Headlines inside the recent increase to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil next year has been decidedly mixed of late. While the 2022 competition in Qatar had raised more ire among sports fans world wide, Brazilian authorities can’t has been impressed with images of violence marring the preparations. Most recently police were forced to take advantage of tear gas and smoke grenades to wreck up clashes between fans waiting to purchase tickets for the inaugural match in a stadium built for the area Cup. Fans had queued overnight at a ticket office within the north-eastern state of Bahia, but fighting broke out once it opened. Officials on the Arena Fonte Nova stadium, which cost over $300 million ($50 million greater than budgeted), had didn’t separate queues of fans, resulting in...
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