Topic: Roberto Carlos
The illegal gambling game in Brazil known as jogo do bicho, or the animal game, occupies an important, if shady, place in popular culture. . . In...
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Anzhi Makhachkala joint coach Roberto Carlos told French television that the ambitious Russian club are considering moves for Neymar, Nicolas Anelka and Robin Van Persie."We want to make a club of the calibre of Real Madrid or Barcelona," Carlos told Canal ...
Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala have sacked their coach Gadzhi Gadzhiev, the big-spending club announced on Thursday.Anzhi, based in the Dagestan republic capital, are owned by Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov -- an oil and metals magnate.They have made a series of marquee ...
Russia's footballers on Thursday expressed outrage after star defender Yuri Zhirkov was heckled by fans over his move to an ultra-rich domestic league side from the Muslim North Caucasus.Zhirkov was whistled at almost every touch and pelted with a cigarette ...
Former Brazil international Roberto Carlos has his sights set on becoming president of Russian Premiership side Anzhi Makhachkala after hanging up his boots in 2013, local press reported on Thursday."I'm set to play for Anzhi two more years until the ...
Russia's football authorities vowed to step up the fight against racism Thursday after a fan threw a banana at Roberto Carlos in the latest apparent racial attack on the Brazilian former World Cup winner.Carlos, a defender for revamped Caucasus side ...
Zenit Saint Petersburg vowed on Wednesday to punish the "unethical" football fan who reportedly showed a banana to former Brazilian fullback and current Anzhi Makhachkala star Roberto Carlos.A photograph published on Russian websites shows a fan holding out an open banana ...
Beija-Flor, one of the dozen groups that put on Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Carnival parades, was named champion of the processions Wednesday in a verdict as much awaited as any major football match result.The win confirmed the samba school's ...
By Samuel Petrequin. . PARIS — Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookers with his amazing “banana” free kick that seemed to defy the...