Entertainment

Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:54 UTC
Ex president of Brazilian football federation banned for life by FIFA

World football's governing body Fifa on Monday issued a lifetime ban on José Maria Marin, the former president of the Brazil federation. The 86-year-old was jailed for four years last August in New York after being found guilty of corruption.
Monday, April 15th 2019 - 17:41 UTC
Spectacular fireball across the night sky was recorded in southern Brazil

A spectacular fireball was recorded blazing across the night sky over Rio Grande do Sul and the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil around 3:21 a.m. local time (6:21 UTC) on Friday.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
World Press Photo Award for a photo that made history and changed policy

The haunting image of a little girl crying helplessly as she and her mother are taken into custody by US border officials on Thursday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 11:06 UTC
Football legend Pele returns to Brazil after been discharged from Paris hospital

Brazilian football legend Pele, who has been in hospital in Paris, will return to Brazil on Monday, his advisor announced. “We're going back to Sao Paulo on Monday,” said the advisor, without providing any more details.
Friday, April 5th 2019 - 17:39 UTC
Spanish, Chinese and Korean songs climbing up the charts, says the phonographic industry

For decades, they have dominated the top ten. But the era of musicians having to sing in English to achieve worldwide success may be drawing to a close, as artists from Asia and South America creep up the charts.
Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Top Gear “Patagonia Special” cars shredded to nut size in “hush-hush” operation

Imagine three top-line sport vehicles, worth tens of thousands of dollars, from some of the most famous world brands coming to their proud end rolled over by caterpillars and shredded to pieces no greater than nuts. And the vehicles did not belong to drug dealers or arms trafficker or were part of some US extravagant show.
Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Twin brothers in Brazil will have to pay paternity support for a girl

Twin brothers in Brazil are being forced to each pay child support after a paternity test was unable to confirm who the father of a newborn baby is. The identical twins refused to admit who the father of the baby girl was in an attempt to avoid making support payments.
Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:25 UTC
Argentina denies visas to Pakistan players attending a world championship

Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned Lahore after being deported from Dubai after having stayed there for 24 hours en route to Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship which began on Sunday at Misiones.
Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:20 UTC
A “fundamental human right” of a man to have sex with his wife, argues English Justice

A British judge sparked criticism after he spoke in court about the “fundamental human right” of a man to have sex with his wife. Justice Hayden made the remark after being asked to consider imposing a court order preventing a man from having sex with his wife of 20 years, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:42 UTC
BBC signs ten-year £300m deal with Discovery Channel

BBC has signed the biggest ever deal to sell its programs, agreeing to provide its landmark natural history shows to a new global streaming service run by the Discovery Channel for £300m. It is the “largest content deal the BBC has ever done” and will last for 10 years, director general Tony Hall said.