The World Cup

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This Feb. 2014 photo released by Portal da Copa shows men working on the construction of the Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Brazil’s outdated airports were a problem long before the country was awarded the World Cup in 2007. Infrastructure experts say that Brazil has run out of time to meet its promise to fully expand and renovate airports that will serve hundreds of thousands of fans pouring into the country for the World Cup that starts in just two months. (AP Photo/Portal da Copa, Gabriel Heusi)

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This Feb. 2014 photo released by Portal da Copa shows the Salgado Filho International Airport under construction in Porto Alegre, Brazil, January, 2014. Brazil’s outdated airports were a problem long before the country was awarded the World Cup in 2007. Former Brazilian football (soccer) federation president Ricardo Teixeira used to say that Brazil had three main problems to solve ahead of the World Cup: “Airports, airports and airports.” (AP Photo/Portal da Copa, Gabriel Heusi)

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Ted Ligety, of the United States, holds up his trophy after winning an Alpine Ski men's giant slalom at the World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

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10ThingstoSeeSports - Yuya Oikawa of Japan, right, crashes during the second heat of the men's 500-meter speedskating race against Russia's Aleksey Yesin, bottom, during the World Cup final at Thialf skating arena, Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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Ted Ligety, of the United States, holds his trophy for an Alpine Ski men's giant slalom, left, as compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin holds her trophy for a women's slalom, at the World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

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Austria's Marcel Hirscher speeds down the slope on his way to win the slalom title during an alpine ski World Cup slalom race, at the World Cup finals, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka)