By Michael Place
RIO DE JANEIRO， March 14 (Xinhua) -- Convicted murderer Bruno Fernandes de Souza has insisted that he is "not worried about what other people say" after being allowed to return to football.
The 32-year-old， once considered a prospect for Brazil's national team， was presented to the media on Tuesday， four days after signing a two-year deal with Brazilian Serie B club Boa Esporte.
"I have been preparing myself for this. To go through what I went through hasn't been easy，" Fernandes， who is known simply as Bruno， told a news conference.
"I'm not worried about what other people say. What matters to me is to be able to restart my life. I have a lot of responsibility to play well.
"I'm very happy to have been given this opportunity. People have put a lot of pressure on me due to what has happened in the past. I'm happy and motivated."
Bruno was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2013 after being found guilty of participating in the 2010 murder of former girlfriend Eliza Samudio.
He was released last month after being granted a writ of habeas corpus by a Supreme Court judge. No date has been set for the appeal hearing.
Boa Esporte's decision has evoked outrage， with three sponsors already withdrawing their financial support of the club.
Social media has been flooded with calls for Boa Esporte to reverse their decision but club officials have been steadfast in their support of the former Atletico Mineiro， Corinthians and Flamengo player.
Bruno admitted that during "the darkest period" of his life he felt he would not be given another chance to play football.
"I thought that it wouldn't be possible [to play again]，" he said. "But I couldn't just throw in the towel. I couldn't let my career end there. People like my wife didn't let me give up. She was the one who motivated me most. I thank her for supporting me in my darkest moment.
"The club's objective is to get promoted to the top division. But the most important thing is to play. I have to believe in myself. I know that I have a lot of hard work to do."
By Ashok Thapa
KATHMANDU http://www.maillotsdefootbelgique.be/ma … ukaku.html , June 29 (Xinhua)-- Most streets in this Nepali capital city used to be deserted even during early evening hours.
But not anymore. Since June 12 when the 2014 FIFA World Cup opened in Brazil, most of Kathmandu's streets have become lively and animated with Nepalis, young and old, watching eagerly soccer games played by their favorite teams thousands of miles away.
Wearing jersey representing their desired teams, these football fans can be seen around television sets or projectors showing the live games.
World Cup games telecasted live from Brazil generally reach Nepal's television sets from 9:45 pm to 3:45 am due to the time difference between the two countries. The two countries have also a wide gap in geography, religion, culture and a way of life. But these differences did not stop the Nepalese from staying long hours into the night just to watch the games in Brazil.
Although in a high-altitude country, Nepalese have lately been interested in football. In fact, the Nepalese government has encouraged the local football players to train for international competitions. "Among all sports, football is the most interesting and among all football competitions, World Cup is the largest and most popular one,"Bikram Majumdar, a senior web designer for a Kathmandu based private institute, told Xinhua.
According to him, he cannot afford not to watch World Cup after a four-year-long wait. Majumdar, a diehard fan of Argentina, has been following the games since the very first day, no matter how much trouble he feels the following day due to limited rest at night.
With the growth of media especially cable channels, technology and information communication in the poor South Asian country, the craze for World Cup games among general Nepalis has gone phenomenal in recent times. Unlike in the past, many Nepali women, ranging from students, professionals and housewives, now also watch the World Cup games, shouting and rooting for their favorite teams. "Gone are the days when this sporting event was purely a man's affair. We women are now equally interested in the games,"said Anuradha Sharma, a professional.
She said she never missed Argentina's games, adding that she always get excited and thrilled every time she watches the tall and husky Argentina players running in the football field as they aim for a goal. The 26-year-old Sharma, however, does not watch the games in public squares like some of her compatriots but at her own home with her family.
According to Suresh Neupane, a social thinker and critic, apart from joy and excitement, people have yet another reason to watch football games. "The best thing about football games is the swiftness and romance that it carries,"he said."People follows the game because they have the desire to have the same swiftness in life and see their own life's alter ego in the games."
Neupane, an avid supporter of Germany's team, said that a football match has a message to people, that even a simple mistake is unpardonable. "In real life, this is also true because a simple mistake can cost you your career or even your life. This is the major strength of football games,"he said.
Ajay Phuyal, a sports journalist, said that with the impact of globalization and the advances of communications technology, the mania for football in Nepal will never stop now. "It rather will keep on increasing with every next edition of World Cup,"he said.
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