New York Post

Brazil whacks sexy shirts for a big Cup

- By JAMES COVERT

These tawdry Tshirts are getting the boot — no ifs, ands or butts.

Adidas yanked a pair of World Cup soccer Tshirt designs from its website Tuesday after angry Brazilian officials went nuts complainin­g they encouraged sexual tourism.

One shirt displayed a cartoon of an openarmed, bikiniclad woman with an oversize derrière, beaming with a toothy grin next to the words “Lookin’ to Score.”

Emblazoned on another shirt was an “I ♥ Brazil” slogan, but the heart looked like an upsidedown pair of buttocks in a thong.

Adidas yanked the tees from its website early Tuesday, shortly after they kicked off a storm in the Brazilian media.

“Adidas always pays close attention to the opinion of its consumers and partners,” the company said, in announcing it will not sell the offending shirts.

The tourism board of Brazil, slated to host the World Cup this summer, blasted the tasteless Tshirts, declaring that it is “vehemently” against anything that “links Brazil’s image to sex appeal.”

Brazil, famous for balmy beaches that teem with scantily clad tourists, said officials are working hard to repress “sexual tourism” during the World Cup.

“Brazil is happy to welcome the tourists that will arrive for the World Cup,” Brazil President Dilma Rousseff said in a tweet, “but it is also ready to fight against sexual tourism.”

Brazil paid a reported $350 million for sponsorshi­p rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

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