The International Football Federation has recommended Brazil to host the World Cup in 2014, after inspectors toured the South American nation.
The inspection report said Brazil is an “appropriate choice” to host the 2014 World Cup. The inspectors said Brazil has demonstrated itself to be more than capable of hosting what they called “an exceptional World Cup.”
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Football’s governing body FIFA, has canceled the World Cup qualifying match between New Zealand and Fiji after New Zealand refused to issue a visa for the Fijian goalkeeper.
Immigration officials denied Simione Tamanisau a visa because his father-in-law is in Fiji’s military forces. Under sanctions in place following December’s coup in the South Pacific nation, members of the Fiji military and their families are banned from traveling to New Zealand.
Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president announced on Thursday that he would work to introduce a law limiting the foreign players allowed in a club’s starting XI to five. UEFA’s plan – having a minimum number of home-grown or domestic players in the Champions League – is much more realistic, though even that is under threat from Brussels.
