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This paper aims to analyze Brazilian athletes' participation in the South American Olympic Games held in 1907 in Montevideo/Uruguay through the publications published by the press in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The sources selected for this purpose were the following newspapers: Correio Paulistano, Jornal do Brazil, O Paiz and O Século. There is evidence of various tensions in the incipient Brazilian sporting sphere, which implied definitions of amateurism and professionalism, as well as disputes over the sporting protagonism between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In conclusion, the article points out that, even in this scenario of tensions, the Brazilian press tried to produce its first sports heroes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay seeks to reflect on the reasons that led sport not to consolidate itself as a social right for every Brazilian citizen. To achieve this goal, a socio-historical analysis was carried out, showing how the sport was inserted in the state sphere of the country from the 1940s until the victory of the extreme right in the presidential election of 2018. Even with sports becoming a social right provided for in the 1988 constitution, successive governments did not make them a cultural element accessible to the Brazilian population. In conclusion, it is pointed out that the organization of the Olympic Games was a missed opportunity for Brazil to realize the ideals foreseen in the 1988 constitution, since the country only opted to host the competitions and did not really seek to become a sports nation. where its practice was accessible to most of its population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]