NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1987
Date: 25 March 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-9
Ramires Santos do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁaˈmiɾes ˈsɐ̃tuz du nasiˈmẽtu]; born 24 March 1987), known as Ramires, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A midfielder, he was comfortable playing in either the centre or right midfielder position. He normally played as a box-to-box midfielder role because of his energy in supporting defensive and attacking play.
Ramires began his career playing for Royal Sport Club, at Barra do Piraí, 114 km north-west of Rio de Janeiro. In 2005, he signed for Joinville, before joining Cruzeiro, with whom he spent just over two seasons, appearing in 61 league matches and scoring 10 times. In 2009, Ramires moved to Portugal and signed for Benfica. He spent one season with Benfica in which he helped them to the Primeira Liga title and Taça da Liga. He then joined English club Chelsea in the summer of 2010 and won every major domestic and European competition with them. In January 2016, Ramires signed for Jiangsu Suning for £25 million.
Ramires is a former Brazilian international, making his debut on 6 June 2009 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Uruguay. He was in the teams which won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. As well being a member of the Brazil national team for the 2010 World Cup, 2011 Copa América and 2014 World Cup, he was capped 52 times.
Read more...The March 24, 1987 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 82 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
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Date: 24 March 1987
By Michael Winerip
Michael Winerip
LEAD: Last year Tom Voorhees, building superintedent for the Van Dyke Apartments, bought himself a Panasonic video camera. It took a year to save the $2,000 for the entire unit. His girlfriend, Karen LePore, a nurse, said, ''Why don't you wait until we're married and have kids?'' but he wanted this now.
Date: 25 March 1987
AP
LEAD: Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, said today that people working on Presidential trips would not pose as journalists, as one consultant did recently.
Date: 25 March 1987
By Leonard Buder
Leonard Buder
LEAD: A Federal judge in Brooklyn yesterday barred reporters from most of a bail hearing for a New York arms dealer who is charged with plotting to ship military equipment to the Soviet Union, Poland, Iraq and Argentina.
Date: 24 March 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Rexham Corporation, a maker of packaging materials and machinery, said it had received an unsolicited offer of $43 a share in cash and preferred stock from Nortek Inc., a Providence, R.I., manufacturer of building materials.
Date: 24 March 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Fruit of the Loom Inc. said that it had agreed to sell its General Battery subsidiary to the Exide Corporation for $145 million. General Battery produces replacement auto batteries. Exide, which is based in Horsham, Pa., produces auto and industrial batteries.
Date: 25 March 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: A group led by the investment banking firm Claremont Group Ltd. has dropped its $85 million takeover offer for Champion Products Inc. But the group, which includes the New York brokerage firm of Walsh, Greenwood & Company, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intended to increase its stake in the sportswear concern to 15 percent, from 10 percent.
Date: 25 March 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Monoclonal Antibodies Inc., a biotechnology company based in Mountain View, Calif., said a district court judge had granted a preliminary motion blocking the sale of the company's pregnancy test. The order was in response to a 1984 patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Hybritech Inc., a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company based in San Diego.