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Sadiq Shaban for the Khaleej Times:

UK’s the Daily Mail covered star footballer Nani’s introduction to fans at his new club, Valencia. The Portugal-born player regularly practiced capoeira in Lisbon as a youth, and he was happy to demonstrate his skills and enjoyment of the art form for Valencia fans.

‘If I was not playing football, I was doing capoeira with my friends.

The Brazilian who brings capoeira to Bucharest, from Romanian-Insider.com:

In 2008, Minhoca, then a man in his ‘20s, with strong arms and some hardly visible scars on his face from the days when capoeira was raw and aggressive, but with a soft voice, came to a Bulgarian resort on a two-year contract. He performed in a show combining capoeira elements with other dance elements originating from Africa. During his stay in Bulgaria, he met a Romanian guy who said that he would help him start a…

Online social news network Rappler.com recently published the newest entry in their Gameplan series, featuring Kadara Capoeira of Manila, the Philippines. The entry’s focus is a smooth and inspiring video led by new Gameplan host Mara Lopez and captures the experience of her first capoeira class.

Joseph Pagulayan, country director of an international capoeira school named Kadara Capoeira, shared what these songs conveyed. “There’s this (Brazilian) Capoeira song that perfectly…