Brazil news

• British para-cycling trio’s world silver medals stolen in Rio de Janeiro robbery

  21-03-2024 17:29
  
  Neil and Lora Fachie targeted along with pilot Corinne HallCyclists ‘shaken up’ by incident on opening day of worldsThree members of the British para-cycling track team were robbed of their silver medals and other possessions in a mugging after the opening day of the world championships in Rio de Janeiro.Lora and Neil Fachie, who are both double Paralympic champions, and pilot Corinne Hall were left shaken but otherwise unharmed by the incident, which occurred as they made their way
  
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• Football player Robinho to serve rape sentence in Brazil, court rules

  21-03-2024 09:30
  
  The Brazilian court has decided to uphold an Italian court’s rape conviction and nine-year prison sentence for the former Milan strikerA Brazilian court in has court decided to uphold an Italian court’s rape conviction for the former Milan and Brazil striker Robinho, and that the former star player must serve his nine-year prison sentence in Brazil.The trial in Brazil’s superior court of justice (STJ), the country’s top court for non-constitutional matters, had a majority
  
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