SAO PAULO — The action at the Confederations Cup will go from the nation's capital to the coastal cities in the northeast to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Six cities will stage matches at the World Cup warm-up tournament starting Saturday. The capital of Brasilia will host the opener in a new stadium and the renovated Maracana Stadium will hold the final on June 30. The central city of Belo Horizonte, filled with football tradition, will also host matches, along with northeastern venues of Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza. Six other cities will also host World Cup matches next year — Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Cuiaba, Natal and the jungle city of Manaus. Sao Paulo,...
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