Entertainment

Saturday, December 22nd 2012 - 20:07 UTC
Uruguayan famous striker holds football training camp in the Falklands

Footballers both young and old, in the Falkland Islands have had the opportunity and rare privilege this last week of being coached by one of the game’s legends.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 05:53 UTC
Blatter warns Brazil about security in football fields and the coming World Cup

The abandonment of last Wednesday's South American Cup final following shocking accusations police had pulled guns on players should serve as a warning for Brazil's World Cup organizers, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said this weekend.
Friday, December 7th 2012 - 05:41 UTC
Falklands cricket team on sports and PR tour visit Jamaica

The Falkland Islands cricket team on a tour in Jamaica presented the local Courtney Walsh Foundation with a cheque of 1.500 dollars during a reception to welcome the players, reports The Gleaner from Kingston.
Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 21:26 UTC
Gibraltar will be competing in UEFA 2013 Euro Futsal and U17 and U19

The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, has included Gibraltar in the Futsal qualifiers for the Euro 2013 Cup to be played in France next month and in the U17 and U19 tournaments to be disputed beginning next autumn. This is considered a remarkable step for Gibraltar’s football on the Uefa/GFA ‘road map’
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 19:27 UTC
Brazil confident for 2014 Cup but recalls the “national tragedy” of 1950 when defeated by Uruguay

Brazil must not repeat the “national tragedy” of losing the 2014 World Cup as it did when it hosted the event in 1950, the country’s Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo said. “We cannot repeat the national tragedy of 1950 when we lost to Uruguay” Rebelo told foreign journalists visiting Brazil as part of the build up to the finals. “It was like losing to your younger brother.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 05:41 UTC
Brazil pays tribute to sexiest female bottom and crowns Miss Bumbum 2012

Carine Felizardo, a curvy exuberant model from the northern state of Para was crowned Miss Bumbum 2012, a title rewarding Brazil’s sexiest female derriere. A jury of six women and five men picked the 25-year-old Felizardo among 15 finalists in the second annual edition of the contest, held in a Sao Paulo hotel.
Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:25 UTC
FIFA warns Brazil on Sao Paulo crime and insufficient infrastructure for 2014 Cup

FIFA general secretary, Jerome Valcke has warned Brazil of the increasing crime rate in cities like Sao Paulo and also stressed on the need of more infrastructure ahead of the 2014 football World Cup.
Monday, November 26th 2012 - 19:54 UTC
“Fuleco” will rule over the 2014 Brazil World Cup

FIFA has named the mascot for the 2014 Brazil World Cup “Fuleco,” a word which organisers say transmits a message of environmental awareness, Football plus ecology.
Sunday, November 18th 2012 - 02:55 UTC
'New Falklands horse racing book attracts record sales'

Falklands Governor Mr. Nigel Haywood CVO receiving a copy of the newly published book 'The Christmas Sports' from the author, during a reception hosted by the Governor and his wife at Government House to celebrate the official launch of the book which was researched and written by Patrick Watts MBE - the official race commentator for the past 40 years.
Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 06:22 UTC
BBC celebrates 90 years of broadcasting with a “snapshot of the airwaves”

A composition by Blur front-man Damon Albarn has been played to radio listeners around the world to mark 90 years of BBC broadcasting. 2LO Calling, a “snapshot of the airwaves”, featured iconic sounds from radio over the past 90 years.