South America

Brazil-based footballers have warned that a strike is “imminent” after the Brazilian Football Confederation governing body failed to meet their demands for changes in the domestic game, according to the Reuters news agency.

Fifa has announced the rescheduling of seven 2014 World Cup matches, with three games in Manaus and Recife having their kick-off times pushed back.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called for calm as football’s world governing body continues to look at alleged abuses of the rights of migrant workers in Qatar, which will host the 2022 World Cup.

The Formula E motor racing championship has finalised its calendar for its debut season, with Rio de Janeiro stepping in to replace Hong Kong on the 2014-15 schedule.

Brazil’s Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fernandes has insisted that four stadia that are set to host 2014 World Cup games will be delivered to Fifa, football’s world governing body, in January.

Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s world governing body Fifa, insisted today that he has the “utmost confidence” that Brazil and its stadia will be ready to host the 2014 World Cup.

Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup suffered another blow as two workers were killed when a crane collapsed at the Arena Corinthians, casting doubt over whether the key venue will be ready in time.

FIFA 2014 World Cup host Brazil has revealed that the cost of its 12 stadiums for the event has increased by $435 million.

Sport events management firm Filmmaster Events has appointed former Olympics ceremony producer Ric Birch to the role of executive producer.

FIFA may reconsider the controversial kick-off time of Brazil’s 2014 World Cup matches, which are due to played at tropical venues during the hottest time of the day.

Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics have not yet delivered on their promise to improve the Brazilian city’s waterways, with the average faecal pollution rate around the Olympic Park 195 times the level considered safe by the United States.

Brazil-based footballers in the top two divisions are set to protest this week to demand a greater say in decisions over the domestic calendar.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey says that FIFA will need to use a doping testing laboratory outside of Brazil for next year's World Cup.

FIFA has allocated over one million tickets for the 2014 Brazil World Cup, with its second sale period selling out in seven hours.

Brazil’s Justice Ministry has called on the country’s main hotel chains to explain the high room rates for the period during the staging of its 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Soccerex has labelled Rio government’s claims about the body failing to secure funding as the reason for cancelling the Soccerex Global Convention as “false and misleading”.