Organizers: Sao Paulo safe as WCup city in 2014

By Tales Azzoni, Associated Press Writer

JOHANNESBURG — Organizers of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil say Sao Paulo will remain a host city even though Morumbi stadium has been dropped because of financial issues.

Organizers and FIFA say they will work with South America's biggest city to try to find an alternative even though the deadline for stadium projects has passed.

The president of the Brazilian football confederation says it's "inadmissible to have a World Cup in Brazil without the presence of Sao Paulo."

Ricardo Teixeira told Globo TV Thursday he had "absolute certainty that the city and its authorities will put Sao Paulo back in the context."

FIFA and Brazilian organizers dropped Morumbi on Wednesday because the city failed to provide financial guarantees for its renovation.

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