RIO DE JANEIRO Jaylon Smith Jersey , May 19 (Xinhua) -- FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has begun an all-stop tour of Brazil's 12 World Cup venues as organizers race to ensure stadiums are ready for football's showpiece event.
The 53-year-old World Cup chief started his visit in Sao Paulo on Monday to inspect the troubled Itaquerao stadium, which will host the tournament opener between Brazil and Croatia on June 12.
The venue is one of at least three stadiums yet to be ready for the tournament, with construction work also ongoing at Curitiba's Arena da Baixada and Cuiaba's Arena Pantanal.
Valcke said FIFA's operational teams are already at each of the venues to oversee the final stages of preparations.
"We have busy days ahead of us with still a lot to be done Emmitt Smith Jersey ," Valcke told FIFA's official website.
"I am here to see that the finishing touches for the FIFA World Cup operation are completed in time for kickoff. We will be focusing primarily on ensuring that all is in place for the 32 teams, the approximately three million fans watching the matches live in the 12 arenas and the billions watching the event on TV."
Local organizers hailed as a success the first test event at the Itaquerao on Sunday, despite reports of leaks and a malfunctioning elevator.
Only 40 Demarcus Lawrence Jersey ,000 fans were admitted into the Brazilian Serie A match between Corinthians and Figueirense - 30,000 less than the stadium's capacity - due to unfinished construction work.
Arena Pantanal and Arena da Baixada are also yet to be fully tested as temporary structures continue to be installed at the venues.
FIFA will this week assume control of Brazil's World Cup stadiums until after the final at Rio's Maracana on July 13.
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Preston North End goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann said Wayne Rooney had apologized for the way he won a penalty during Manchester United's FA Cup win over the third-tier side.
"After the game Rooney told me: 'Sorry Dak Prescott Jersey , it was my chance to get a penalty. I had to use that'," Stuckman was quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition of British tabloid The Sun.
The United captain went to ground in the penalty area after Stuckmann slid out to meet him towards the end of Monday's fifth-round tie at Deepdale and scored from the spot to complete a 3-1 win.
Rooney toed the ball past the sliding Stuckmann as the pair convened on the edge of the Preston box and went to ground despite an apparent absence of contact.
Rooney was accused of diving by a number of former players on social media.
"I say it clear: that was no penalty," added Stuckman.
But England manager Roy Hodgson Ezekiel Elliott Jersey , analyzing the game for the BBC, said that Rooney had not dived. Rooney is also captain for Hodgson's side.
"Not for me. I just think he was taking evasive action," Hodgson said.
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Equitation Classes
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