramsey through as he and Eduardo race ahead. Ramsey passes to Eduardo as they cut off Josh Craddock and then waits for the return because of his clear look at goal. Instead, Eduardo chips the ball over and it deflects of Craddock and loops over Wayne Henessey for the second goal.

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By AriesEduardo lifted his shirt after scoring Arsenal's second goal to reveal a message written in portuguese: Paz na villa kennedy- RJ meaning "Peace in the Villa Kennedy-RJ' This is a reference to a community in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. The slum has been the subject of fighting between rival criminal factions. Click to continue reading...

Adriano has been doing really well since returning to Brazil and getting his head back together. So well, in fact, that people are even using his image on their products. Unfortunately, those products are drugs.

From the Corriere dello Sport:

Now that Adriano is back in Rio de Janeiro and is the top scorer in the Brazilian championship with Flamengo, he's so popular that his picture is even selling packets of drugs.

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World Cup hosts South Africa appointed Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira coach on Friday, a South African Football Association spokesman said. Parreira returns to a post he relinquished in April last year when his wife became seriously ill in Rio de Janeiro, and he was succeeded by compatriot Joel Santana. Click to continue reading...

Rafa considers Brazilian raid apparently.

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Liverpool have been linked with a January move for Vasco da Gama's promising young midfielder Nilton.

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O 47º jogo do mundial sub-20, também válido pelas quartas-de-final, foi disputado no Cairo International Stadium, em Cairo-EGY, para um público de 32.935 pessoas.
Jogaram as seleções do Brasil (1º no ranking da FIFA) e Alemanha (4º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
05/05/1963 - Alemanha 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso) - Hamburgo-ALE
06/06/1965 - Brasil 2x0 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Rio de Janeiro-BRA
16/06/1968 - Alemanha 2x1 Brasil (Amistoso) - Stuttgart-ALE
14/12/1968 - Brasil 2x2 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Rio de Janeiro-BRA
16/06/1973 - Alemanha 0x1 Brasil (Amistoso) - Berlin-ALE
12/06/1977 - Brasil 1x1 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Rio de Janeiro-BRA
05/04/1978 - Alemanha 0x1 Brasil (Amistoso) - Hamburgo-ALE
07/01/1981 - Alemanha 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso) - Montevideo-URU
21/03/1982 - Brasil 1x0 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Rio de Janeiro-BRA
01/08/1984 - Alemanha 0x1 Brasil (Olímpiadas) - Palo Alto-USA
09/08/1985 - Alemanha 4x3 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17) - Pequim-CHN
12/03/1986 - Alemanha 2x0 Brasil (Amistoso) - Frankfurt-ALE
12/12/1987 - Brasil 1x1 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Brasília-BRA
27/09/1988 - Alemanha 1x1 Brasil (Olímpiadas) - Seul-KOR
18/08/1991 - Alemanha 0x2 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17) - Massa-ITA
16/12/1992 - Brasil 3x1 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Porto Alegre-BRA
10/06/1993 - Brasil 3x3 Alemanha (Amistoso) - Washington DC - USA
17/11/1993 - Alemanha 2x1 Brasil (Amistoso) - Colônia-ALE
04/08/1995 - Brasil 3x0 Alemanha (Mundial Sub-17) - Ibarra-ECU
18/09/1997 - Alemanha 0x4 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17) - Ismailia-EGY
25/03/1998 - Alemanha 1x2 Brasil (Amistoso) - Stuttgart-ALE
24/07/1999 - Brasil 4x0 Alemanha (Copa das Confederações) - Guadalajara-MEX
17/11/1999 - Alemanha 0x0 Brasil (Mundial Sub-17) - Christchurch-NZL
17/06/2001 - Brasil 2x0 Alemanha (Mundial Sub-20) - Cordoba-ARG
30/06/2002 - Brasil 2x0 Alemanha (Final de copa do mundo) - Yokohama-JAP
08/09/2004 - Alemanha 1x1 Brasil (Amistoso) - Berlin-ALE
24/06/2005 - Alemanha 1x2 Brasil (Mundial Sub-20) - Tilburg-HOL
25/06/2005 - Alemanha 2x3 Brasil (Copa das Confederações) - Nuremberg-ALE
O quarteto de arbitragem foi definido da seguinte forma:
Árbitro: Roberto Rossetti-ITA
Primeiro Assistente: Paolo Calcagno-ITA
Segundo Assistente: Stefano Ayroldi-ITA
Quarto Árbitro: Koman Coulibaly-MLI
Aos 29 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 2, DOUGLAS, jogador do Goiás-BRA, recebeu o primeiro cartão amarelo do jogo. Click to continue reading...

