Sao Paulo: Brazil fired Mano Menezes on Friday, little more than 18 months before the country hosts the 2014 World Cup and just as the coach seemed close to finding his ideal team after two years of experimenting. The five-times world champions have won six of their last eight games, scoring 26 goals in the process, and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said the surprise decision had little to do...
07:53 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first day of practice for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, while Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel was second and title challenger Fernando Alonso was fifth. Hamilton, in his last race with McLaren, had a lap of 1 minute, 14.026 seconds in the second practice session at Interlagos, .274 quicker than Vettel's Red Bull. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber was third in...
11:34 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first practice for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, while Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel was second. Fernando Alonso, the only driver fighting Vettel for the title, was fifth fastest. Hamilton, in his last race with McLaren, had a lap of 1 minute, 14.131 seconds at Interlagos, .0009 in front of Vettel's Red Bull. Vettel team-mate Mark Webber was third in...
07:45 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Formula One tail-enders HRT face an uncertain future after Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix with employees in the dark about plans to sell the team, according to veteran Spanish driver Pedro de la Rosa. "It's not easy for anyone, especially mechanics and engineers and people who from now on have to fight for their future. None of us know what will happen," he told reporters in the Interlagos...
10:09 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel hailed Michael Schumacher as his hero and inspiration on Thursday as the German great prepared for a final farewell to the sport at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Sitting alongside the seven times champion at a news conference, Vettel suggested the 43-year-old might like to cover his ears before singing the praises of a man he first met as a schoolboy karter. "He...
09:52 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paulo: Winner of two Formula One championships in Brazil, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says he feels less pressure and has nothing to lose as he chases another championship triumph in Sunday's title-decider at Interlagos. The Spaniard is 13 points behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and must finish on the podium to have even a chance of becoming a triple champion. In 2010 he led Vettel by 15 points going into...
09:39 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Sao Paolo: Sebastian Vettel can become Formula One's youngest triple champion without scoring a point in Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix but Fernando Alonso has a more sensational script in mind. If Ferrari's Alonso retires from what promises to be a nail-biting race at Interlagos, the title will go to his Red Bull rival there and then - just as it will if the Spaniard fails to finish in the...
11:01 AM, Nov 22, 2012
London: Six years on from his retirement from Formula One at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher will say farewell again at Interlagos on Sunday and this time he intends to savour the occasion. The seven times world champion, who was racing for Ferrari in 2006 and is now ending a disappointing three year comeback with Mercedes, has made clear he is calling it quits for good this time....
10:05 PM, Nov 20, 2012
London: Lewis Hamilton will say an emotional farewell to McLaren in Brazil next weekend as a winner, even if Formula One's season-ending race is all about someone else taking the title. Grand Prix, should that be his last win for McLaren, ticked all the boxes. The Briton had won on Formula One's last visit to the States in 2007 and picking up where he left off meant a lot to...
10:02 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Striker Fred has been recalled to Brazil's national football squad for next week's Superclassic of the Americas second leg against Argentina in Buenos Aires. It will be the 29-year-old's first appearance for his country for more than a year and comes just two days after his club Fluminense secured the Brazilian championship with a 3-2 victory over Palmeiras, reports Xinhua. "This crowns a happy and successful season,"...
01:06 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Sao Paulo: Retired soccer great Pele remains hospitalized here in Brazil's largest city after undergoing hip surgery, doctors said. Surgeons performed an arthroplasty procedure on the right hip of the 72-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital said in a statement. The man widely regarded as the greatest soccer player ever is in "good health" and recovering from the operation, according to the statement on Tuesday. Pele's...
11:31 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Jersey: Brazil midfielder Kaka said there was more to come from him, after making a goalscoring return to international football last month. The 30-year-old was on target in both of Brazil's friendly victories over Iraq and Japan, his first international appearances since the 2010 World Cup, reports Xinhua. Speaking upon his arrival here for Wednesday's friendly between Brazil and Colombia, Kaka said he still had scope for improvement. "I...
12:46 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes is reportedly preparing a bold proposal to bring Formula One to the Brazilian city. Paes is seeking talks with F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone about the prospect of making Rio Brazil's second venue on the championship calendar after the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo, reports Xinhua. It is understood Paes is hesitant to enter in a direct dispute with Sao Paulo for...
03:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Moscow: Russia moved into the top-10-ranked football nations this month, FIFA announced on Wednesday. Fabio Capello's team rose three places from 12th to ninth on the back of 1-0 victories over Portugal and Azerbaijan in last month's World Cup qualifiers. World and European champions Spain remain cemented to first place, followed by Germany in second and Argentina, who moved to third following wins over Uruguay and Chile. Portugal were edged...
05:28 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Rio De Janeiro: Former Brazil football star Rivaldo has given the strongest indication that his decorated 21-year professional career is over after quitting Angolan club Kabuscorp. The 40-year-old used his Twitter account to announce his departure on Sunday after less than 12 months at the Luanda-based club, reports Xinhua. "It' s my last day here in Angola but only as a footballer because I will always consider Angola my home,"...
12:29 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello has expressed his desire to return to Formula 1, saying he is motivated and prepared for a new challenge. The 40-year-old said Monday he could still compete at the top level despite finishing a disappointing 12th in his debut IndyCar season with KV Racing this year, reports Xinhua. "I have to be careful about what I say because people will say that (a...
10:09 AM, Oct 31, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Kaka has kept his place in the Brazil squad after his impressive return last month but Shakhtar Donetsk players were again overlooked by coach Mano Menezes. Menezes, naming his squad for next month's friendly against Colombia in the United States, also declined to give Ronaldinho another chance despite some good recent performances for Atletico Mineiro in the Brazilian championship. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said the match,...
11:55 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New York: A Japanese man fended off strong competition from an Indian to secure a date with a 20-year-old Brazilian student, who sold her virginity for a USD 780,000 after putting it up for on-line auction for "charity". Catarina Migliorini, sold her virginity to Natsu, from Japan, who won the competition against a big-spender from India, Rudra Chatterjee and American bidders Jack Miller and Jack Right. The physical education student...
04:37 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo says he is considering retirement after suffering a rib and shoulder injury while playing for Kabuscorp in Angola's top flight. The 40-year-old said on Twitter he would be forced to undergo at least two weeks of physiotherapy, ruling him out for the rest of the season, reports Xinhua. "With this injury the season is practically over for me in Angola. I have...
01:29 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica has revealed plans to diminish his training programme in a bid to prolong his career. Bolt, 26, said Tuesday his best chance of adding to his haul of six Olympic gold medals was to avoid over-exerting his body between now and the Rio Games in 2016, reports Xinhua. "I'm going to try to not train too hard and not force my...
01:21 PM, Oct 24, 2012
