Throngs of tourists visited during the World Cup soccer championship, and the international press coverage was fantastic.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Out of South Africa

They were cleared off the streets in a 'clean-up' in anticipation of the Fifa World Youth Soccer Championship.

BBC: In Pictures

The country will grab international headlines in 2014, when it hosts the World Cup soccer championship, and again two years later, when the 2016 Summer Olympics comes to Rio de Janeiro.

WSJ: Brazilian Rapper Criolo: From Favela to Summerfest

Boltersdorf's clients include several clubs in Germany's elite Bundesliga soccer league and the national men's handball team, which won the world championship in 2007.

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