Last week Rio de Janeiro was awarded the hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games in a close contest with Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago. All countries had brought leaders and celebrities to Copenhagen to promote their bids. The US President Barack Obama even came to promote Chicago, that nevertheless, to many people's surprise, were the first to be eliminated. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by chicago80/Ning Hui Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of International Olympic Committee voting, and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round, leaving Rio de Janeiro and Madrid in the running for the 2016 Summer Games .
Como todos sabemos Rio es la ciudad olímpica para 2016, aquí están los logos de las ciudades contendientes. Click to continue reading...

Chicago citizens gathering in downtown where shocked when the cities bid was the first of the four eliminated

The IOC announced on Friday that the 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Brazil seemed to be a global favorite for hosting the games even though hosting the games in the South American city will present more obstacles than any other of the four final cities that were in the running.

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Chicago citizens gathering in downtown where shocked when the cities bid was the first of the four eliminated

The IOC announced on Friday that the 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Brazil seemed to be a global favorite for hosting the games even though hosting the games in the South American city will present more obstacles than any other of the four final cities that were in the running.

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Vale a pena ler este pequeno texto de Lula da Silva, feito de paixão e querer. Até já me sinto carioca e um pouco brasileiro. Vai ser sambar de 14 a 16.
O presidente brasileiro, Lula da Silva, exultou de alegria, após a decisão do Comité Olímpico em atribuir ao Rio de Janeiro os Jogos Olímpicos de 2016. Click to continue reading...

Parabens to Rio de Janeiro... hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games! Let's take a short break away from futbol, shall we, and celebrate... like the sexy pessoas did at Copacabana yesterday! Pele was in tears but they didn't bother to fly his best friend Romario to Copenhagen to hand him a tissue (they could've easily invited Ronaldo along too and played the 'we're a football crazy nation' card but alas, Lula knew the importance of being modest).

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En Brasil deben estar felices, la próxima década estará llamada como una gran oportunidad para este país sudamericano que desde hoy, entrará en una inercia que si saben aprovechar los catapultará a los ojos del mundo. Hoy, todos hablamos de Rio, de Brasil, de que organizarán un Mundial de Fútbol en el 2014, y que luego en 2016 volverán a recibir al mundo con unos Juegos Olímpicos.

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O COI entregou hoje ao Rio de Janeiro a organização dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016. Depois do Mundial de 2014 é obra o Brasil conseguir este feito. Que alegria deverão sentir hoje os nossos amigos brasileiros e cariocas. Para aqueles que visitam este blog, e são alguns, vai um abraço de amizade e sentidos parabéns. Click to continue reading...

Nos despertamos con la noticia ya esperada. "¡Hace 4 años, un día como hoy, México hizo historia!" El 2 de Octubre del 2005 se ganó un Mundial sub-17 y todos nos entusiasmamos. Como olvidar ese día, sentada en ante la tele viendo con escepticismo que México lograra ganar su primer mundial en cualquier categoría tras vencer a Brasil, eso no podía pasar, ¡pero un segundo lugar no era del todo malo!

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My apologies to all of you who found this post looking for something else. Sometimes wordplay is just impossible to resist, even at the expense of my site's spam blockers.

Anyway, if you're still reading this after realizing this isn't what you thought it was, I was down at Daley Plaza this morning to see if Chicago would get the 2016 Summer Games.

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Hay fiesta en Brasil, Rio de Janeiro será la sede de las olimpiadas en 2016, 2 años antes se llevarán a cabo ahi mismo el mundia de Futbol 2014.
Brasil superó las espectativas y derrotó a otras sedes como Tokio y Chicago, al final solo quedaba Madrid y Brasil, hubo gran espectación pero finalmente designaron a Brasil como sede. Click to continue reading...

There was some confusion today after FIFA President confirmed that the play-off draw for the European qualifying groups will involve teams being seeded. Blatter was allegedly quoted after a meeting in Rio de Janeiro as saying "We have decided on seeding the teams into two groups of four, taking the FIFA . Click to continue reading...

