The 50 mark of the index separates contraction from expansion.
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By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer As athletes around the world head to Rio de Janeiro for the Summer Olympics this week, men continue to overwhelmingly outnumber women in leadership spots at.
Pele was invited to light the Olympic pyre on Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Games, but the Brazilian soccer great was checking with his sponsors to see if he is free to lead the torch ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.
July’s pace of contraction in new business volumes for service providers was the weakest in the sequence of 17 monthly drops.
In Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Stadium, the Brazilian women’s team eased to a 3-0 victory at the start of its quest for a first Olympic gold. Police used tear gas on Wednesday in further clashes as the torch was paraded through the streets of Rio.
The world’s largest sporting event comes to Brazil at a challenging time, in the midst of the country’s worst recession in at least a quarter century and an impeachment trial of a suspended president. A few protesters cropped up in the mostly celebratory crowd, which cheered to the pulse of drums and samba music. The Rio Organizing Committee said 1.3 million tickets remained unsold on Wednesday, though almost half of those tickets are for soccer matches held in other cities.
Germany’s Melanie Leupolz, center, and Zimbabwe’s Sheila Makoto, right, jump for the ball during a soccer match at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday.
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The Olympic flame is now in Rio, ready for the lighting of the cauldron on Friday.
