UN Pays Tribute to Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer

SHANGHAI, China, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Pedro Solberg Salgado from Brazil outlasted German dark horses Mischa Urbatzka and Markus Bockermann in three sets on their way to a pair of wins that sent them to the top of pool C in the ...

Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Oscar (C) heads in to score the opening goal past Tottenham Hotspur's French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (R) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in ...

With nine minutes of extra time remaining in the 2011 Under 20 World Cup final in Bogota, and Brazil drawing 2-2 with Portugal, Oscar picked up the ball wide on the right. A jink of the shoulder created a fraction of space and he clipped the ball ...

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari sprang a surprise on Tuesday by leaving experienced duo Ronaldinho and Kaka out of his squad for next month's Confederations Cup. Just a month before the five-time world champions kick off the tournament on home soil ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), May 18 : Brasilia's Mane Garrincha National Stadium, one of six stadiums that will host the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Football competition was officially inaugurated on Saturday morning. Brazil President Dilma Rousseff, ...

Oscar Pistorius has turned his back on athletics for the rest of the year to focus on fighting the murder charge hanging over him. The South African's agent Peet van Zyl told reporters the 26-year-old was not mentally ready to return to competition ...

Ahead of the Europa League final we caught up with the man Chelsea need to stop, Benfica star Oscar Cardozo. How much extra motivation does it give you that Chelsea are the current Champions League holders, you must be desperate to deny them the ...

Chelsea duo David Luiz and Ramires await a reunion with Benfica this week, but the Brazilians will have no qualms in putting the club who brought them to Europe to the sword in their quest for silverware. Rafa Benitez's side will take on the ...

There are always preconceived ideas when it comes to footballers. Sometimes it can be something as simple as their name or nationality. Alex Bellos claims in his book, Futebol, that: "The phrase 'Brazilian footballer' is like the phrases 'French ...