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Two workers die in fall at Manaus World Cup stadium
Two construction workers based at Brazil's Arena Amazônia in Manaus died in separate incidents
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Fixture list
Every fixture for each World Cup team, including group stages, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final in Brazil -
Spain view
Sid Lowe: Spain face 2010 runners-up Holland but Vicente del Bosque insisted he is more worried about Chile -
Violence fears
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Travel guide
The lowdown on Manaus, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte where England will play
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Oribe Peralta scored a first-half hat-trick to help Mexico book their passage to the 2014 World Cup finals
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Minute-by-minute report: Mamadou Sakho scores twice as France overturned a two-goal deficit against 10-man Ukraine and reached the World Cup finals in Brazil
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Austria 1-0 USA: USA lose their final game of the year in a friendly in Austria
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Minute-by-minute report: It was billed as Ibrahimovic versus Ronaldo, and the star pairing delivered. Zlatan scored two, but Cristiano was the hat-trick hero who sent his country to Brazil. Scott Murray was watching
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Group stages begin in Brazil on Thursday 12 June 2014 with the final held in Rio on Sunday 13 July
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Full list of qualifiers
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Croatia's Josip Simunic hit with 10-match ban and will miss World Cup
16 Dec 2013: Croatia defender Josip Simunic will miss the World Cup finals in Brazil after being suspended for 10 matches by Fifa for making pro-Nazi chants -
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Aggreko wins World Cup and Commonwealth Games power contracts
16 Dec 2013: Shares in temporary power supplier are biggest riser in FTSE 100 a year on from two profit warnings in two months -
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Court stops construction at 2014 World Cup venue after workers die
15 Dec 2013: Construction in a section of the stadium in Manaus where England will play Italy has been halted due to a court order after one worker fell 115ft to his death -
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Two construction workers die at 2014 World Cup venue in Manaus
14 Dec 2013: Two construction workers based at Brazil's Arena Amazônia in Manaus died in separate incidents on Saturday -
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From chessboxing to conspiracies: our favourite things online this week
13 Dec 2013:The best sports journalism from around the web, featuring Keane v Vieira, a 70-year-old jockey, basketball mums, the great World Cup draw conspiracy and a kid who helped heal a town
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Germany build their own World Cup hotel and training complex in Brazil
13 Dec 2013: Germany are building their own World Cup hotel and training base near Porto Seguro, north of Rio de Janeiro -
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World Cup 2014 security top priority, says Brazil's government – video
10 Dec 2013: Video (1min 26sec)Security at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil is a top priority and there will be no issues of concern, says an official from Brazil's justice ministry
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Brazil's World Cup host cities: where to find the best music
10 Dec 2013:Lewis Robinson: It's not just about bossa nova and batucadas: the head of Brazilian record label Mais Um Discos takes us on a musical tour of World Cup 2014 host cities
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