Reuters: Sports News: Brazil's Sports minister to resign before World Cup

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Brazil's Sports minister to resign before World Cup Oct 16th 2013, 23:06 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints Brazil's Minister of Sports Aldo Rebelo attends a news conference at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, March 19, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Michael Buholzer SAO PAULO | Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:06pm EDT SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sports minister is to stand down in December just six months before the country hosts the World Cup. Aldo Rebelo said he would make way for someone new after delivering the 12 stadiums to be used in the tournament, all of which are due to be ready by December. A federal congressman with the Communist Party, Rebelo took over in 2011 after his party colleague was forced to resign due to allegations of corruption. Rebelo was at the center of a diplomatic incident last year when he refused to meet with FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, who said Brazil's preparations were too slow and needed a "kick up the backside." Rebelo said he was resigning to run for office in next October's elections. (Writing by Andrew Downie, editing by Ed Osmond) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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