Brazil Opening Ceremony

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil Legend Ronaldo To Participate In Opening Ceremony

  Ronaldo will be a part of FIFA 2018 World Cup opening ceremony before the first game between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil Legend Pele Could Give Opening Ceremony A Miss

  Pele may miss the FIFA World Cup 2018 opening ceremony due to ill health.

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  Rio Paralympics 2016: Troubled Rio de Janeiro Opens Games to Samba Beat

  The joyous rhythms of samba singers set the atmosphere in front of a packed stadium, followed by a giant projection of Brazil's Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias, and a carnivalesque reproduction of a Rio beach scene

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  Rio Olympics Kicks Off With Ode to Forests, Favelas And Funk

  Brazil put up a breathtaking spectacle as the 2016 Rio Olympics started with a glitzy opening ceremony at Rio de Janeiro

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  Rio Olympics 2016 Set For Gala Opening, All Roads Lead to Maracana

  Some 50,000 spectators are expected at Olympic Games 2016 while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil host their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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  Pope Francis Urges Rio Athletes To 'Fight The Good Fight'

  Pope Francis today urged athletes heading to the Rio Olympics to fight the "good fight", aiming not for medals but solidarity in a world "sick with cruelty".

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  'Mugging' Scene Showing Supermodel Gisele Bundchen At Rio Event Sparks Row

  A scene in the Rio Olympic opening ceremony that spectators at a rehearsal thought depicted an attempted mugging of supermodel Gisele Bundchen sparked a bizarre polemic in Brazil on Monday.

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  Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Turns Down Olympic Opening Invite: Sources

  Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has decided not to attend the torch ceremony opening the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, an aide said on Tuesday, one day after she said in an interview she would not play second fiddle to interim President Michel Temer.

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  Rio Olympics: Suspended Dilma Rousseff to Get Opening Ceremony Invite

  Brazil President Dilma Rousseff has been replaced by vice-president Michel Temer pending her impeachment trial over allegations of fiddling government accounts.

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  Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Lights Olympic Flame as Protesters Hit Streets

  Dilma Rousseff presided over the flame ceremony in Brasilia, even though she faces impeachment and is unlikely to be in office when South America's first Olympics open in less than three months

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  Brazil Urge Pregnant Women to Avoid Olympics Over Zika Threat

  The unprecedented warning, issued just over six months from the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, came after the World Health Organization declared an emergency over mosquito-borne Zika virus, suspected of causing microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, in babies.

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  2016 Rio Olympics: Opening Ceremony to Have Less Budget as Brazil Economy Weakens

  With Brazil's economy in poor shape, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympic games will be done in a budget much less than the 2012 London Olympics.

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  FIFA World Cup: Shakira, Carlos Santana, Samba for Closing Ceremony

  Following the opening song, Shakira, performing at her third FIFA World Cup, will bound on stage to sing "La la la (Brazil 2014)" alongside home favorite Carlinhos Brown.

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  Teenager 'Smuggles' Protest Banner in Underpants During World Cup Opening Ceremony

  Brazil had barred any form of protest message being either carried or shown during the opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup. A 13-year-old however chose to violate the rule and displayed a message outside

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  World Cup 2014 Opening Ceremony Marked With an Animated Doodle

  Google is continuing its series of World Cup 2014 doodles for the second day running.