PELE EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER BRAZIL AIRPORTS

SAO PAULO: Brazil’s World Cup ambassador Pele says he’s concerned about the country’s outdated airports, less than 10 weeks before the tournament begins. The country’s greatest football star says it’s worrisome how renovation and expansion is being handled for the airports that will receive World Cup visitors in June and July. Although the country had seven years to prepare, Pele said authorities “are still building” the airports just before fans and teams start arriving. Government numbers show that improvement work is finished at only two of the 13 major airports that will be used in the tournament.