Brazil Plans Appeal for Marathon Attack
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ATHENS, Greece - Brazilian sports officials blamed inadequate course security for a defrocked priest's bizarre attack on the Olympic marathon leader, and said Monday they will appeal to world track authorities for a duplicate gold medal.    The criticism of Athens Olympic organizers, who have been praised for their overall security, came as former priest Cornelius Horan was given a one-year suspended sentence...
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Brazil calls for more UN troops to be sent to Haiti to curb a wave of violence in which dozens have died.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off his campaign for re-election by promising to help Brazil&#039;s poor and uneducated working class.
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This year's Pan Am Games are being held in Rio de Janeiro, and the event will test Brazil's ability to become a host on the global sports stage.
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Brazilian announces a major plan to improve conditions for people living in Rio's violence-hit slums.
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BRAZIL&#39;S Olympic Committee will protest to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the assault on Vanderlei de Lima who was pushed off the road when he was leading the Olympic marathon this morning.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - One vagrant died and three  were badly beaten in overnight attacks in Brazil's biggest city  of Sao Paulo, raising the number of victims of a suspected  death squad to 14 in four days.
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BERNE, Switzerland  - Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup is expected to be confirmed in October after FIFA finalized its selection procedure on Friday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO With Brazil hoping to begin operating a uranium enrichment plant by as early as year&#39;s end, the International Atomic Energy Agency is intensifying efforts to reach an agreement that would guarantee its inspectors unimpeded access to the
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SAO PAULO -- Brazilian police said yesterday that they are requesting that charges of endangering air safety be filed against two US pilots in the crash of a Brazilian airliner that killed all 154 people on board.
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[World News] Dhaka, Aug 26 : Bangladesh will seek Interpol&#39;s assistance to probe a bomb attack on an opposition rally last week that left 19 people dead and some 200 wounded.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants Brazil to prove it could host the 2014 World Cup.
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One of Brazil&#39;s brightest new football talents yesterday made a plea for the return of his mother who was kidnapped at gunpoint at the weekend.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  -- Brazil will declare its bid to host the 2014 World Cup on Wednesday, hoping to return soccer's showcase event to the country for the first time since 1950.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday urged the world's poor and  hungry to unite against rich nations' interests before he  jetted off to a meeting of the globe's wealthy elite.
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By Angus MacSwan SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Worker'sParty (PT) was looking to strengthen its hand in its fight totransform this huge Latin American country with a goodperformance in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil is seeking to buy military technology from France that could help it become the first country in Latin America to have a nuclear submarine, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.