Archive for the 'Brazil' Category

January 22nd, 2013

Luiz Felipe Scolari Names Brazil Squad To Face England At Wembley – Ronaldinho Included

~~ Brazil looking to put on a show at Wembley with this squad..... via CBF The coach of the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari has called this Tuesday, January 22, 20 players for the first friendly preparation for the Confederations Cup. The match against England will be February 6 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Check out the Scolari's 20 ...
January 15th, 2013

The FA Confirms Brazil vs England Friendly In Rio de Janeiro On June 2nd

via TheFA The FA can confirm that England will play Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday 2 June. As part of The FA's 150th anniversary, an exciting list of international matches has been drawn up, and will include the Three Lions visiting the five-time World Champions for the first time since 1984. England kick-off the year on Wednesday 6 ...
January 8th, 2013

The Original Ronaldo To Intern at Ad Agency

With the eyes of the world about to be on Brazil for both the Olympics and World Cup, the Original Ronaldo preparing himself by interning at an ad agency in London. According to Ronaldo: "Eighteen years have passed and I've hardly studied at all; I feel a great need to become a student again," Ronaldo told Brazil's Meio & Mensagem newspaper. ...
January 4th, 2013

Corinthians Pays €15m For AC Milan’s Pato

via Guardian The Brazil forward Alexandre Pato has ended his injury-plagued stay with Milan and returned home to sign with Corinthians. Corinthians will reportedly pay Milan a €15m (£12.18m) transfer fee with Pato agreeing to a four-year contract. Since joining Milan in August 2007 at the age of 17, Pato has had 16 injuries, mostly ...
December 19th, 2012

Video :: Ronaldo v. Zinédine Zidane Charity “Match Against Poverty” Goals / Highlights

Forty international players, joined UN goodwill ambassadors Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane at the tenth annual Match Against Poverty, backed by UEFA and played in Brazil, refereed by former Italian referee and current UEFA chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina. The match is organized to raise awareness of global development challenges and funds ...
December 12th, 2012

Flamengo Says That Zico Scored 89 Goals During 1972 – Still Holds Record, Not Lionel Messi

via SI Brazilian club Flamengo may challenge Lionel Messi's calendar year record, saying that former Brazil captain Zico scored 89 goals in 1979. Barcelona's Messi scored his 87th and 88th goals of the year in Wednesday's King's Cup last-16 first leg at Cordoba having thought he had broken Gerd Mueller's 1972 record of 85 on Sunday. "We are ...
December 6th, 2012

@Pharrell Williams and Karolina Kurkova in Brazil : “Time Pieces” by Jason Goldwatch | @GOLDWATCH

Jason Goldwatch is a San Francisco born and bred music video and commercial director who is a Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Decon, a creative agency and record label based in New York. "Time Pieces" are black and white, Super 8 mm, short films that focus on his personal heroes and cultural icons. In this, the first piece in the ...
December 4th, 2012

Chelsea Signs 18 Year Right Back Wallace From Fluminense

via Chelsea Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce we have agreed terms with Fluminense for the transfer of Wallace in the January window. As part of the deal, the 18-year-old defender will remain with Fluminense until the end of the season. An attacking right-back, Wallace Oliveira dos Santos was born on May 1, 1994, and made his ...