SPORTS: BR vs AR in Rosario, Argentina – 5 Sept 09

The game, being played in Rosario, Argentina, is to begin in a few minutes and street traffic has dropped to just the occasiona car or motocycle.  Probably the same in Argentina right now.
You don’t have to follow the game.  Every time Brazil scores, fireworks goes off and you can hear people yelling  throughout  neighborhood.
Not as [...]

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SPORTS: The Dream of Poor Boys in Brazil

How we first fell in love with the game
They are three of football’s greatest stars, and each overcame huge obstacles on their way to the top. Here, Messi, Gilberto and Ribéry tell their childhood stories.
Interviews by Tom Watt
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Gilberto Silva: When I look back to where I came [...]

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SPORTS: Brazil 0 x Argentina 3

Not a good day for Brazil.  They aren’t used to losing and losing to Argentina is very hard on Brazil.
Dunga, the Brazilian coach, is under the gun now.  There will be a debate as to whether he should be replaced. He had won 2 and tied 1 in the three previous games against Argentina.

Diego [...]

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SPORTS: Golf

Ilha de Comandatuba Resort Golf Course – Bahia

I’ve played golf a few times, but I am not a ‘golfer’.
Here in Goiânia, a closed, horizontal condominium with a golf course was started about two years ago, but I think it has stalled.   The web site (link below) is incomplete indicating that the project is not moving [...]

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