Surf's up in Rio
14.01 Thu Nov 20 2008
Brazilian surfer's extra long record.
Street soccer skills on show in Brazil
09.30 Thu Nov 20 2008
Football players have wowed crowds with their impressive range of street soccer skills at the Red Bull championship in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Man shoots himself on trading floor
21.17 Mon Nov 17 2008
A stock market trader has shot himself on the trading floor of Brazil's main financial exchange.
Brazilian beauty is top of the bots
09.11 Thu Nov 13 2008
A Brazilian beauty and a French adonis have taken the accolade of World's Most Beautiful Bottom 2008.
Blind surfers' championship in Brazil
13.53 Sat Nov 08 2008
A surfers' championship with a difference on Barro da Tijuca beach in Rio.
Morning sports news
06.13 Mon Nov 03 2008
Hamilton wins world title - Radcliffe wins NY marathon - Bolton beat Man City - Celtic at top of SPL
World News (Morning)
06.15 Wed Oct 22 2008
India bomb blast - Thousands attend teenager's funeral in Brazil - Two die on football fans' coach
Sports News (Morning)
05.59 Mon Oct 20 2008
Murray wins Madrid Masters - Ramos under pressure after Stoke defeat - Hull third after West Ham win
Morning world news
06.47 Mon Oct 13 2008
Cash for EU banks - Zimbabwe unity threat - Colombia flood deaths - Gay pride parade in Rio
World News (Morning) for October 7th, 2008
06.13 Tue Oct 07 2008
Scores injured in Thai protest - More drugs police in Mexico - Next US presidential debate looms
Tamarins are back from the brink?
09.45 Wed Aug 20 2008
A captive breeding programme and conservation efforts may just prove enough to save Brazil's golden lion tamarins.
More Cara body part finds
13.44 Tue Aug 05 2008
More body parts belonging to murdered British teenager Cara Burke have been found in Brazil.
Brazil murder suspect 'tried to bribe police'
07.40 Sun Aug 03 2008
A Brazilian man accused of murdering and dismembering a British teenage girl tried to bribe officers to let him go, police have said.
Brazil murder suspect 'tried to bribe police'
20.24 Sat Aug 02 2008
A Brazilian man accused of murdering and dismembering a British teenage girl tried to bribe officers to let him go, police said.
Hunt continues for Briton's body parts
07.42 Sat Aug 02 2008
Detectives are continuing their gruesome search for the remaining body parts of a 17-year-old Briton found dismembered in Brazil.
Brazil murder police seek accomplice
20.48 Fri Aug 01 2008
Brazilian police are looking for an accomplice to the murder of a British teenager who was killed by her boyfriend last weekend.
Chelsea hopeful of Robinho signing
13.14 Fri Aug 01 2008
Peter Kenyon admits talks with Real Madrid about Robinho have stalled but remains hopeful of signing the Brazil attacker.
Hunt for murdered teen's body parts
12.20 Fri Aug 01 2008
Police are hunting for the head and limbs of a British teenager whose body was found in a suitcase in central-western Brazil.
World news (August 1, 2008)
06.28 Fri Aug 01 2008
Antigua bridegroom flown back to UK - Brazilian man charged with British girlfriend's murder - Life on Mars?
Brazil deals with food price hikes
07.31 Wed Jul 30 2008
Brazil's humble dish known as Feijoada, is turning into an expensive dish.
Boy bites dog
09.09 Fri Jul 25 2008
An 11-year-old boy's hit the headlines in Brazil after biting a dog when it tried to attack him.
Dirty tactics prevail in swamp World Cup
11.38 Thu Jun 26 2008
Team Rambo won the swamp soccer World Cup in Scotland after a slow-moving final.
Smuggler pigeons ruffle feathers
10.09 Thu Jun 26 2008
Pigeons are being used to transport drugs in and out of prisons in Brazil.
Smuggler pigeons ruffle feathers
10.07 Thu Jun 26 2008
Pigeons are being used to transport drugs in and out of prisons in Brazil.
