ZAGREB nike air force 1 high blue , May 8 (Xinhua) -- It's been a busy but fruitful week for the Croatian national team. The training ground in their Brazilian camp is open and the supporters have chosen Croatia's official song for the World Cup.
Author of the song, simply named "Hrvatska" (Croatia) nike air force 1 high green womens , is award winning Croatian musician Bruno Krajcar and it is performed by Tomislav Bralic and klapa "Intrade". Klapa (translates as a "group of friends") is a traditional Croatian chorus of five to eight men or women that sing "a cappella" music. In 2012 klapa was inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In the first 24 hours since its introduction on YouTube the song had been played almost 64,000 times.
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"It's a blessing to get a chance to play against the host team in the World Cup opener because this will be one of the most viewed events in the world this year. I will dream that Brazil and Croatia will play one more time, in the final game of the World Cup nike air force 1 high red , at Maracana on July 13," Stambuk said during the ceremony.
Brazil and Croatia will open the World Cup on June 12 in Sao Paulo and in some way Croatia already won one small battle more than a month before the official start of the tournament. Football's world governing body FIFA had decided that the Croatian team should wear its blue "away" uniform for the World Cup opener.
However nike air force 1 high white womens , the Croatian Football Federation (CFF) asked FIFA's officials to reconsider that decision and let Croatians wear worldwide recognized red-and-white checkered shirts.
"I believe you are aware that our red-and-white squares are known and recognized all over the world. It would mean a lot to us if we could use our original shirt in such an important game," CFF president Davor Suker wrote in his letter to FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke.
As it turned out nike air force 1 high white , Croatian arguments were strong enough for FIFA and best Croatian footballers will wear red and white checkered shirts not only in the World Cup opener but in the other two group matches, as well nike air force 1 high black womens , on June 18 against Cameroon and on June 23 against Mexico.
MANAGUA， April 13 (Xinhua) -- Progress has been achieved in building works for the 11th edition of Central American Sports Games to be held next year， according to Nicaragua's government and Managua's City Hall， cited by local media.
According to Cuban news agency Prensa Latina， the works will be finished and handed over at the end of March or the beginning of April， 2017.
Fidel Moreno， Secretary General of Managua's City Hall (ALMA)， said the building work at the Luis Alfonso Velazquez Park， the main base for the competitions， has two stages.
Building the Conventions Center will begin this week， which will be the main arena of the sports complex， said Moreno.
The roofed sports hall will have more than 3，600 seats， the capacity which can be increased according to each discipline， while the Convention Center will have more than 8，000 seats.
This building will be finished thanks to an investment of 12 million U.S. dollars， plus another 10 million U.S. dollars set aside for other sports facilities， added Moreno.
BRASILIA， April 12， 2016 (Xinhua) -- Lawmakers vote on the impeachment of the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during a session of the parliamentary committee at the Chamber of the Deputies in Brasilia， Brazil， on April 11， 2016. A Brazilian congressional commission recommended impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff in a vote on Monday. The commission voted 38 to 27 to support the impeachment， setting the tone for the full lower house to vote on Sunday whether Rousseff should face trial. (XinhuaAGENCIA ESTADO)
BRASILIA， April 11 (Xinhua) -- A Brazilian congressional committee on Monday voted in favor of moving forward with the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
The 65-member Special Impeachment Committee of the Chamber of Deputies voted 38-27 in favor of the impeachment， paving the way for the full chamber to vote on the matter.
The vote in the lower house of parliament is expected on Sunday. If two-thirds of the chamber， or 372 of 513 deputies， vote in favor， the motion then goes to the Senate， which would rule whether Rousseff should be removed.
The committee voting results were not a surprise. Local media reported that the government was already prepared for such an outcome and was focusing on gathering support for the full chamber voting.
A turnaround in Brazil's economic fortunes coupled with a corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras are mainly blamed for damaging Rousseff's popularity and fueling the attempt by the political opposition to remove her from power.
Rousseff's dismal popularity rating has also unraveled the loose-knit alliance of left-leaning parties， including the Workers' Party (PT)， to which Rousseff belongs， and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)， to which her vice president belongs.
The PMDB has threatened to quit the coalition， further weakening the government.
Last week， Brazil's Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo， acting as the government's legal counsel， said the call to impeach the president had no legal basis and was motivated by a political "vendetta."
Chamber of Deputies President Eduardo Cunha， who， as head of the lower house， had the power to pursue or dismiss impeachment proceedings， is himself under investigation for holding millions of U.S. dollars in secret offshore bank accounts.
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