Posts Tagged ‘host’

FIFA Delegation To Visit St Pete, Possible Host Of 2018 World Cup
ST PETERSBURG, Aug 7 (Bernama) — Members of the world’s governing body for soccer, FIFA, will visit St Petersburg in the middle of August to study the city’s opportunities for hosting matches of the FIFA 2018 World Cup, a spokesman for the St Petersburg city government told Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency.

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‘Travesty’ if Australia does not host World Cup, says Cahill
Tim Cahill says it would be a ”travesty” if the World Cup does not come to Australia.

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FIFA: Morumbi is ready to host group games at WCup
SAO PAULO (AP) — FIFA says Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo is ready to host first- and second-round matches at the 2014 World Cup and could stage a semifinal if it makes changes.

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Visit: www.rio2016.org.br English This is a video from the official website of the candidature of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Español: Este es un video del sitio oficial de la candidatura de Río de Janeiro para recibir los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 2016. Português: Este é um vídeo do site oficial da candidatura do Rio de Janeiro a receber os Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016. Français: Il s’agit d’une vidéo du site officiel de la candidature de Rio de Janeiro de 2016 accueillir les Jeux Olympiques d’Été. Visit: www.rio2016.org.br Rio de Janeiro 2016!! Host City of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games OBS. Todos os direitos do vídeo pertencem ao site oficial da Candidatura do Rio de Janeiro aos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016 e seus produtores, não há intenção de violar algum direito autoral. Caso aconteça, peço para que me comuniquem. Rio 2016.

Brazilian former football player Pelé is in Copenhagen, Denmark to promote Rio de Janeiro as 2016 Olympic host city. On September 29, Pelé went to visit young Danish footballers from Brønshøj Boldklub and taught them some of his famous tricks.

Denver in race to host World Cup soccer
Denver on Tuesday was named one of 18 cities going forward as part of the United States’ bid to host the 2018 or 2022 men’s World Cup.

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Interview granted to the consulting firm Deloitte for the magazine Mundo Corporativo regarding the preparation of Manaus for the World Cup 2014. 

- What is the state of Amazonas doing to prepare itself for the World Cup in 2014? Where are the main efforts concentrated?

Amazonas seeks to prepare itself for the future. The World Cup is an event in this future that we seek. We have a series of actions of improvement of management in this direction, amongst which I will point out: