President Dilma Rousseff defends tournament Host city São Paulo has seen protests, street fires, strikes and teargas Work is still continuing to prepare the stadium for the first match $11.5bn ...

The historic Pacaembu stadium once again hosted a Paulista match on Wednesday (29), with Sao Paulo coming from behind to win 2-1 against Portuguesa in the fifth round of the state tournament. However, ...

“Sao Paulo will be an example for other cities to deliver the stadium in time, by Dec 31.” ”The discussion with Corinthians (football club) was very fruitful since we understand we both want ...

Another man died at the stadium's construction site earlier this year. Last month, two workers were killed when a crane collapsed as it was hoisting a 500-ton piece of roofing at the Sao Paulo ...