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  Brazil holds test events at 2 World Cup stadiums

  Football | May 11, 2014 7:55 IST

  SAO 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 IST

  SAO 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 | April 01, 2014 16:00 IST

  Rio 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 | March 14, 2014 12:31 IST

  Sao 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 | July 26, 2013 8:59 IST

  New 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 | August 31, 2011 10:45 IST

  Brasilia, 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 | October 05, 2010 13:51 IST

  New 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