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Members of the Homeless Workers Movement protest against the money spent on the World Cup near Itaquerao stadium which will host the international soccer tournament's first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Brazilians are angry at the billions spent to host the World Cup, much of it on 12 ornate football stadiums, one-third of which critics say will see little use after the big event. The smoke behind comes from burning tires. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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FILE - This is a Sunday, June 22, 1986 file photo of Argentina's Diego Maradona, left, as he is seen in the controversial action in which he knocked the ball with his left hand into the net of England's goalie Peter Shilton to score his team's first goal when Argentina defeated England 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinal in the Mexico City Aztec stadium. Cheating. It's an ugly side of the beautiful game and it involves just about every aspect of it. The World Cup in Brazil begins in June and the founders of association football would shudder at how entrenched deception and trickery have become in the modern game. (AP Photo/El Grafico, File)
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England's Wayne Rooney, right with teammate Frank Lampard applaud the fans as he walks round the pitch after the World Cup Group H qualification soccer match between England and Poland at Wembley stadium in London, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. England won the game 2-0 and qualify for the World Cup in Brazil 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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FILE- In this April 29, 2014, file photo, a demonstrator holding a banner that reads in Portuguese "There wont be a Cup", protest against money spent on the World Cup preparations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. In a poll last year, more than three-fourths of Brazilians said they’re certain corruption has infused the World Cup. Their anger fueled widespread and often violent anti-government protests last June that sent more than 1 million Brazilians into the street during FIFA’s Confederations Cup soccer tournament, the warm-up event to the World Cup. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
