Brazil to Host First Indigenous Peoples World Games

A year after hosting the soccer World Cup and a year before staging the Summer Olympics, Brazil is set to stage a new international event: the Indigenous Peoples World Games. The inaugural games will be held Sept. 18-27 in Palmas in the northern state of Tocantins. "It's a very important moment for Brazil,'' Brazil's sports minister, George Hilton, told Reuters on Wednesday. "It's a time of exchanging knowledge and it's a good time to promote the...

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