The organizers of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games have released the sporting pictograms that will be used during the games.
They are:
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Brazil the Guide adds Olympic venue images
Tennis Centre
Brazil the Guide has added images of some of the proposed 2016 Olympic and Paralympic venues.
The page will be continuously updated with the latest images.
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Famous Faces at the Rio Botequims in Las Iguanas During London Olympics
The crowds turned out during the London Olympics to enjoy the atmosphere at the Rio Botequims set up by the Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau in 27 branches of Las Iguanas across the UK.
Director Julien Temple with RCVB’s Paulo Senise
- Brazilian soccer legend, Cafu.
Judo bronze medalist Felipe Kitadai
- Felix Sanchez, 400m hurdles’ gold medalist
Judo Reception
- Travel Trade reception
- Samba with RCVB
Brazil send a team of 259 athletes to London Olympics
Brazil is to be represented by 259 athletes (136 men, 123 women) at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They will be competing in 32 different disciplines.
The Brazilian Olympic Committee (Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro – COB) expects that the total haul of medals will be similar to that achieved by Brazil in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics, when the country won 15 medals including two individual golds (César Cielo in the men’s 50m freestyle swimming; and Maurren Maggi in the women’s long jump) and one team gold (women’s volleyball).
Brazil hopes to be better placed to win a higher number of medals when Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympics in 2016.
Footballing Gold
Brazilian fans are hoping that at Wembley Stadium the men and women’s football teams can finally end their long and exasperating wait for an Olympic gold. Both have won silver in the past. The women in Beijing, losing to the United States in the final; and the men in 1984 in Los Angeles, losing to France in the final, and in 1988 in Seoul, losing to the Soviet Union. In Beijing the men’s team won bronze. The Olympics is the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil has never won.
Brazil Coach Mano Menezes has selected a strong group for the men’s team for the 2012 Olympics including Porto striker Hulk alongside AC Milan’s Thiago Silva and Real Madrid left-back Marcelo as his three over-age players.
Some of the world’s leading stickers have been named in the squad including Santos’ Neymar who has scored nine goals in 18 games for the senior Brazil team, while Hulk and AC Milan’s Pato have also impressed for the full side.
Premier League players include Rafael, of Manchester United, and Tottenham midfielder Sandro.
The full Brazil squad for London is: Rafael Cabral (Santos), Neto (Fiorentina); Alex Sandro (Porto), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Rafael (Manchester United), Danilo (Porto), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), Bruno Uvini (Sao Paulo), Juan (Inter Milan); Sandro (Tottenham), Romulo (Spartak Moscow), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Oscar (Internacional), Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo); Neymar (Santos), Leandro Damiao (International), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Hulk (Porto).
Brazil Going for Olympic Football Gold
The draw for the 2012 Olympic soccer tournament has been made.
Brazil’s men, who are still looking for their first Olympic title, are scheduled to play:
26 July, 19.45: Brazil x Egypt – Millennium Stadium – Cardiff
29 July, 12.00: Brazil x Belarus – Old Trafford – Manchester
1 August, 14.30: Brazil x New Zealand – St James Park – Newcastle
If Brazil’s wins its group (C), it will play a quarter final in Newcastle at 17.00 on 4 August, then a semi-final in Manchester on 7 August at 19.45, and the final in Wembley on 11 August at 15.00.
If second in its group, the route for Gold for Brazil would be a quarter final in Manchester at noon on 4 August; a semi final in London’s Wembley Stadium on 7 August at at 17.00, and the final in Wembley on 11 August at 15.00.
All times are local UK times.
Brazil women’s team, also looking for their first Olympic Gold after two Silvers, are drawn to play in a group with Great Britain, New Zealand and Cameroon.
25 July, 18.45: Brazil x Cameroon – Millennium Stadium – Cardiff
28 July, 14.30: Brazil x New Zealand- Millennium Stadium – Cardiff
31 July, 19.45: Brazil x Great Britain – Wembley – London
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