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Amnesty has noted a rise in police violence since April. After pledging to pacify the favelas, is a new policy undoing years of hard work? Security at the Olympics will see 20,000 national guard, army and navy personnel alongside 65,000 police officers. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex Shutterstock T he archbishop of  Rio de Janeiro  was on his way from the Christ the Redeemer statue to the airport when his journey was interrupted by a gunfight that erupted on either side of the road. For 10 minutes, Cardinal Orani João Tempesta sheltered on a kerb behind his chauffeur-driven car as police and gangsters traded shots that crackled through the lofty, leafy neighbourhood of Santa Teresa. “People were scared of stray bullets,” he recalls of the incident last month. “And there was a sense of disappointment that the city should not be this way.” Such experiences and sentiments are all too common in Rio, the Olympic host city, where violent crime has long been a feature of the socia...

Fabian Joseph (Center) is among the team Rio 2016 celebrated an important milestone on Thursday (7 July) after receiving the first official team entry for the Olympic Games. Tanzania, a nation of about 50 million people in East Africa, confirmed that it will send seven athletes to the first edition of the Games in South America. “We are delighted and excited to receive the first official entry from a National Olympic Committee,” said Melina Xanthopoulou, Rio 2016’s sport entries manager. “Tanzania’s team will be smaller than most, but they will be warmly welcomed here in Rio and we wish them the best of luck.” The athletes who will represent Tanzania are: Fabiano Joseph (men’s marathon), Saidi Juma Makula (men’s marathon), Alphonce Felix Simbu (men’s marathon), Sara Ramadhani (women’s marathon), Andrew Thomas Mlugu (men’s judo, -73kg), Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi (women’s swimming, 50m freestyle) and Hilal Hemed Hilal (men’s swimming, 50m freestyle). More than 200 nation...

The chief executive of the company hired to stage the opening ceremony of the upcoming Rio Olympics has told the BBC the show will cost less than London's in 2012 Antonio Abete adds he's 100% confident everything will go ahead as planned. At a time of economic crisis in Brazil, they're doing it on a strict budget. But his team are promising a spectacle that will be bigger and better than London 2012, which cost $40m (£31m), and was directed by Danny Boyle. Mr Abete works for Filmmaster Events, and is answerable to the International Olympic Committee for delivering a show that will be watched by a global audience of around three billion people. "The budget is completely different. We cannot say the real numbers, firstly because we are not allowed, but secondly because it's really difficult to know what the real number is. "It's much less than London. It's because in Brazil everyone knows what the situation is, economically and politically...

Representational image / Getty images Brazil's government has warned that it will shoot down any unidentified aircraft that violates the protected airspace around facilities of the Olympics Games at Rio in August. "We are not playing," said Defence Minister Raul Jungmann while introducing the Olympics Games security plan at a press conference at Rio on Wednesday. The plan involves security provided by 41,000 soldiers during the event, 21,000 of them here and the rest in the other five cities where the football matches will be held. At the request of the regional government of Rio, 3,000 more soldiers have been added to the initial figure of 38,000, reports  Efe . The armed forces will deploy 12 large ships and 48 smaller vessels, 70 armoured vehicles, in addition to 28 helicopters, 1,169 vehicles and 174 motorcycles. The soldiers will patrol main streets and avenues in the city, as well as the airport, train and bus stations and areas surrounding the compet...

Mark Cavendish wore the Tour de France's coveted yellow jersey for the first time after winning this year's opening stage Road cycling:  British Olympian Mark Cavendish won two of the first three stages of this year's Tour de France, moving him joint second on the event's all-time list with 28 victories. Cavendish will ride on the track in the omnium in Brazil in a bid to win a first Olympic medal but it was a different gap in his incredible CV - the Tour de France's coveted yellow jersey worn by the overall leader - that he ticked off with his first-stage victory. The Manxman's subsequent triumph on  stage three  moves him level in the competition's history with Frenchman Bernard Hinault; only 34-time stage winner Eddy Merckx of Belgium is ahead of him. INJURY JOLT FOR BOLT Athletics:  Usain Bolt's attempt to become the first man to win the 100m, 200m and relay at three consecutive Olympics is in doubt after he suffered a hamstring tear  du...

Timu ya Holili Youth Athletics Club ikijiandaa na mashindano madogo (Trials for Kamili Gado) kwa kumbukumbu ya mpendwa wao aliyechangia maendeleo ya club hiyo Ni mwaka moja leo umetimia tangu wadau wa mchezo wa riadha Tanzania walipoondokewa na kocha wao maarufu Timothy Joseph Kamili ( wa pili kushoto) katika ajali mbaya iliyotokea Holili mkoani Kilimanjaro 'Pole wanafamilia, pole Domician Rwezaura, pole Holili, pole Riadha Tanzania, pole wadau wote wa riadha Tanzania' Mungu aiweke roho ya marehemu mahala pema peponi amina. @ gidabudays

Serengeti Boys: The light at the end of tunnel  Dar es Salaam — Serengeti Boys head coach Bakari Shime is targeting nothing less than the final of the 2017 African Youth Championship (AYC). His confidence stems from the manner in which the Tanzanian Under-17 teams annihilated Seychelles over the two legs to progress to the second round of the qualifiers. Tanzania advanced to the second round whose finals will be held in Madagascar in style, recording a goal aggregate of 9-0. The Tanzanian boys, who had competed at the AIIF Cup in India prior to the AYC qualifiers, won the first leg 3-0 at the National Stadium before completing the job with a 6-0 win in victoria on Saturday. But they will have to do it the hard way if they are to qualify for the prestigious finals, coming up against the runners-up of the 2015 edition, South Africa, next month. Should they see off mighty South Africans, they will face either Namibia or Congo in the third round, which will take place in ...