Fifa threat to Brazil’s World Cup host city of Curitiba

 

Fifa has warned Brazil’s World Cup 2014 host city of Curitiba that it could be excluded unless work speeds up. Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said that work at the Arena da Baixada stadium was seriously behind schedule. A decision on whether Curitiba, in southern Brazil, will remain as a host city will be announced on 18 February, he said. Less than five months before the tournament kicks off, six out of 12 venues are still unfinished. Four matches

World Cup venues will be ready, Brazil tells Fifa

Fifa, football’s world governing body, has no reason to worry about preparations for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo has told the BBC.

Mr Rebelo was speaking ahead of a meeting at Fifa headquarters in Zurich. Fifa officials are concerned that some venues in Brazil will not be ready in time for the Confederations Cup in 2013