[WORLD CUP 2014 COUNTDOWN] Problems are popping up right and left for World Cup organizers. FIFA has set Tuesday as the day it will announce whether it will pullthe plug on Curitiba and move its four group games to other cities. Meanwhile, a report suggested that the fire at the still-unfinished Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba caused far more damage than initiallyreported, and Recife announced it won’t fund the Fan Fest, an integral part of the World Cup since its success at the 2006 finals in Germany.

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