Entertainment

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Brazilian congress breaks gridlock on legislative agenda including “FIFA bill”

  

  Brazilian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to passing a long-delayed measure key to preparations for the 2014 soccer World Cup, breaking a gridlock in Congress that threatened to delay President Dilma Rousseff's legislative agenda.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 08:56 UTC

  Brazil has a new representative at FIFA executive committee

  

  The president of Brazil's biggest and most influential state soccer organization will replace Ricardo Teixeira as Brazil's representative on FIFA executive committee, South America's football confederation has announced.

• Friday, March 23rd 2012 - 00:41 UTC

  Dakar rally confirms next edition along the Pacific, Chile and Peru

  

  Dakar Rally’s organization confirmed that next year’s 35th edition of the world’s most famous race will also be the 5th to take place on the South American continent, which has hosted the event since 2009.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:23 UTC

  FIFA cleansing advances: Brazil’s Texeira steps down from executive committee

  

  Ricardo Teixeira severed his ties with soccer's international governing body on Monday, a week after he resigned as head of the Brazilian Football Confederation and organiser of the 2014 World Cup.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 14:54 UTC

  Falklands’ marathon: Brits’ win in men’s and Argentine ladies unbeatable

  

  Gradients, wind and the threat of bad weather make the Falklands Islands, the world’s most southerly certified marathon also one of the toughest courses runners are ever likely to tackle. This year’s edition attracted the highest number of entries ever for the event, 64 with a significant participation from Argentina.

• Monday, March 19th 2012 - 11:18 UTC

  Maverick Norwegian yachtsman Jarle Andhoy is in trouble again.

  

  According to press reports from Norway and New Zealand over the weekend, the 54-foot yacht steel yacht Nilaya is reported to be sailing off Antarctica with a broken boom and is heading for an unspecified Argentine Antarctic base to carry out emergency repairs and to refuel.

• Saturday, March 17th 2012 - 05:56 UTC

  Rousseff and Blatter seal peace and say all will be on time for the 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff assured FIFA chief Sepp Blatter on Friday the country would be ready to host the 2014 World Cup, easing tensions over the slow pace of preparations for the finals.

• Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 06:12 UTC

  Uruguay upsets Argentina in rugby which lost its first ever South American Cup

  

  While Brazil's women maintained their perfect record in regional competition, Uruguay's men scored a huge upset by winning their first CONSUR rugby title, beating Argentina in the final 17-14 with a try on the siren.

• Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 01:48 UTC

  Blatter scheduled to meet Rousseff on Friday to patch up differences

  

  FIFA president Sepp Blatter will meet Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday to clear the air following the recent spat over preparations for the 2014 World Cup, soccer's governing body said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 13th 2012 - 01:10 UTC

  Celebrate, “we have exterminated a cancer from Brazilian football”

  

  The head of Brazil’s soccer federation resigned on Monday two years before the South American country hosts the World Cup, putting an end to a 23-year career marked by an unmatched championship record over that period and accusations of corruption off the field. He is replaced by his deputy chief Jose Maria Marin, a former governor of Sao Paulo.