In its fourth participation in the World Cup, Algeria is trying an unprecedented feat: go to the Tournament’s second stage. The team is training in São Paulo’s countryside.
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Foreign leaders will come to Brazil to watch World Cup matches. At the opening match, 11 of them will be alongside president Dilma Rousseff and UN’s Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
Mohammed Assaf will perform in the opening of the event, which will gather national football federations on the 10th and 11th in São Paulo’s capital. He is the winner of reality show Arab Idol.
World Cup Project will bring 2,300 foreign importers, investors and opinion-makers to Brazil during the tournament. Turnover is expected to exceed US$ 1.35 billion.
The Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil has released a guide, a mobile application and a landline to provide information to followers of the religion during the world football championship.
Team is discussing a partnership with Al Wahda, of the Emirates. Athletes should spend up to 40 days training in the sub-18 league of the team from Rio de Janeiro.
This is the value of investments in projects for the Olympic Games in 2016 which will be used by the population of the host city, Rio de Janeiro, after the games.
Consumer protection organization will launch a website with consumer rights and useful phone numbers before the beginning of the World Cup matches. The portal will also have a channel for tourists’ complaints.
Eleven kiosks which will offer licensed items are ready to operate at malls and bus stations. By May 20th, there should be 30 of them.
FIFA launches in March a fund to finance social, education and health projects in Brazil. The sum may be even higher with donations from other institutions.
Two cooperatives have developed collections inspired in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and in soccer matches to be sold in Porto Alegre, one of the 2014 FIFA World Cup host cities.
English organisation ‘Bidna Capoeira’ takes the Brazilian sport to children and youths aged 7 to 22 in the West Bank, Eastern Jerusalem and Syria. Since 2007, over 15,000 people have participated.
Residents in the country received 625,000 tickets to matches. The remaining tickets were sold to supporters from another 188 countries, mainly the United States, England and Germany.
A five-year agreement signed between São Paulo Football Club and OCP S.A. from Morocco will organized the travel of youths aged 14 to 17 to practice with the Brazilian team’s youth players.
