ALL RIO TEAMS WITH CHANCE TO BE BRAZIL CHAMPIONS!

All the teams from Rio won their matches the past weekend: Flamengo beat Ceará 1-0 (but Ronaldinho was sent off and will not play the next match). Vasco da Gama also won and is now in first place together with Corinthians, both have 54 points. Fluminense beat Palmeiras by 2-1. Botafogo has a very good chance of going to first place if it gets a victory against Santos on Wednesday night. The first places in the points table are as follows:

1) Corinthians 54 pts

1) Vasco da Gama 54 pts

2) Botafogo 52 pts

3) Flamengo 51 pts

4) Fluminense 50 pts.

FLUMINENSE BEATS CORITIBA : 3-1

FLUMINENSE GETS INTO THE RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.....VASCO DA GAMA STILL AT JOINT FIRST PLACE WITH CORINTHIANS : 51 POINTS....BOTAFOGO BEAT CORINTHIANS 2-0 AND ALSO GOES UP IN THE TABLE...ALSO HAS A CHANCE TO BE CHAMPIONS....................SO TO HAS FLAMENGO...4TH PLACE !

FLAMENGO WINS FLA-FLU: 3-2

Yesterday at the Engenhão Stadium, Flamengo beat its main rivals, Fluminense by 3-2. Now Flamengo has a good chance of becoming champions, at present it is in 4th place of the points table. Its next match is on Wednesday night against Palmeiras. Vasco da Gama lost 3-0 to Internacional in Porto Alegre. Botafogo drew 2-2 with Bahia.

APART ROCK IN RIO APARTMENT: 75896004 (COPA)

FLU BEATS CORINTHIANS ! UP TO 5TH PLACE

FLUMINENSE IS IMPROVING ....BEAT THE LEADER CORINTHIANS BY 1-0 AT ENGENHAO STADIUM;......FRED SCORED WITH A LUCKY FREE KICK (SEE HERE).

VASCO DA GAMA DREW 1-1 WITH FIGUEIRENSE,,,,,,,BOTAFOGO WENT DOWN 5-0 TO CORITIBA AND FLAMENGO ALSO LOST 1-2 (AGAINST AT.PARANA) ..FLA IS IN A CRISIS...LUXEMBURGO MAY GO !

Vasco da Gama wins! Great goal by Juninho Pernambucano!

VASCO DA GAMA WINS...SEE JUNINHO´S GREAT FREE KICK GOAL...NOW VASCO IS IN THIRD PLACE OF THE BRASILERAO...FLAMENGO LOST 2-1 TO CORINTHIANS....GOES DOWN TO 5TH PLACE ......BOTAFOGO IS IN 4TH PLACE...FLUMINENSE IN 6TH PLACE......TEAMS FROM RIO ARE DOING WELL................

RIO ROCKS AT UFC 134 !!

WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS ON AUGUST 27....THE BRAZILIAN FIGHTERS WON NEARLY ALL THEIR BOUTS (7-1). SOME RESULTS BELOW:



1) ANDERSON SILVA DEFEATED YUSHIN OKAMI BY TKO (2nd round). THE "SPIDER" WAS CLEARLY SUPERIOR. Maybe the best fighter of all time?

2) Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira surprised everybody as he beat Brendan Schaub by K.O. Minotauro´s last fight had been 18 months ago, while Brendan had shown great form in his previous fights.

3) Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defeated Forrest Griffin by K.O .


4) Edson Barboza dftd Ross Pearson .

5) Thiago Tavares dftd Spencer Fisher.