This week we try to predict results from two matches involving fierce local rivals: the Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro derbies. We also feature matches from La Liga and a top of the table clash from the Premier League. This week's guest predictor is Niall, who is a West Ham fan and a regular contributor to our website.

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Ireland will face a daunting World Cup play-off clash against one of Europe's top teams after FIFA made a dramatic u-turn and confirmed they will use a seeding system for the European play-offs.
After a FIFA meeting in Rio de Janeiro last night, President Sepp Blatter confirmed: "We have decided on seeding the teams into two groups of four, taking the Fifa world rankings into account, with the top four in one pot and the others in another pot. Click to continue reading...

Well it looks as if the Toronto FC won't be getting a jab at the MLS Cup this year. At least not after their performance against the Chicago Fire. Chicago's Brian McBride put a late 78th minute goal past the defense and into the opposing Toronto net.

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Depois de uma carreira futebolística que o alçou � condição de craque internacional, o "baixinho" Romário tentará agora a carreira política. O ex-centroavante da seleção brasileira se filiará ao Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) nesta terça-feira (22), � s 14h, em um hotel do centro do Rio de Janeiro.

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Crédito da foto :R.Ribeiro

Kaka and Lucio cordially welcome you to Day 3 of the Brazilian boot camp with towels! In today's edition, Julio Cesar celebrated his 30th birthday (with one of the coolest cakes you'll ever see, futbolitas!

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Cristiano Ronaldo and superstar sprinter Usain Bolt united in a press conference announcing that they both endorsed a 2016 Madrid Olympic bid. The endorsement comes as a huge bonus for Madrid as Bolt was the star on the track at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported that the Brazilian cities that will host the 2014 World Cup missed their first deadline. The nine cities that will use tax payers' money to build stadiums failed to publish the invitation to the bidding process by the final date set by the local organizing committee.

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Fluminense Football Club is a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil based soccer team. They are currently coached by former Brazil manager Carlos Alberto Parreira and campaign in the top tier of Brazilian football the� Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Earlier this month, Fluminense and global sportswear giant Adidas presented the club's third kit for the 2009/10 season. Click to continue reading...

The 4-4-2 Diamond Midfield has started to become more en vogue all over the world, with both Chelsea and Inter establishing the strengths of this alignment in the early stages of the 2009-10 season.
Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian has an outstanding article where he outlines the strengths and weaknesses of that alignment. Click to continue reading...

Recall that we mentioned that this player had a very good training day with Chivas USA. (Click here for my original post and update here). Well, it looks like it was good enough to get him a spot on the team.
From the Chivas USA Front Office, the team announced today that it has acquired 25-year-old Brazilian forward Maicon Santos on loan from Bonsucesso Futebol Clube of Brazil. Click to continue reading...

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Tomorrow Santos will face Cruzeiro away from home 19th round of the Brasileirão. This is the crucial halfway point of the season.
The referee is Marcelo de Lima Henrique, with his assistants being Vagner de Almeida Santos and Jackson L. Massara do Santos. They are all from Rio de Janeiro. Click to continue reading...

The fantastic Ronald 'Gordo' Miorin returns this week with his latest, unique views-
Two thousand, two hundred years ago, on banks of the River Tiber, in what is now known as Italy, the Roman Republic laid the foundations of the future Roman Empire.
The power of Rome were their legions: thousands of Plebs soldiers were disciplined, courageous and loyal to their leaders. Click to continue reading...

Copa Sulamericana (or Sudamericana if you're not Brazilian) gets started today for Brazil with the Rio de Janeiro derby Flamengo Fluminense. It is the first time the Fla-Flu takes place at the international stage, but the disregard which is given to this tournament by Brazilian clubs will force two reserves sides into the pitch tonight.

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First it was Gale Agbossoumonde, defender for the U.S. Under-20 National team. Now Miami FC signs 1998 World Cup Veteran Junior Baiano to replenish a team plagued with injuries and recent transfers. The Blues have been struggling and the Brazilian will be a needed addition.
Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior, known as Júnior (or adding demonym of Bahia state, became Júnior Baiano) (born March 14, 1970 in Feira de Santana, Bahia) is a Brazilian football centre back. Click to continue reading...