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The Brazilian delegation celebrates after the announcement of the IOC decision to give the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro. www.olympic.org

Review the final IOC press conference on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. www.olympic.org www.olympic.org www.olympic.org www.olympic.org www.olympic.org www.olympic.org

I do not own any rights to this video, all rights belong to Zuffa. On August 27, 2011 at UFC 134 in Brazil, Forrest Griffin will fight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in a rematch from UFC 76: Knockout. Music: “Sons of War” – Two Steps From Hell

Brazil (pronounced /br??z?l/ ( listen); Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [b?a?ziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world’s fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7491 kilometers (4655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It has borders with all other South American countries apart from Ecuador and Chile. Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to United Kingdom with Portugal and Algarves. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese Kingdom was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal. The independence from Portugal was achieved in 1822. Initially independent as the Empire of Brazil, the country has been a republic since 1889, although the …

A SuperUber foi convidada para desenvolver uma experiência impactante no lançamento da marca dos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016, e criou a primeira “performance” da marca dos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016: um mapeamento de projeção sobre a escultura (de 2 m de largura) da marca, apresentada pelo Comitê Rio 2016 em evento no dia 31 de dezembro no Copacabana Palace, no Rio de Janeiro, e projetado no telão para o público que lotou a praia de Copacabana na festa de Réveillon. O conteúdo são animações criadas especialmente para a volumetria. A instalação preencheu a escultura com luz e movimento, criando uma experiência alinhada com os conceitos da marca, criada pela Tátil Design: movimento, tri-dimensionalidade. SuperUber was asked to develop an impactful experience at the launch of the Olympic Games emblem Rio 2016, and created the emblem’s first “performance”: a projection mapped onto a 2 meters-wide sculpture of the emblem, presented by the Rio 2016 Committee in Dec 31st 2010 at Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, and projected on a big LED screen for the millions at Copacabana beach on New Years eve. The content are animations created specially for the volume. The installation filled the sculpture with light and movement, and created an experience aligned with the emblem’s concepts, created by Tátil Design: movement and tridimensionality.

Big Guy Zee here to report the news that the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro succesfully won the bid to host the 2016 Olympic games after beating Madrid in the final round. For Rio it was celebrations all round, whilst the people of Madrid were not so pleased. Your opinions on this story are most welcome, so feel free to subscribe, rate and comment! Much Love!

No one alive today can remember the last time an Olympic Games included golf among its sports. In fact, it only happened twice, once in 1900 and the second and final time four years later. Golf will be reintroduced as an Olympic discipline at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. OMEGA, known both for its role as Official Olympic Timekeeper and as a leading supporter of international golf, has created a television commercial to welcome the sport back to the Olympic Games. The spot features Spanish golf star Sergio Garcia teeing off from the golf course in Crans- Montana which hosts the OMEGA European Masters each year. The ball’s progress is followed across Europe and across the ocean as astonished observers look up to see it flying over their heads. The ball reaches South America and lands on a green in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where it roles into the cup. The on-screen tagline says, “After more than a century golf returns to the Olympic Games” and closes with OMEGA’s famous logo. OMEGA president Stephen Urquhart talked about the importance of Olympic Games golf to his brand. “We are thrilled that golf will be included as an Olympic sport,” he said. “It is long overdue. All of us are looking forward to introducing our friends from the international golfing world to the Olympic community. This TV commercial is a creative way to bring two of OMEGA’s great sporting passions together.” www.10hs10.com www.10hs10.ch

This is a theme that I compose to be used (if somebody wants to use) at the Braziliam Olympic games in 2016 (if the world doesn’t end in 2012…). To early? Well, I like to think that I’m ahead of my time, hehehe!!

A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo do Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related violence ahead of the upcoming the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics Games, drug gangs struck out last week – attacking police stations and staging mass robberies. After days of preparation, Brazilian security forces launched a raid in the Complexo do Alemão, where between 500 and 600 drug traffickers were holed up. At least 42 people were killed in the violence last week, with security forces taking control of many neighborhoods. A relatively low number of arrests were made, and authorities warn of further conflict as they continue to try and flush out more suspects in Rio’s maze of favelas. The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. www.copyright.gov Music by – City of God/Metamorfose Ambulante

The city of Chicago spent tens of millions of dollars over two years in an effort to bring the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to the Midwest United States. Those efforts ended on October 2nd when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, the loss is a stunning defeat for the adopted hometown of President Barack Obama.