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is back on the catwalk in Sao Paolo B
16.04 Tue Jun 24 2008
Gisele Bundchen, the highest paid model in the world, performed a special one off show to support Sao Paolo fashion week in her native Bra
Pele robbed at gun point
11.32 Mon Jun 23 2008
Soccer legend Pele has been attacked and robbed at gun point by a gang of thieves.
First photos of uncontacted tribe
15.03 Fri May 30 2008
Painted warriors from one of Brazil's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed for the first time.
Millions party on streets of Brazil
09.11 Tue May 27 2008
Millions of gays, lesbians and transsexuals have taken to the streets in Sao Paulo, Brazil to call for an end to homophobic violence.
Brazil's airforce finds missing plane
18.06 Tue May 06 2008
Rescuers have found the wreckage of a light aircraft that carried four British businessmen and two Brazilian pilots.
Jungle search for missing Britons
19.14 Sun May 04 2008
Rescuers are searching the Brazilian jungle for a plane that disappeared with four British businessmen on board.
World News (Evening) for May 4th, 2008
16.04 Sun May 04 2008
Sister-in-law speaks in Austrian cellar case - Cyclone in Burma - Thousands flee volcano in Chile
Manchester City close in on Jo
10.32 Thu Apr 24 2008
Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is closing in on Brazilian striker Jo.
Priest blown out to sea
09.54 Wed Apr 23 2008
A Catholic priest took to the skies under a thousand helium balloons - but he never came back. He floated out to sea and is still missing.
Giraffe marriage
05.55 Fri Apr 18 2008
One month of dating before getting married would seem a hasty decision for most.. But for two giraffes in Brazil it is clearly a match mad
Naomi pledges to help Brazil
17.43 Wed Apr 16 2008
Naomi Campbell has lent her support for Brazil by raising awareness of a deadly tropical disease.
New heights for dwarf football team
08.39 Fri Apr 11 2008
A football team of dwarfs are kicking up a big storm in Brazil.
Brazil's youngest serial killer
12.20 Sat Mar 29 2008
A teenage serial killer has confessed to murdering 12 people in Brazil.
Mummies discovered in monastery
09.15 Thu Feb 28 2008
A mummy and a skeleton, believed to be at least 200 years old, have been found in a monastery in Brazil.
'Spider-Man' tackles Brazilian skyscraper
07.50 Thu Feb 28 2008
A French climber dubbed 'Spider-Man' has climbed down a 46-storey building in Brazil, without safety gear.
Spiderman
06.24 Thu Feb 28 2008
A Frenchman is celebrating after descending Brazil's second tallest building without safety gear
World News February 12th, 2008
08.00 Tue Feb 12 2008
Man arrested for allegedly giving away US space secrets - Iran defiant over nuclear programme - Thousands gather for Maharishi cremation.
Party time in Brazil
07.25 Mon Feb 04 2008
Hundreds of sequin, feather bikini clad women begin a Samba marathon.
Rio Carnival
03.16 Mon Feb 04 2008
Hundreds of sequin, feather bikini clad women begin a Samba marathon
World News (Morning) for January 25th, 2008
12.34 Fri Jan 25 2008
Italy's PM Romano Prodi has resigned - Gaza airstrike kills two Hamas militants - Brazil's deforestation - Obama & Clinton bicker
World News (Morning) for January 25th, 2008
06.46 Fri Jan 25 2008
Italy's PM Romano Prodi resigns - Gaza airstrike kills two Hamas militants - Brazil's deforestation.
Carnival arrives early in Rio
08.14 Sun Jan 20 2008
Bands, floats and dancers have taken to the streets in Brazil two weeks before the official start of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival.
Police recover £28m works of art
10.30 Wed Jan 09 2008
Brazilian police have recovered two stolen paintings, including a valuable Picasso, and arrested two suspects.
Stadium collapse kills seven in Brazil
14.03 Mon Nov 26 2007
At least seven people have died after a section of the stands collapsed at a football stadium in northeastern Brazil.
