Brazilian president to travel to Copenhagen meeting to lead Rio’s 2016 Olympic bidBERLIN — Brazil’s president will attend an Olympic meeting in Copenhagen to push Rio de Janeiro’s bid for the 2016 games. Arturo Gatti’s widow believes 2nd autopsy on ex-boxing champ will clear her nameMONTREAL — Arturo Gatti’s wife says a second autopsy on the former boxing champion will show she had nothing to do with his death. 3 Brazilian track and field athletes suspended for 2 years after testing positive for EPOSAO PAULO — Three Brazilian track and field athletes have been suspended for two years after testing positive for the banned endurance-booster EPO. Coaches take blame for doping of 5 Brazilians ahead of athletics worldsSAO PAULO — Two coaches on the Brazilian team are taking the blame for the doping of five athletes who were preparing for the world championships in Germany. Massa released from hospital in Brazil; will rest at homeSAO PAULO — Ferrari driver Felipe Massa left the hospital Tuesday and returned home for the first time since a life-threatening crash in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix 10 days earlier. 5 Brazilians fail doping tests ahead of track and field world championships in BerlinSAO PAULO — Five Brazilians preparing for this month’s track and field world championships in Berlin have failed doping tests. Three of them competed at last summer’s Olympics. Felipe Massa leaves hospital in Hungary, arrives in Brazil to continue recoverySAO PAULO — Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, recovering from a life-threatening crash sustained nine days earlier in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, arrived home in Brazil on Monday. Office of Quebec coroner seeking Gatti’s Brazilian autopsy and police filesTORONTO — The coroner’s office in Quebec wants Brazilian authorities to share their files from boxer Arturo Gatti’s initial autopsy and the police investigation into his death. Felipe Massa says he is feeling better, has swelling near left eye as he prepares to fly homeSAO PAULO — Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is on the mend with only some swelling near his left eye and will fly home to Brazil on Monday nine days after fracturing his skull in a high-speed crash in Hungary. Marta to play for Brazil’s Santos during US league’s offseasonSAO PAULO — Santos says it has reached a deal to sign world player of the year Marta on an offseason loan from the Los Angeles Sol of Women’s Professional Soccer. Host of TV show ‘Autopsy’ oversees Arturo Gatti’s second autopsyMONTREAL — A second autopsy performed at the request of former boxer Arturo Gatti’s family has not ruled out homicide in his death. Brazil and Alabama are in, Milwaukee and Richmond out of 2010 IndyCar scheduleSPARTA, Ky. — The IndyCar series is heading back to South America. Brazil: Police detail how boxer Gatti committed suicide, why they first called it homicideRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police say boxer Arturo Gatti hanged himself with a bag strap that he tied around a wooden staircase column more than seven feet off the ground. F1 driver Felipe Massa to return home to Brazil on Monday, doctor says; hopes to race againBUDAPEST, Hungary — Felipe Massa’s doctor says the Formula One driver will return home to Brazil on Monday. Crowd remembers scrappy, playful Gatti at boxer’s NJ send-offJERSEY CITY, N.J. — Arturo Gatti drew a capacity crowd in his final show Thursday as former fighters and area tough guys filled a northern New Jersey church to pay homage to the fallen boxer. Hail Cesar! Brazil’s Cielo takes gold at Foro Italico in swimming’s signature raceROME — Hail Cesar! Brazil’s Cesar Cielo Filho won swimming’s signature race with a furious finish Thursday, beating Olympic champion Alain Bernard and becoming the first to break the 47-second barrier in the 100-meter freestyle. Brazil: Boxer Gatti’s death ruled a suicide and his wife ordered releasedRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police say the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife. Ronaldo out a month for at least a month because of broken handSAO PAULO — Ronaldo will be sidelined at least a month after breaking his hand in a league match over the weekend. Brazilian driver Felipe Massa now awake, speaking to family; more improvement expectedBUDAPEST, Hungary — Formula One driver Felipe Massa was awake and talking to family members Monday, making significant improvement after his high-speed crash two days earlier. Brazil’s Ronaldo out 4-5 weeks with broken at least a month with broken handSAO PAULO — Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo will be sidelined at least a month after breaking his hand in a league match over the weekend. Phelps off to winning start at worlds, but he can thank him teammates againROME — One after another, the records kept falling. Brazilian newspaper says Gatti may have committed suicideSAO PAULO — An autopsy indicates former boxing champion Arturo Gatti may have committed suicide, been accidentally killed or murdered, according to a Brazilian newspaper that said it obtained a copy of the coroner’s initial findings. Brazilian newspaper says autopsy indicates Arturo Gatti may have committed suicideSAO PAULO — A Brazilian newspaper says that an autopsy performed on former boxing champ Arturo Gatti indicates he may have committed suicide. Wife of slain boxer Gatti tells AP from jail she is innocent, will be proven soonRIO DE JANEIRO — Arturo Gatti’s wife, accused of strangling the champion boxer with her purse strap, proclaims her innocence and love for her dead husband in a letter given to The Associated Press on Wednesday. Locals fondly recall Arturo Gatti in Jersey City neighborhood where he honed his boxing skillsJERSEY CITY, N.J. — Boxing trainer Mike Skowronski honed his skills beside Arturo Gatti at Jersey City’s Ringside Gym and said the former champ’s longtime friends never liked Gatti’s wife — who is suspected of strangling him. Lawyer asks for release of Brazilian wife of slain former boxing champion Arturo GattiRIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian wife of Arturo Gatti asked to be released from jail, where she is held on accusations she strangled the former boxing champion with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept. Brazilian police working on assumption that wife strangled former boxing champion Arturo GattiRIO DE JANEIRO — Police investigating the death of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti are working on the assumption his wife strangled him with her purse strap while he drunkenly slept. The woman’s lawyer, however, insists she is innocent and was too “fragile” to kill a boxer. Police formally accuse wife of former boxing champ Arturo Gatti after his death in BrazilSAO PAULO — Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil. Police detain wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti after his death at Brazil resortSAO PAULO — The wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was detained as a suspect by Brazilian authorities Sunday following his death at a posh seaside resort. Former boxing champion Gatti found deadSao Paulo,BRAZIL - Former boxing world champion Arturo Gatti has been found dead in a hotel room in a Brazilian tourist resort. Former junior welterweight boxing champ Arturo Gatti found dead in Brazil hotelSAO PAULO — Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday. Michael Phelps breaks world record in 100 butterfly at US nationalsINDIANAPOLIS — Michael Phelps broke the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships Thursday, just two months after returning from a suspension that was part of the longest layoff of his career. Like Hollywood’s red carpet, the pool-deck question at swim nationals is, Who are you wearing?INDIANAPOLIS — It’s suit madness at the U.S. national championships. Brazil’s presidential gift to Obama is bittersweet reminder of US team’s loss in soccer match
Swine flu fears prompt Brazilian club Cruzeiro to seek postponement of Copa Libertadores finalRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian soccer club Cruzeiro wants to postpone this week’s Copa Libertadores match against Estudiantes because of the swine flu outbreak in Argentina. |
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L’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama seemed pleased with the gift he received Thursday from Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but it was bittersweet nonetheless.
