Tag: 2014 FIFA World Cup

• Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

  Blatter apologizes to Brazil; requests interview with President Rousseff

  

  FIFA president Sepp Blatter sought on Tuesday to defuse a war of words between FIFA and Brazil by personally apologising for disparaging remarks made by a top official about the country's slow progress in preparing for the 2014 World Cup.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 05:06 UTC

  FIFA yields and Valcke apologizes to Brazil for his comments

  

  FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke apologized to Brazil on Monday after the country's government officially informed FIFA that it would no longer deal with him because of his remarks about its preparations for the 2014 World Cup.

• Monday, March 5th 2012 - 23:58 UTC

  Brazil sends letter to Blatter: no dealings with FIFA’s Valcke: he’s a bum

  

  Brazil's Sports minister says he has delivered a letter telling FIFA that it won't deal with Secretary General Jerome Valcke during the country's preparations for the 2014 World Cup.

• Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil readies 14.000 troops in case Rio do Janeiro police strike extends

  

  Brazil prepared to deploy troops on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, as a strike by the state's police force threatened to disrupt upcoming carnival festivities and raised new questions about security before the 2014 World Cup.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 19:45 UTC

  Brazil privatizes concessions of the country’s three busiest air terminals

  

  Brazil awarded on Monday contracts for private companies to expand and operate terminals at three of the country's busiest airports, hoping concessions worth 24.5 billion Reais (14.21bn dollars) will improve the cramped and delay-plagued facilities amid soaring demand for air travel and preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 05:55 UTC

  FIFA tells Brazil beer must be sold at the 2014 World Cup matches

  

  Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted. Fifa General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  Brazil and FIFA try to solve differences ahead of the 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazil had been demanding too much in negotiating the conditions for hosting the 2014 World Cup but a legal dispute should be settled within days, FIFA said on Monday.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil counters bad press: “we can be ready to organize the World Cup in two months”

  

  Brazil, plagued by delays and in-fighting in its preparations for the 2014 World Cup, could stage the event in two months' time if necessary, the country's sports minister said on Friday.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 04:09 UTC

  The best beauty contest in the world and a Brazilian obsession: Miss Bumbum

  

  What can be greater for Brazilians than the 2014 World Cup which will be hosted by the country? The best beauty contest of all times…the several reasons to visit Brazil in spite of all the street killings: the Miss Bumbum competition.

• Sunday, November 27th 2011 - 02:02 UTC

  Brazil’s Teixeira targeting to succeed FIFA’s Blatter in 2015, claims local media

  

  The Brazilian media is full of speculation that the current president of the country’s Football Federation, (CBF) Ricardo Teixeira has started to play his cards with the ultimate goal of becoming FIFA chief in 2015,