Utilising Brazil’s Incentive for Sport Law

In a development that shows both the growing wave of support for Olympic sports in Brazil as well as an important source of investment for sporting projects across the country, the Minas Tennis Club in Belo Horizonte has just finalised two new funding arrangements involving the Brazilian Ministry of Sport’s “Incentive for Sport Law”.

Non-Cup sport projects booming across Brazil

Highlighting once again the sheer spread of sporting infrastructure development occurring right around Brazil, a report this week has detailed how over R$250 million that is not directly linked to World Cup 2014 preparations is being spent on other facilities across the country.

Olympic sport investment to create opportunities

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) has opened a new source of opportunities in the country´s sport industry by announcing its intention to expand the range of sporting disciplines that Brazil will be able to compete for medals in by Rio 2016. Over the past few Olympics Brazil has averaged medals in around eight sports and the aim is to expand this to 13 for South America´s first ever Olympic Games.

Final 2014 stadium tender hits the streets

The construction tender for the only publicly managed World Cup 2014 stadium project yet to go through the process has been finalised, with the “Stadium of the Dunes” in Natal now set to leave the paper within the next five months.

Sao Paulo´s Cup troubles continue

Following a few weeks of added hope but even more uncertainty in relation to Sao Paulo city´s role in the 2014 World Cup, the latest news sees mega-club Corinthians leading a new push for the city to host the opening ceremony.

Portal to the Amazon, Manaus to receive a sporting overhaul

The latest in this site's series of reports on 2014 World Cup host cities heads to the Amazon and one of the region´s main cities, Manaus, capital of Brazil´s largest state by area, Amazonas.

2014 Cup & 2016 Olympics trade mission launched

The official program has been launched for the November 21-26 Sporting Events Business Mission to Brazil. This mission and ongoing business activities in Brazil are being managed by the Australian International Sporting Events Secretariat (AISES), Austrade and their program partners, and will include a recognised sports/events leader.

The mission will target business opportunities arising from the 2014 Football World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the primary themes to be:

- Planning and delivery of the forthcoming major sport events, including venue, event and precinct infrastructure/design, planning, project management through to overlay implementation.

- Sport development, athletes’ performance and participation; targeting opportunities for key sports codes and sport/athletes’ performance

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Sport & Business - Australia, the sporting country

By Marco Aurelio Klein (Brazilian Ministry of Sport –High Performance Director)

Today, when you think of high performance sport you think of Australia. When planning a bid for a major event you think of Australia.

Port renovations set to move full steam ahead

In another Cup 2014 development presenting potential opportunities for Australian business, Brazil’s national body for ports has called for significant new passenger facilities to be installed in eight of the country’s main sea-based entry points, of which only two (Santos and Rio de Janeiro) are currently equipped with specific travel installations.

University puts hand up for Cup role

In the west of Brazil a federal university has launched a telling push to take advantage of the 2014 World Cup by preparing itself to host one of the up to 31 national teams set to base themselves in the country in the lead up to and during the tournament.

Soccerex releases Rio 2010 event details

The football world´s biggest annual business event, the Soccerex Convention, which is likely to be one of the stops on an Australian trade mission to Brazil in November, has finally released full details of the agenda.

Rio 2016 architecture competition set to be launched

A major opportunity for architects to get involved in the Rio 2016 Olympics preparations is set to be fully detailed at the beginning of October. A partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Council and the Brazilian Architects Institute, the competition involves the design of five new construction projects forming part of Rio´s port area redevelopment, all to be used for the 2016 Games.

Brits deepen Brazil major events focus

International interest in Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympics continues to grow, with Britain the latest country to organise a trade mission focused on Brazil 2014 and Rio 2016 opportunities. Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, has just completed a quick four day tour as head of a delegation of around 25 companies, including the likes of Anglo American, BAE Systems, British Airways, Diageo and Glaxosmithkline.

Another boost for rugby

Rugby has received another boost in Brazil with the creation of a public facility dedicated to the sport in Sao Paulo. Located in the suburb of Tatuape in Sao Paulo´s east, the installation will be available to the city’s various rugby clubs and will also be used for increased promotion of the sport.

Although rubgy remains fledgling in the country, momentum continues to gather ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics, which will feature rugby 7s for the first time ever.