South America

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”.

The 2013 Soccerex Global Convention, scheduled to start on November 30 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, was cancelled last night.

Brazilian football clubs are reportedly on the brink of signing an agreement with the government, which will manage their debt repayment.

Brazilian city Cuiaba has seemingly avoided missing the delivery deadline for its 2014 FIFA World Cup venue, following an agreement with a seat supplier for the venue.

Brazilian prosecutors are reportedly suing FIFA for the reimbursement of public funds spent on temporary infrastructure in host stadia for the 2014 World Cup.

Brazil sports minister Aldo Rebelo, one of the key figures behind the delivery of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, has reversed his decision to stand down in December and is now set to remain in the post through next year.

Brazilian congressman and former footballer Romario has launched a verbal attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter and secretary-general Jerome Valcke, following the latter’s visit to Brazil ahead of its hosting of the World Cup next year.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has signed an agreement with the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte and the state government of Minas Gerais, which will see Team GB train, prepare and acclimatise in for the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympics.

FIFA general-secretary Jerome Valcke has backed Brazil’s police and security forces to control any unrest during next year’s World Cup.

FIFA has confirmed GoalControl as the official goal-line technology (GLT) provider for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The chief executive behind Brazil’s preparations for the FIFA 2014 World Cup has maintained that the remaining venues will be delivered on time ahead of FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke latest visit to the country this week.

Flavio Augusto da Silva, the Brazilian entrepreneur behind a bid to establish a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion franchise in Orlando, has said there is a huge opportunity to make Brazilian football fans’ “second favourite team” in the United States.

FIFA has suspended its sanctions against Ukraine as its national federation has lodged an appeal.