Brazil lacks the necessary airport facilities to host the 500,000-plus tourists expected to head to the country for the 2014 World Cup of football, a grouping of private aircraft owners said Wednesday.
Our airport infrastructure can t handle the 2014 World Cup, the vice president of the Brazilian General Aviation Association, Adalberto Febeliano, told a media conference.
He explained that the 500,000 figure was based on tourist projections for the 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa. The number of football fans heading to Brazil in 2014 would likely be bigger, he said.
Each of the fans in Brazil will take between six and 14 flights to catch the games played in various cities, generating an extra four million passenger movements through airports during t…
Italy or Portugal will miss out on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the two most recent European champions were drawn in the same play-off path.
Roberto Mancini led Italy to a Euro 2020 triumph earlier this year, yet the Azzurri failed to qualify automatically for next year s World Cup, with Switzerland progressing instead.
Portugal, Euro 2016 winners, also fell short, finishing three points behind Serbia in Group A.
And now one of the heavyweights will fail to appear in Qatar, with both teams drawn together in Path C of the play-offs, which will take place in March.
Italy were drawn in a semi-final against minnows North Macedonia, who are aiming to make their first appearance at a World Cup, while Portugal will face Turkey.
Should they progress,…
Turkey lost a Euro 2008 warm-up friendly 3-2 to Uruguay here on Sunday as Fatih Terim s Turks suffered a setback.
Terim rang the changes, fielding only four of the starters who beat Slovakia 1-0 last Tuesday in another German friendly, to see what his squad have in reserve.
Defender Servet Cetin was out injured, as was midfielder Mehmet Aurelio and their absence was keenly felt. Arda Turan opened the scoring with an early header from a cross by Hamit Altintop.
But Uruguay fought back and levelled from the spot on the half hour through Luis Suarez after he was upended by keeper Volkan Demirel.
A fine freekick from Nihat Kahveci six minutes after the restart put the Turks back in front but goals from Suarez on 78 minutes, profiting from defensive disar…
Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Portugal in the 2017 Confederations Cup Credit: Mirror
The 2017 Confederations Cup is right around the corner.
The pre-tournament before the 2018 World Cup will feature some of the best teams in the world, and here we present you a comprehensive preview of Group A, which features Russia, Portugal, New Zealand, and Mexico. The reigning European champions are favourites on paper, but no one can discard the hosts or El Tri.
Russia
Russia qualified to the tournament as the host nation, and this tournament will be a big test for them both on and off the pitch. The players must show they are ready to compete with the big boys only one year away from the World Cup, but the country needs to show they are prepared as well.
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Luton Town and Burnley, both relegated from the Premier League, will face off at Kenilworth Road on Monday evening as they begin their Championship campaigns.
This match marks the first time since 2009 that two teams demoted from the Premier League have opened a second-tier season against each other, with both setting their sights at returning quickly to the top flight.
Luton Town
Despite a commendable effort in their first top-flight campaign in 31 years, Luton were ultimately relegated last season, finishing 18th in the Premier League. The Hatters managed just one win in their final 17 matches, ending up six points short of safety. Even with Rob Edwards receiving praise for his work at Kenilworth Road, the team couldn t avo…
Hundreds of thousands poured out into the streets all over Russia early Sunday to a cacophony of honking and shouting as news came in of Russia s historic Euro 2008 quarter-final win over the Netherlands.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the Russian team on the win, saying that it was a magnificent game and a magnificent victory, the Kremlin press service said.
Fans all over Russia echoed the sentiment in Moscow alone, over 700,000 people ran out into the night to hug passers-by, shoot fireworks and honk horns well into morning, police officials said.
There are no violations reported, police fully understand our fans and only ask them not to block the roads, a Moscow police spokesman said as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency, adding that no…
Roberto Mancini says Italy will not look beyond Thursday s play-off semi-final with North Macedonia as they aim to avoid more World Cup qualifying heartbreak.
Italy, then under the management of Gian Piero Ventura, failed to qualify for the last World Cup for the first time since 1958 after losing to Sweden in the play-offs.
The Azzurri bounced back from that disappointment by winning the European Championships last year for only the second time.
Just eight months on from that triumph, Mancini s men are once again relying on the play-offs to help them reach Qatar 2022 after finishing behind Switzerland in their group.
Should Italy overcome North Macedonia in Palermo, they then face a showdown with either Portugal or Turkey – who meet in Porto on Thurs…
Arsenal have posted pre-tax profits of 49.5 million pounds for 2011, thanks largely to the sale of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.
The Gunners received 30m pounds when Fabregas completed his protracted move to Camp Nou in August and they collected 24m pounds when Nasri joined English Premier League rivals City in the same month.
In total, Arsenal gained 63m pounds from the sale of players, with their figures also boosted by the departure of Gael Clichy to City and Emmanuel Eboue to Galatasaray.
Arsene Wenger been criticised in the past for a perceived lack of investment in his team, but in 2011 Arsenal spent 74.3m pounds on their playing staff, including transfer fees and wages.
New arrivals include Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who cost 12m pounds from Southa…
The Baltimore Ravens enter Week 10 as 7.5-point favorites as they travel to the sunshine state and face off against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s status is still up in the air, but there are still plenty of player props we feel comfortable throwing down on.
We bring you our favorite free NHL prop picks and predictions for Week 10’s TNF battle between the Ravens and the Dolphins.
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NFL Week 2 is like a game of “Wheel of Fortune”. We have a couple of letters on the board, but we don’t know what the hell we’re looking at.
Should I buy a vowel? Spin and take a “W” or maybe an “L”? Bank on Week 1 outcomes or be skeptical of riding solo results? WHAT IN THE SWEET NAME OF VANNA WHITE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?!
I, for one, welcome the utter chaos that is Week 2 of the NFL season.
We have just enough info to be dangerous and the slack between bookies and bettors has yet to tighten considerably toward the bad guys. To twist a quote from esteemed officer Frank Drebin of Police Squad: “Like a blind man at an orgy, we’re all going to have to feel things out.”
Ove…