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Despite Carrying the Olympic Torch, No Indigenous Athletes Will Rep Brazil in Rio

James Young — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 23:20:12 +0000

Brazil's indigenous presence at the 2016 Rio Olympics will be largely ceremonial.

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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Rio’s Ongoing Olympics Nightmare

James Young — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:37:33 +0000

Along with the 2014 World Cup, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics were supposed to be the culmination of Brazil’s confident emergence onto the world stage – two glittering, if superficial symbols, neatly packaged for an international audience, of a far deeper process of economic growth and massive societal change that saw millions escape poverty through

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Will Copa América Bring Argentina Its First Trophy in Decades?

James Young — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:49:48 +0000

Remember what you were doing 23 years ago? Beanie Babies had just been launched. Jurassic Park, Sleepless in Seattle, and Mrs. Doubtfire blew up the box office. Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything For Love” was one of the biggest hits of the year. And on July 4, 1993, Argentina beat Mexico 2–1 in the Copa América final

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Gabriel Barbosa AKA “Gabigol” Is the Next Big Thing to Happen to Brazilian Soccer

James Young — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 23:19:55 +0000

In these times of vacas magras (“thin cows”) for Brazil, nowhere has the Seleção’s fall from grace been more evident than in the striker position. The immovable object that is Fred and the perennially misfiring Jô were quickly put out to pasture after the World Cup, to be followed soon after by a rogue’s gallery

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Copa América Centenario Will Push Paolo Guerrero to Rise to the Occasion

James Young — Tue, 31 May 2016 22:55:14 +0000

The defeat on May 22 against Grêmio was Paolo Guerrero’s tenth Brazilian league game in a row without a goal for Flamengo – hardly ideal form for a striker preparing for a major international competition. But Brazil, Ecuador, and Haiti, Peru’s group stage opponents in the upcoming Copa América Centenario, should not be fooled. The world’s

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Why Copa America Isn’t a Priority For Brazil

James Young — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:57:39 +0000

For USA-based fans, the 2016 Copa America Centenario seems set to be one of the high-points of the soccer year. It will be the first time that the Copa America, now in its 45th edition, will be held outside South America, and expectations are high for the success of the tournament. “The scale of the 2016

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How Soccer Culture Made Its Way Into Brazil’s Political Crisis

James Young — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:53:14 +0000

The last few years have not been kind to Brazil, either on or off the pitch. The brief shoots of optimism that sprouted after 2013’s stirring Confederations Cup win have long since faded following the harrowing 7-1 defeat against Germany in the World Cup semifinal, last year’s miserable Copa América showing in Chile, and the

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“I Am An Anti-Athlete”: A Tribute to the Bold and Defiant Activism of Brazilian Soccer Icon Socrates

James Young — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:54:10 +0000

Some players are more than mere athletes, and some teams are more than a collection of jocks. There are some who assume a cultural and historical significance that transcends running and kicking and heading, and that is more important than simply winning and losing. There are few examples of this better than Socrates and the Brazil

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