Football: Sao Paulo unlikely for Confed Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO: Sao Paulo is unlikely to be ready to act as a venue for the 2013 Confederations Cup, said Brazil’s Sport Minister Orlando Silva, as delays continue to dog preparations for the World Cup finals. Work on the new Corinthians stadium in Brazil’s largest city, which has not started yet, is highly unlikely to be finished in time for a tournament widely regarded as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 finals, said Silva. The Sao Paulo state government has said it will grant authorisation for construction work to begin on the stadium within two weeks.



Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2011.