Stadiums
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Brazil holds test events at 2 World Cup stadiums
Football | May 11, 2014, 07:55 AM ISTSAO PAULO : Brazilian organizers have held test events at two of the problematic World Cup stadiums, including the one hosting the tournaments opening game next month in Sao Paulo. Nearly 20,000 people attended Saturday's
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Brazil: Cellphone coverage faulty at World Cup stadiums
Football | May 02, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTSAO PAULO: Brazil's top communications official admits some soccer fans won't be able to access the Internet on their cellphones inside some World Cup stadiums. Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo says there was no time to
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FIFA orders World Cup stadium break
Football | Apr 01, 2014, 04:00 PM ISTRio De Janeiro: Brazil's World Cup stadiums will not stage matches for up to three weeks before the tournament begins, under a ruling by football's governing body FIFA.FIFA ordered local matches scheduled at the country's
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Valcke: It's a race to get Brazil ready for World Cup
Football | Mar 14, 2014, 12:31 PM ISTSao Paulo: Organizers of the World Cup are in a race to get ready, and the biggest challenge with three months to go is to install all the temporary structures needed to host matches in
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SAI to rent out stadiums for non-sporting purposes
Other Sports | Jul 26, 2013, 08:59 AM ISTNew Delhi, July 26: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to rent out its stadiums during the lean season for non-sporting activities.SAI, the nodal agency for the sports ministry, took the decision at
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Brazil President Says WCup Stadiums Will Be Ready
Football | Aug 31, 2011, 10:45 AM ISTBrasilia, Brazil, Aug 31: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says the construction or renovation of nine of the 12 stadiums that will host games of the 2014 World Cup will be concluded next year.Rousseff says in
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OC Draws Up Plans To Fill Up Stadiums
India | Oct 05, 2010, 01:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 5 : With spectators keeping away, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee is now toying with the idea of filling the venues with school children and people lower strata of society besides setting