Ten Cate denies Ronaldinho claims
14.26 Fri Nov 16 2007
Assistant manager Henk ten Cate has denied trying to tempt Barcelona's Ronaldinho to Chelsea.
Brazil to host 2014 World Cup
15.03 Tue Oct 30 2007
Brazil will stage the 2014 World Cup finals but face the daunting task of building or completely refurbishing all of their stadia.
Deadly clashes in Rio drugs crackdown
08.08 Thu Oct 18 2007
At least 12 people, including a four-year-old girl, have been killed in a police operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum.
Woman becomes mum and granny at once
14.08 Sun Sep 30 2007
A Brazilian woman has become a mother and a grandmother at the same time after being a surrogate mother for her own daughter.
Barcelona move to end Ronaldinho rumours
10.43 Thu Sep 27 2007
Barcelona have moved to end the intense speculation surrounding Ronaldinho's future at the Nou Camp.
England return to Fifa top ten
13.26 Wed Sep 19 2007
Steve McClaren has seen England return to the top ten of the Fifa world rankings for the first time since June.
Amazon tribal school opens
15.25 Wed Sep 12 2007
An ancient tribe in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has developed a scheme to keep their culture alive.
Surfers break world record in Brazil
15.57 Tue Sep 04 2007
Competitors in Brazil have set a new world record for the number of surfers on a single wave in aid of a global environmental campaign.
Eight killed in Brazilian train crash
09.39 Fri Aug 31 2007
At least eight people were killed when a train carrying hundreds of commuters slammed into an empty train in Brazil, officials have said.
Eleven killed in Brazil train crash
23.38 Thu Aug 30 2007
At least 11 people have been killed and 63 injured after two trains collided on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Missing boxers found in Rio
10.50 Mon Aug 06 2007
Two Cuban boxers have been found in Brazil after disappearing from the Pan American Games.
Brazil plane crash video released
21.23 Thu Jul 19 2007
A video has been released showing a plane's final moments before it crashed at Brazil's busiest airport, killing around 200 people.
Plane crash in Brazil kills up to 200
21.52 Wed Jul 18 2007
As many as 200 people have been killed when an airliner crashed and burst into flames at Brazil's busiest airport in Sao Paulo.
Plane crashes in Brazil
00.04 Wed Jul 18 2007
A Brazilian passenger plane carrying 174 people has crashed into a fuel station at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport.
Brazil win Copa America
09.41 Mon Jul 16 2007
Brazil has retained the Copa America thanks to an impressive 3-0 win over Argentina.
Rio Live Earth gig cancelled
14.08 Thu Jul 05 2007
A Brazilian judge has cancelled the Rio de Janeiro Live Earth gig due to be held on Copacabana beach because of security concerns.
Roberto Carlos agrees Fenerbahce move
09.37 Wed Jun 06 2007
Brazilian full-back Roberto Carlos has agreed to join Turkish champions Fenerbahce from Real Madrid.
Beckham returns as England draw
22.31 Fri Jun 01 2007
David Beckham returned to the international stage with a dynamic display that saw England draw 1-1 with Brazil.
Bloody shoot-outs in Brazil
10.22 Wed Apr 18 2007
At least 19 alleged drug gang members have been killed in shoot-outs with police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil to play England at Wembley
16.03 Wed Apr 11 2007
Five-times world champions Brazil will be England's first opponents at the new-look Wembley Stadium on June 1.
'Fish man' completes Amazon swim
07.50 Tue Apr 10 2007
A Slovenian man has completed a piranha-dodging swim along the Amazon.
Brazilian protesters greet Bush
11.47 Fri Mar 09 2007
Violent protests have greeted President George Bush's visit to Brazil.
Roberto Carlos to leave Real Madrid
09.27 Fri Mar 09 2007
Roberto Carlos has revealed he will join David Beckham in leaving Spanish giants Real Madrid when his contract expires in the summer.