Brazil awoke today to city centres still smouldering after a night that shocked the nation: one million protesters took to the streets in scores of cities, with clusters clashing violently with police during anti-government demonstrations.

Incoming Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes, the latest Indian-born businessman to head a global multinational, is likely to continue the strategy of his predecessor by focusing on growth in emerging markets, writes John Daly

Brazil coach Mano Menezes praised the performance of new Chelsea signing Oscar after the midfielder played a starring role in their 3-2 win over Egypt at the Millennium Stadium.

Hundreds of relatives and friends of the Brazilian shot dead by police in London after being mistaken for a terrorist marched along the cobbled streets of his home town, demanding the arrest of the officers who fired the fatal shots.

Weeping relatives and friends of a Brazilian shot and killed in London after being mistaken for a terrorist protested today in their small farming town, saying an apology by British Prime Minister Tony Blair didn’t go far enough.