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"Absolute garbage fabricated bulls***": Neal Schon hits back after criticism of Arnel Pineda, blames Avenged Sevenfold for Rock In Rio sound problems

Journey's lively 2024 continues

Louder

Rock in Rio's sign language pumps up Brazil's deaf audience

Brazil's mega music festival Rock in Rio has sign language interpreters on its screens around main stages for the first time in its 40-year history

The Independent UK

‘A beacon of hope’: Indigenous people reunited with sacred cloak in Brazil

Denmark sends 300-year-old feathered cloak considered an ancestor by Tupinambá de Olivença to Rio

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‘This janitor’s daughter became a state deputy’: Leci Brandão, the Brazilian samba star turned communist lawmaker

Born in poverty, Brandão became a socially conscious samba singer who satirised Rio’s bourgeoisie – then a politician championing gay rights and Black culture. As she turns 80, she recalls a remarkable life

The Guardian - UK

Meet Floki: This Brazilian dog is a star footvolley player

NEW DELHI: Floki, a 3-year-old border collie, has become a sensation on Rio de Janeiro’s beaches by playing footvolley, a mix of soccer and beach volleyball. Crowds stop to watch and record this unique spectacle, where a dog plays a game that even humans find challenging.

The Times of India

Sérgio Mendes, the musician who left Brazil to bring the sounds of his country to the world

The man who made bossa nova an international sensation has died at 83, after a 60-year, 35-album career that straddled musical genres

The Guardian - UK

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 9 – Dutch down and tears

There were two golds in two days for Yui Kamiji from Japan in the wheelchair tennis after a few Paralympics where she has been disappointed. On that note, the British pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the men's doubles after losses in the final in Rio and Tokyo.

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Wheelchair racer Kinghorn adds to GB’s Paralympics tally with stunning gold

Wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn added to GB’s Paris Paralympics success with a stunning T53 100m gold at Stade de France

The Guardian - UK

“I went to Rio for a show. I told my wife I’d just been for a helicopter ride and I was now sitting on gorgeous white sand… She hung up on me!” The need to deceive loved ones inspired Caravan’s Paradise Filter

Canterbury pioneers’ 14th album was surprisingly lacking in their traditional Ealing Studios views of England, containing more serious observations on modern life instead

Louder

‘Crime doesn’t pay’: drug gangsters turned podcasters send message to Rio’s youth

A group of Brazilian ex-criminals with many grisly stories have made life lessons into a startling listen

The Guardian - UK

Jogo do Bicho: Brazil’s popular illegal animal lottery is losing its bite

Banned since the 1890s yet widely played until recently, Rio betting game has strong links to carnival, football and gangs

The Guardian - UK

Stray bullets and closed schools: Rio’s kids suffer as police crack down on gangs

Thousands of schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas miss classes and risk violence as Brazil’s police battle drug gangs

The Guardian - US

Rio Police Crack Down On Illegal Claw Machines

Rio de Janeiro police crackdown on claw machines for fraud, seizing machines and plushies. Users unaware of manipulation.

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Rio de Janeiro police have a new target in their crosshairs: hard-to-get stuffed animals

Rio de Janeiro police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the claw machines that elicit exhilaration among children and adults alike across the city

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Brazil’s deadly kite wars are leaving many with horror wounds. Some want them banned

Cases of motorcyclists having a limb severed or throat slit by kites remain common

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: How Team GB performed across every sport at Paris Games

British athletes finish seventh in medal table - but match haul of London 2012

The Guardian - UK

Lydia Ko holds nerve to win gold and complete full set of Olympic medals

The New Zealander added to her silver and bronze medals from Rio and Tokyo by finishing two shots clear of Germany’s Esther Henseleit at Le Golf National

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Katie Ledecky surprises Stanford friend Albane Valenzuela at Paris Olympics

The pair of Stanford alums first met at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and became close friends.

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Shot-Put Scientist Ryan Crouser Chases Historic Three-Peat in Paris

Despite a nagging elbow injury and pectoral muscle tear in the spring, the 31-year-old from a family of throwers will compete for a third gold medal at the 2024 Olympics.

The Guardian - UK

‘It was awesome’: after Rio and Tokyo false starts, golf hits an Olympic high

On the outskirts of Versailles, in front of huge galleries, Olympic golf found a home on day one of the men’s competition

Evening Standard

Paris is setting a glorious example — if London wants the 2040 Olympic Games, copy them

Our reporter’s whistle-stop tour of Paris Games shows what London can learn

The Guardian - US

Ryan Murphy wins his seventh Olympic medal but US miss out on gold in pool

Ryan Murphy won his seventh Olympic medal as claimed bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke in Paris on Tuesday night

The Times of India

Paris 2024: Tom Daley wins fifth Olympic diving medal but China grab gold

In a thrilling competition at the Olympic Games on Monday, China's Lian Junjie and Yang Hao emerged victorious in the men's synchronised 10m platform, dethroning Britain's Tom Daley, who had won gold in the same event at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

Cycling News

‘It feels so great to come full circle’ - Jenny Rissveds on her Olympic mountain bike bronze medal

Swedish rider had struggled following her 2016 gold medal at Rio games

The Guardian - UK

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review – love and identity on the 1960s music scene

A glorious debut about a Senegalese singer’s rise to stardom and the woman he meets in New York

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