Zee News - Brazil agree to let Robinho play in Real decider
Rio de Janeiro, June 15: Brazil have agreed that Robinho can play in Real Madrid's league title decider after the Spanish club apologised for not letting him train with his country.
Real will take the championship for the first time in four years if they beat mid-table Real Mallorca at home on Sunday.
In another club-versus-country saga, striker Robinho remained in Spain to train with Real this week despite Brazilian demands he join them for their training camp ahead of the Copa America in Venezuela.
"The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has released Robinho and Marcelo (who has been selected for the under-20 team) and they will report after Real Madrid's game on June 17," said the CBF in a statement.
"Real Madrid have recognised the rights of the confederation, backed by FIFA legislation, to call up the players and also the trouble they have caused the national team."
The CBF said it had also agreed to allow full back Daniel Alves to play for Sevilla in their final game of the season.
The Copa America, Brazil are the holders after winning in Peru three years ago, starts on June 26.
The rules of world soccer's governing body FIFA allow national teams to call up players two weeks in advance.
Brazil have already lost Kaka and Ronaldinho for the tournament after the pair said they were tired and asked not to be picked.
Bureau Report
Monday, June 18, 2007
Players and coach scuffle with police in Brazil
Players and coach scuffle with police in Brazil
(Reuters)Updated: 2007-06-18 15:56
Police came onto the pitch and scuffled with the players and coach of America-Natal after a controversial sending-off in their Brazilian championship match at Sport Recife on Sunday.
Television pictures showed America coach Lori Sandri being escorted off the field by several heavily armed riot policemen while the goalkeeper Rene was in an angry confrontation with officials.
Brazilian media said that Sandri was handcuffed at one stage as he was led away.
The match turned ugly in the 34th minute when America midfielder Souza was sent off for elbowing.
Sandri, furious at the decision, made angry gestures to the referee and was also dismissed.
He then marched onto the pitch, was surrounded by police and was heard to shout "Get your hands off me" as he was led to the tunnel.
The incident outraged the America players and Rene was seen to lash out at the shield of one policeman.
America, leading 2-1 at the time with two goals from Luciano Dias, had to settle for a 2-2 draw as Carlinhos Bala equalised in the second half for Sport. Durval scored the home team's other goal.
America stayed bottom of the 20-team table while Sport are 18th.
Santos coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo missed his team's game at Juventude after undergoing an appendix operation but was still on the phone from his hospital bed to pass instructions to interim Serginho on the touchline.
Midfielder Cleber Santana and forward Marcos Aurelio scored in the first half hour as Santos won 2-0, only their second win in six outings.
Surprise leaders Botafogo beat Nautico 3-1 at home despite a missed penalty and a bizarre own goal.
Juninho gave Botafogo a first-half lead but the hosts made life difficult for themselves as striker Dodo missed a penalty after halftime, then goalkeeper Julio Cesar's blunder allowed Nautico to equalise.
Julio Cesar missed the ball completely as he attempted to clear Alex's back pass and the ball rolled into the net for an embarrassing own goal.
Andre Lima and Jorge Henrique spared the goalkeeper's blushes by scoring in the last 15 minutes as Botafogo, who have 17 points from seven games, move five points clear of Corinthians.
(Reuters)Updated: 2007-06-18 15:56
Police came onto the pitch and scuffled with the players and coach of America-Natal after a controversial sending-off in their Brazilian championship match at Sport Recife on Sunday.
Television pictures showed America coach Lori Sandri being escorted off the field by several heavily armed riot policemen while the goalkeeper Rene was in an angry confrontation with officials.
Brazilian media said that Sandri was handcuffed at one stage as he was led away.
The match turned ugly in the 34th minute when America midfielder Souza was sent off for elbowing.
Sandri, furious at the decision, made angry gestures to the referee and was also dismissed.
He then marched onto the pitch, was surrounded by police and was heard to shout "Get your hands off me" as he was led to the tunnel.
The incident outraged the America players and Rene was seen to lash out at the shield of one policeman.
America, leading 2-1 at the time with two goals from Luciano Dias, had to settle for a 2-2 draw as Carlinhos Bala equalised in the second half for Sport. Durval scored the home team's other goal.
America stayed bottom of the 20-team table while Sport are 18th.
Santos coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo missed his team's game at Juventude after undergoing an appendix operation but was still on the phone from his hospital bed to pass instructions to interim Serginho on the touchline.
Midfielder Cleber Santana and forward Marcos Aurelio scored in the first half hour as Santos won 2-0, only their second win in six outings.
Surprise leaders Botafogo beat Nautico 3-1 at home despite a missed penalty and a bizarre own goal.
Juninho gave Botafogo a first-half lead but the hosts made life difficult for themselves as striker Dodo missed a penalty after halftime, then goalkeeper Julio Cesar's blunder allowed Nautico to equalise.
Julio Cesar missed the ball completely as he attempted to clear Alex's back pass and the ball rolled into the net for an embarrassing own goal.
Andre Lima and Jorge Henrique spared the goalkeeper's blushes by scoring in the last 15 minutes as Botafogo, who have 17 points from seven games, move five points clear of Corinthians.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Gisele Bundchen Blasts Roman Catholic Church's Opposition to Condom Use, Abortion
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Gisele Bundchen is the biggest international star on the runway during Rio's Fashion Week, but she's also making headlines for criticizing the Roman Catholic church's opposition to condom use and abortion.
Bundchen, who paraded Tuesday night for the Colcci label, told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that the church's take on contraception is hopelessly outdated because it was adopted when "the women were virgins, the guys were virgins."
"Today, no one is a virgin when they get married," Bundchen said.
She made the comments less than a month after Pope Benedict XVI criticized government-sanctioned abortion laws and birth control during a five-day visit to Brazil, the world's most populous Roman Catholic nation.
While most abortions are banned in Brazil, the government hands out more than 300 million free condoms each year to prevent AIDS and unwanted pregnancies.
"To prohibit condoms is ridiculous, just think of all the diseases transmitted without them," the 26-year-old supermodel told the newspaper.
She added: "How is it possible to not want people to use condoms and also not have abortions? It's impossible, I'm sorry."
Bundchen isn't the first Brazilian celebrity to clash with the Roman Catholic church over contraception.
Popular singer Daniela Mercury was pulled from a 2005 Vatican Christmas concert over her participation in an anti-AIDS campaign promoting condom use.
videosBrazilian believed to be world’s oldest woman
SAO PAULO, Brazil - An elderly woman living in a small, wooden shack in rural southern Brazil could be the world’s oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian record-keeping organization.
Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her 125th birthday, “is definitely the oldest living woman in Brazil and possibly in the entire world,” said Iolete Cadari, administrative director of RankBrasil, this country’s equivalent to the Guinness World Records.
Da Silva’s birth certificate shows that she was born Feb. 28, 1880 in the city of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo state, Cadari said by telephone. She currently lives in the small town of Astorga, some 370 miles west of Sao Paulo in the state of Parana.
Laura McTurk, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records in London said by e-mail that the organization was researching its records for any information on da Silva.
According to the Guinness World Records Web site, the world’s oldest woman is 113-year-old Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, who was born June 29, 1890.
Da Silva, whom Cadari described as “mentally sound and rational,” was married twice and has outlived all but three of her 14 children — four of them adopted.
“Her memory is impressive and she loves to talk,” Cadari said, adding that Da Silva lives with her 58-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.
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