The secretary general of football's world
governing
body Fifa, Jerome Valcke, has expressed concern about Brazil's preparations for the">the 2014 World Cup. James Read reports.
With their">their flair and skill, Brazil's footballers have delighted fans around the">the world for decades. But Fifa is less than pleased with the">the way the">the country is preparing to host the">the World Cup in two years' time. Jerome Valcke said not a lot was working and the">the organisers needed, as he put it, a "
kick up
the
backside
". He added that Brazil appeared to be more concerned with winning the World Cup than running it. The comments will not go down well in Brazil, where Fifa's demands on ticketing, marketing and alcohol sales have provoked widespread opposition.
The authorities in the United States say they've uncovered a huge international smuggling ring stretching from the US to China. Federal officials said arrests were going on in New Jersey, New York, Texas and the Philippines. And more than 26 American and Chinese nationals have been charged with trying to smuggle more than $300m worth of
counterfeit
goods from China into the United States.
Finally, a musical society
devoted to
the works of Mozart says an Austrian university researcher has found a previously unknown piano piece by the composer dating from about 1780. Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.
Posthumous discoveries of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are not unknown, but they are rare. The Mozarteum Foundation says this piece was discovered by an academic at the University of Innsbruck in a music book dating from around 1780. The Mozarteum says the handwriting is that of a Tyrolean copyist, but the piano work itself is clearly