Sao Paulo will be ready to host World Cup opener: FIFA

SAO PAULO: FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said Monday he had no doubt that Sao Paulo's Itaquera stadium would be ready in time to host the opener of the 2014 World Cup. The arena is 86 percent complete ahead of next June's kick-off for Brazil 2014. "If FIFA doubted that the opening would be in Itaquera, that doubt was resolved today," Valcke told a news conference. "Within 10 months we will have the opening here of the World Cup," he said. "The stadium will be delivered in time for the

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