Both Rio and Salvador are two of the 12 Brazilian cities that will host the 2014 soccer World Cup and the police strikes add security fears to concerns about inadequate infrastructure for the global sports event in Latin America's biggest country.Police strike shows security remains main challenge for Brazil's world eventsMercoPressPOLICE STRIKE IN BRAZIL'S THIRD LARGEST CITY ENDSBrunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
With the sudden departure of Joel Santana to Flamengo, Bahia has announced the signing of Brazilian soccer legend Paulo Roberto Falcao as its coach. Falcao has a vast amount of experience, previously coaching the Brazilian and Japanese national soccer ...
The strike, which began a week ago, led to a crime wave including at least 87 murders in and around Salvador, the capital of the northeastern Bahia state, which will be a host city in the 2014 soccer World Cup. Wagner said talks with the strikers, ...
(AGI) San Salvador (Brazil) - Paulo Roberto Falcao, the unforgettable champion who played for AC Roma in the '80s has been appointed Bahia's new manager, the club's president Marcelo Guimaraes Filho announced. Filho hopes the 58-year-old former ...
With 15 performers from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, this show at the New Victory Theater combines capoeira, acrobatics, samba and soccer-inspired street dance in a high-energy celebration of South American culture. (Through Feb. 26.) Friday at 7 pm; ...
Brazil has long led the way when it comes to soccer skills, and the country has also shown considerable innovation in developing new technologies. The two worlds may meet in 2014 as one of South America's biggest chemical companies hopes to show the ...
The jersey also has a message embroidered on the sleeve, reading "Born to Play Soccer". The uniforms of local Brazilian soccer teams Bahia, Coritiba, Internacional and Santos were also released at the ceremony. Brazil's squad will wear the new design ...
Here is the final list of teams: Everton FC (England), Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), Club Bolivar (Bolivia), Manchester United (England), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Tigres (Mexico), Mexico U-20 National Team, Coritiba FC (Brazil), EC Bahia (Brazil) ...
Valcke is to visit stadiums in the north-eastern cities of Fortaleza and Salvador de Bahia—two of the 12 Brazilian cities that will stage World Cup games. He'd like to have visited all 12, but given the state of the infrastructure in Brazil this was ...