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Brazil 2014
Once the true price of hosting the World Cup became clear, the initial jubilation of the Brazilian public turned sour. Official government projections in 2010 for new stadia soared from R$5.3 billion (£1.38bn) to R$8 bn (£2.08bn) by 2013 while the total cost of hosting the tournament, taking into account infrastructure costs, was R$25.8bn (£6.7bn). This compares to a total cost estimated at £2.44bn for the previous tournament in South Africa.
In 2013 street protests during the warm up Confederations Cup competition against the lack of government spending on social welfare and endemic corruption were met with tear gas. Further unrest was caused as the government sought to reduce security concerns by clearing the slum favellas in the vicinity of host cities. A popular slogan among protesters was 'We demand FIFA standard hospitals and schools.'
One thing, however, was clear. FIFA would contribute nothing towards these costs. FIFA's profits from World Cup tournaments are exempt from tax while the organisation's aggressive commercial policies (enshrined in law as a condition of hosting the competition) forbid any trading by local enterprises not on the list of official sponsors in or near World Cup venues.
Colombia 2014 World Cup Shirt
FIFA amended Rule 2 Section 35 of the competition regulations to state, 'Each team shall inform FIFA of two different and contrasting colours. One predominantly dark and one predominantly light for its official and reserve kit.' Although this rule does not require teams to wear single colour kits, several manufacturers interpreted it in this way.
2014 World Cup Intro
This was the first tournament in which goal-line technology was used.
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