Two fans shot dead as World Cup stadium is put to test

The Arena Castelao Stadium, in Fortaleza, Brazil's Ceara State. wo football fans died after clashes broke out following a match staged as a test event for the opening of a stadium due to be used during next year's World Cup, a report said Monday.

The Arena Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil Police sources, reported by Globo, said the men had been near the Arena Castelao stadium in Fortaleza when the shooting happened on Sunday.The reports said the victims, who were fans of Ceara, were ...

Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova, which will stage three games at the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 and another six at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, underwent a test event on Sunday 28 April in conjunction with the Local Organising Committee ...

Workers are seen inside the Arena da Amazonia, or Vivaldo Lima Stadium, as it is being rebuilt to host the 2014 World Cup, in Manaus April 12, 2013. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly TURIN (Reuters) - The Brazilian government is worried ordinary fans could be ...

Recife's Arena Pernambuco (pictured) is the feature venue of our Stadiums Progress update for the first half of April. With the pitch installed and work at the stadium nearing a conclusion, the venue is set to host three games at the upcoming FIFA ...

Fortaleza World Cup arena (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Two football fans were shot and killed en route to a World Cup venue in Brazil, hours before a test event. The football supporters were three miles outside Arena Castelao, in the city of ...

As the photo above shows, the finishing touches are being put to the Arena Fonte Nova prior to its opening this coming Friday. That image is just one of several to feature in our latest update on the venues that will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup ...

The sense of expectation is mounting in Belo Horizonte as the city's preparations to welcome the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil continued when it hosted Wednesday's 2-2 draw between Brazil and Chile. The ...

(CNN) -- Brazil has delivered only four of the six stadiums that will be used in June's Confederations Cup, considered a dress rehearsal for next year's World cup, on time. One of the venues -- Recife's Arena Pernambuco -- opened just a day before ...