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04/06/2009 Rio de Janeiro today presented its proposal to be the main center for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in 12 Brazilian cities. Already confirmed as one of the football match host cities, Rio reinforced its interest in being the official base for FIFA and the Media Center, and to host t...

13/02/2009 Marta Vieira da Silva began playing football at age 12, in her home city of Dois Riachos, Alagoas State. At 14, she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she played for Vasco da Gama. She had soon collected a large number of awards: champion and top scorer in the Under-19 Women’s Brazilian Championship ...

13/01/2009 Brazilian footballer Marta won FIFA’s prestigious World Player of the Year award at a gala event in Zurich, Switzerland yesterday evening and expressed her support for the Rio 2016 bid on the occasion. The award, which she has won for the third consecutive time, will be added to a collection that...

21/01/2008 The president of Rio 2016 Committee and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC), Carlos Arthur Nuzman, cheered the choice of Brazil as the host for the Soccer World Cup in 2014, announced this Tuesday, the 30th, in Zurich (Switzerland). In Nuzman's opinion, FIFA decision reinforces the Brazilian desir...

16/11/2007 Ten days after being confirmed as the host country for FIFA's World Cup 2014, Brazil consolidates its position as the base for important international competitions. And Rio de Janeiro plays an essential role in this setting. Last Friday, November 9, Fifa confirmed Brazil as the host country o...

13/11/2007 For the third time in a row, the city holds the competition sponsored by Fifa. Brazil is the world champion for the second time. In the yea...

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