Santos Wins Brazilian Soccer Championship
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Santos won its second Brazilian championship in three years, defeating Vasco 2-1 Sunday behind goals by Ricardinho and Elano.
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ATHENS, 23 August - Brazil&#39;s Ricardo SANTOS and Emanuel REGO squeezed past Switzerland&#39;s Patrick HEUSCHER and Stefan KOBEL 2-1 (21-14, 19-21, 15-12), to earn a berth in the final of the Men&#39;s Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournament.
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Santos beat Vasco da Gama 2-1 on Sunday to take the Brazilian championship - the second time in three years. Ricardinho and Elano both scored for Santos in the first half while Marco Brito scored Vasco da Gama&#39;s only goal in the second half.
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Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego beat  Spain's Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera 21-16, 21-15 on  Wednesday to bag Brazil's first men's Olympic beach volleyball  gold medal.
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Brazil defeated Argentina 3-0 Sunday behind two goals from Elano and one by Kaka in an exhibition game between South American powers.
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The Beija Flor samba group won carnival champion for the third year in a row Wednesday for its parade celebrating the story of Indians, priests and pioneers in southern Brazil.
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Brazil stunned favored Argentina, 3-0, Sunday to win its second straight Copa AmÃ©rica title in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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Brazil face favourites Argentina in Sunday's Copa America final in Venezuela.
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MONTEVIDEO, Oct 10 (SW) - There were no real surprises in the South American qualifiers for World Cup 2006 on Saturday as both Argentina and title holders Brazil easily won their matches.
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Porto of Portugal outscored Once Caldas of Colombia 8-7 from penalty shootouts to win the World Club Cup in Yokohama, Japan on Sunday.
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BRAZIL striker Ronaldinho won FIFA&#39;s World Player of the Year award yesterday, ahead of France&#39;s Thierry Henry and Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko.
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The result was announced last night by the world football&#39;s governing body at a gala evening at the Zurich opera house. It&#39;s the first time that Ronaldinho is winning the award.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 to win the gold medal in the men's Olympic football.
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Kimi Raikkonen wins the Brazilian Grand Prix to secure his first F1 crown, but an investigation into possible fuel irregularites is pending.
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At the end of a year when European soccer&#39;s major titles were won by outsiders and the Copa America by an R-less Brazil, naming the best player is tougher than usual.
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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen secured his first Formula One title by a single point on Sunday after a stirring victory in Brazil.
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Chelsea beat Porto 3-1 in European soccer&#39;s Champions League, giving coach Jose Mourinho a victory over the team he led to the title last season.