The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, will convene in Nassau (Bahamas) on Saturday and Sunday, 30-31 May 2009, for its second meeting of the ye...More>
The Rio 2016 Bid Committee described the city’s vision for hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games yesterday during a meeting at the Brazilian Congress, in Brasilia.
The p...More>
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has again spoken of his unwavering commitment to the Rio 2016 bid. After spending the past week in Saudi Arabia and China on off...More>
Bogota's bid committee for the 2015 Pan American Games will be presenting its bid plan to the members of the South American Sports Organization (Odesur) May 21 to 24 in Montev...More>
The João Havelange Stadium, Rio’s proposed Olympic Stadium for the 2016 Games, yesterday successfully hosted a Grand Prix athletics meet. Built for the 2007 Pan American ...More>
Rio's security arrangements had impressed inspectors assessing the crime-ridden city for its 2016 Olympics bid, officials said on Saturday.
"The security and the safety are...More>
The 13-members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission received a warm welcome from the Rio 2016 bid committee Wednesday before the first presentati...More>
Soccerex announced that the Soccerex Convention, the world’s leading football business event, will be held in Rio de Janeiro from 2010 to 2013. Following a tender process that...More>
Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services and the first global satellite operator to provide international digital transmissions of High-Definit...More>
Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista donated 10 million reals ($4.5 million) for Rio's 2016 Olympic Games bid on Tuesday.
Batista presented the check to Carlos Arthur Nuzman,...More>
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva touted his country's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, saying Friday the growing economic power of developing nations needed to be r...More>
David Beckham's record-breaking 109th and 110th caps might have passed with little fanfare in recent days but the prime minister is aware of the former England captain's pulli...More>
The four cities battling to host the 2016 Summer Olympics insist the global financial crisis is having little impact on their pursuit of organizing the world's premier multi-s...More>
The inaugural Soccerex Brasilia Forum was declared a great success as over 800 delegates from 40 different countries flocked to the Brazilian capital on 17th and 18th March, i...More>
The BackSoftball initiative has intensified its campaign as it continues to promote the sport worldwide with the goal of getting fast pitch softball reinstated for the 2016 Ol...More>
Rio de Janeiro’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games was one of the themes at a lunch today hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) with Mayor Eduard...More>
The selection of the 12 host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting taking place at the end of May, just before the 2009 FIFA ...More>
