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The president of Brazil was on Monday night forced into an impassioned defence of her country’s ability to stage the World Cup after Sepp Blatter branded its preparations the poorest of his near 40 years at Fifa. Having repeatedly shrugged off the problems to beset the hosts of...

Sepp Blatter says Fifa is looking carefully at the decision to allow Egypt to play their World Cup tie against Ghana in Cairo. Ghana’s request to have the match on 19 November moved to a neutral venue on security grounds has been rejected. This prompted the country’s Sports...