Brazil

The Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador has become the latest of Brazil’s stadia developed for the 2014 edition of football’s Fifa World Cup to come under investigation amid alleged corrupt acts during its development.

A senior executive from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has criticised Rio de Janeiro’s failure to commit to promises made regarding venue legacy from its staging of the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

Clubs from Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the top division of Brazilian club football, have rejected the planned implementation of the video assistant referee (VAR) system in the league amid concerns over its cost.

Brazilian football star Neymar has signed an endorsement deal with Chinese consumer electronics company TCL.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted the suspension imposed on the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), while it has approved venues at the 2020 summer Olympic Games for road cycling and race walking, and has outlined its intention to take the Youth Olympics to Africa.

Manuel Burga, the former president of Peru’s national football association, was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy two days after fellow ex-South American football officials Juan Napout and Jose Maria Marin were found guilty of multiple corruption charges in a US court.

Marco Polo del Nero, the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has today (Friday) been provisionally banned from all football activities for 90 days by the Ethics Committee of Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

The International Surfing Association has awarded the 2018 edition of its showpiece World Surfing Games to the Japanese city of Tahara.

The inaugural Brazil ePrix has been postponed for a year by the Formula E electric car-racing series due to issues surrounding the ownership of the planned race venue.

The Mayor of São Paulo, Joao Doria, has revealed that the sale of Interlagos, the home of Formula One’s Brazilian Grand Prix, is almost complete.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have issued formal charges against Carlos Nuzman, the figurehead of the 2016 summer Olympic Games and former president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), along with five other officials in the scandal surrounding the bidding process which saw Rio de Janeiro secure hosting rights to the event.

Paulo Wanderley has been elected to replace Carlos Nuzman as president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) after the latter confirmed his resignation yesterday (Wednesday) following his arrest last week for allegedly ‘buying’ votes for Rio’s successful bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee has today (Friday) suspended Carlos Nuzman after the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) was arrested amid a probe into an alleged vote-buying scandal.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have claimed to have uncovered evidence that payments allegedly made to secure Rio’s hosting rights for the 2016 summer Olympic Games surpassed $2m (€1.7m).

Carlos Nuzman, the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and figurehead of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, was arrested earlier today (Thursday) amid a probe into an alleged vote-buying scandal.

French banking group Société Générale has defended its anti-corruption practices after being implicated in the scandal surrounding the assignment of hosting rights to the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, along with other major sporting events.