Tag: Arena Corinthians

• Saturday, June 14th 2014 - 09:20 UTC

  Rousseff will attend no more Cup games, because of the barrage of insults received

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will not be attending any more matches of the World Cup following on the insults and verbal aggressions she received on Thursday during the opening ceremony and the Croatia-Brazil game, reported the Sao Paulo media.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  Croatian coach warned World Cup could become a 'circus'

  

  Croatian coach Niko Kovac warned on Thursday the World Cup could become a “circus” after Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded a soft 71st-minute penalty to hosts Brazil in the opening game of the tournament.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2014 - 06:03 UTC

  With help from FIFA, the stadium opening the World Cup approved the test

  

  A less-than-capacity crowd at Sunday’s final World Cup test event at the Itaquerao venue in Sao Paulo means it will host a full crowd for the first time at the tournament opener.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2013 - 03:03 UTC

  Fifa admits delays in three stadiums but is confident all will be ready by June

  

  Fifa has admitted that not all of the stadiums for the Brazil World Cup will be ready in time for its original deadline of January. But Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, said he was confident all 12 stadiums would be ready when the tournament kicks off in June following a meeting with the local organizing committee.

• Saturday, November 30th 2013 - 06:37 UTC

  World Cup stadium tragedy: union says soil was 'too soft' for the heavy crane

  

  A safety engineer at the World Cup stadium where a giant crane collapse killed two workers allegedly warned his supervisor of possible problems with the operation, only to have his concerns brushed aside, a labor union leader charged on Thursday, as sniping over the accident heated up.

• Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 10:41 UTC

  Crane collapse in stadium for opening match of 2014 World Cup kills two workers

  

  Two people died in an accident at Sao Paulo's stadium, which is due to host the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup finals, police say. A senior local fire official said crews were called Wednesday midday to the Arena Corinthians after reports of a collapsed crane. It fell on top of a metal structure, destroying part of a facade.