Portraying a modern Venus with flowing tresses and a golden mini dress, supermodel Gisele Bundchen blew kisses to thousand of roaring fans as the featured performer of the Carnival samba club Vila Isabel.

A STAR goalkeeper in Brazil is accused of ordering the murder of his ex-lover whose body parts were then fed to the dogs.

Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten has announced 2008 will be his final season on the ATP Tour.

Thieves spent three months tunnelling under a busy city avenue in north-eastern Brazil to break into a Central Bank vault and pull off one of the world’s biggest robberies.

BRAZIL’S players have denied reports claiming they were each due to receive a consignment of pornographic magazines for the World Cup finals.