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Was it Brazil’s caipirinha cocktail or did the head of the global Olympic Committee skip a major news conference in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday because of jet lag? Last June, displacement efforts turned violent as the last few holdouts in Vila Autódromo clashed with police.

There are 56 projects needed specifically for the games themselves, such as the construction of the Olympic Village, stadiums, and other venues.

The Olympic initiative comes three weeks after Aldi signed an agreement with the National Farmers Union (NFU), which the NFU said “could change the face of retailer and supplier relations in this country”.

Rio’s polluted waters where Olympic sailing will take place next year will be in good shape by the time the Games start, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday (yesterday, Fiji time). The games will be split between four clusters: the main hub in Barra (where the Olympic...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Rio de Janeiro began holding equestrian test events Thursday ahead of the 2016 Olympics despite concerns over an outbreak of the deadly, highly contagious horse disease glanders at nearby stables.

“What is important is that we’ll have good conditions for the athletes where the competition is taking place”, Bach said in Rio de Janeiro, where he is marking the 12-month countdown to the world’s biggest sporting event.

Uefa president Michel Platini says he has “weighed up the future of football” after confirming he will be a candidate to be the next president of Fifa. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Platini has not announced his candidacy.

The Canadians and nine other second-round winners moved on, joining Jamaica and Haiti – the seventh- and eighth-seeded teams – to play six home-and-away series in the third round.

Russia, hosts for the 2018 World Cup, have repeatedly been criticised for failure to tackle racism in domestic soccer. The European draw is scheduled to take place after Africa so should begin relatively soon after proceedings get underway.

Coutinho will link up with his national team colleague Roberto Firminho following the playmaker’s £29m move from Hoffenheim this season.

Canada led 54-37 at the half. Reimer scored twice in a row to make it 30-27 at 4:15, but the lead twice changed hands before two made free throws from Reimer with just 11.1 seconds remaining in the first half tied the game at 36-36.

Moments after making history Monday night, Canada’s finest women’s basketball players stood arm in arm on the medal podium, belting out O Canada with all their might. “Emotion. Hard work pays off and honestly that’s what happened tonight”.

It may be fewer than some previous days at the Games, but Canada took home six medals, one of them gold on Monday. “Emotion. Hard work pays off and honestly that’s what happened tonight”.

“We should have won in 90 minutes, but ended up getting justice”. But that is soccer. “I didn’t see one play in the whole competition to suggest that Chile was not better than their rivals”.

Selfies at Cannes and Excitement over Footy at Brazil made an exhausting twenty four hours for Celebrities. The trend began at the Oscars. Ellen Degeneress  made a huge splash and made the selfie a fashionable must-do activity. Now, the Cannes Advertisement  Festival witnessed a...