Drugs have ever been a big problem for the host of any big sports event, and this time, Brazilian world cup is apparently going to be the biggest soccer extravaganza and both FIFA and host have tied up their shoes to make it free of steroids. Yes, we are talking about measures world governing body has planned for upcoming mega soccer event in South American country which is as prone to drugs State as any other African part has been. According to media insides, FIFA has planned a sophisticated way to detect any foul play using both blood and urine profiles, and more interestingly, samples would be collected surprisingly to the players. Earlier, each of the team members had to pass the tests with predefined standards, but since these samples were collected using a defined process, many players used to pass all the tests without any problem even if they had taken a banned substance in the past. According to latest press release from Jiri Dvorak, FIFA chief medical officer, governing body … [Read more...]

Amid criticisms for not completing world cup venues on time, Brazil world cup organizers are working round the clock to make it sure that upcoming global soccer event would be their finest presentation of hospitality, security, and infrastructure and that is why they have prepared some of the finest base camps for all world cup participating teams. Yes, last night FIFA announced where each of the qualifying team would stay in the Brazil with mutual consent from each and every partaker. As expected, most of the teams have chosen rather a secured and developed place to make their temporary home even better until they are in the event despite the fact that they would have to travel more just to coordinate between their play venues and base camps, but anyway, they are happy to enjoy sky mounting natural beauties as they fight for glory in soccer world cup. Looking at the journey of each team, US would have to spend maximum time on travelling from and to their play venues closely followed … [Read more...]

So, world cup is finally arriving on the soil of Brazil where protestors are ready to fulfill their earlier threats to make it one of the most disturbing soccer events in the history. Though, security agencies in this South American country have tied their shoes with an added strength to control a possible widespread protest, yet thousands of dissenting civilians, mostly students, gathered around Sao Paulo to hint how far they can go if Government continue to organize an expensive sport’s event at the cost of their day to day necessities. Reportedly, the protestors who came to the rally were carried flags, banners, and abusing chants against the government along with continuous slogans against anti-national decisions of the State. Those, who have seen the extent these protestors can go during the Confederation Cup, know that this could be an alarming bell for everyone, especially those tourists who are planning to visit Brazil to watch their favorite team. Even many countries have … [Read more...]

As the Brazil World Cup is coming nearer, match fixing is evolving as the biggest threat before event organizers, in fact it has become a big challenge to keep each and every WC game clean and free from any favoritism. FIFA has long been saying that it will use its entire anti-corruption machinery to safeguard the biggest soccer event even if they require to take help of world’s supreme security agencies, but after shocking disclosers from some match fixing accused who was arrested in the last month, it would surely going to be the biggest challenge for anyone to control the flow of every game. It is a known fact that match fixing has always been an integral part of every game and no one could ever successful in eradicating this demon from the world of soccer. Since match fixing is broadly being controlled by some high profile organized gangs who control the whole fixing affairs from entire globe, it could never be shunned from the game. Now, FIFA security chief, Frankfurter Allgemeine … [Read more...]

Upcoming Brazilian world cup is going to be the biggest soccer extravaganza in many senses, like it will not only be the most expensive for organizers but also for fans following their favorite teams in this South American State. It is a world known fact that Brazil has spent billions of dollars to decorate all the match venues, including preparing hospitality as well. As a result, traveling fans would experience an unparalleled fun whenever they follow their favored teams. According to a recent survey, it is found that hotels at Rio de Janeiro are made so expensive that fans would have to pay almost 50% more than what they would require to pay during Olympic event which is again going to be hosted in the same country. Why world cup organizers have increased the prices or what the strategy behind this is yet unknown but experts are labeling it with widespread protests in this part of the world and they are demanding that a major part of world cup revenues should be used in developing … [Read more...]