Brazil changes football match days amid political crisis

Author: Agencies

BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s police has ordered football team Corinthians to bring forward a cup tie by a day to avoid a clash with demonstrations scheduled for Sunday, when Congress votes on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. The Football Federation of Sao Paulo state said in a statement that the quarter-final game between Corinthians and Red Bull Brasil had been moved to Saturday. “The change comes at the behest of the military police and Globo Television because of the demonstrations scheduled for Sunday and the delicate moment the country is going through,” said the statement. It did not explain why Globo Television had made the request.

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