Brazil

The home of Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), has been raided by the country’s federal police as part of an investigation into suspicions of vote-buying in the build-up to the award of the hosting rights for the 2016 summer Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil’s Federal Police force has called for 21 people to be indicted for allegedly overcharging R$559m (€151.1m/$178m) for redevelopment work at a stadium used during the country’s hosting of the 2014 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has signed an integrity partnership with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has said Rio de Janeiro should be given more time to deliver infrastructure that was promised as part of its Olympic Games legacy, following criticism of the Brazilian city’s progress on certain targets.

Brazilian federal police have arrested Alexandre Pinto, who served as head of infrastructure in the government of former Rio de Janerio Mayor Eduadro Paes, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding the city’s hosting of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to commit further funds to covering debts racked up by organisers of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman will meet International Olympic Committee officials next week in Switzerland with a view to asking for assistance in satisfying creditors who are still owed about R130m (€35m/$40m) following the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Brazil’s federal agency for Olympic legacy (AGLO) has said the cost of staging the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has now risen to R$43.3bn (€11.68bn/$13.09bn), around R$14.5bn more than was originally projected.

Sergio Cabral, the former Governor of Rio de Janeiro, has been sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison after being found guilty of receiving kickbacks in exchange for granting construction contracts in the Brazilian city.

Natal’s Arena das Dunas has become the latest 2014 Fifa World Cup stadium to fall under the spotlight of Brazil’s sweeping corruption investigation after police made a series of arrests relating to its development process and alleged fraud at a state-run bank.

Brazilian police have today (Tuesday) arrested an aide to President Michel Temer, along with two former governors, as part of a probe into the redevelopment of Brasilia’s Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, a key venue for the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

A public hearing in Rio de Janeiro has hit out at the lack of legacy planning for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, criticising the “white elephants” of the venues developed for the events.

Brazil’s municipal and federal governments have been asked by the body that oversaw the Rio 2016 summer Games in the country to help in paying back a deficit of R117m (€34m/$38m) that was generated by last year’s Paralympics.

Sean Bratches, Formula One’s managing director of commercial operations, has said the new leadership of the motor racing series is targeting a calendar revolving around a regional strategy with more city-based circuits.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has reported a substantial fall in its profits, despite setting record revenues for its 2016 financial year.

An investigation has been opened by Brazil’s Supreme Court into Eduardo Paes, the former Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, into allegations of financial impropriety in relation to contracts associated with last year’s Olympic Games.