Bomb-detecting robots at WC 2014

To increase the security at the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil in 2014, the Brazil government will reportedly use a fleet of robots that are usually used to neutralize roadside bombs and inspect areas for traces of explosives.

The battle-tested remote controlled iRobot 510 Packbots are able to climb stairs, submerge in a metre of water and have multiple high-resolution cameras and are the same robots which examined the car allegedly hijacked by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Sky News reports.

According to the report, the Brazilian authorities are spending 7.2 million dollars to deal with any security threat from a distance at the World Cup show and also will be setting a precedent for the Olympics to follow two years later.

The government will also be spending additionally millions of dollars on face-scanning glasses which can scan 400 faces a second at a distance of 45 metre to spot potential hooligans based on a criminal database, the report added.

Major anti-crime operation for World Cup 2014

Operation Agata will involve some 20,000 personnel from the navy, army and air force shortly before the Confederations Cup, a mini dress rehearsal for Brazil’s 2014 World Cup, gets under way next June.

Defense Minister Celso Amorim said the seventh edition of Operation Agata would be timed so as not to interfere with the anticipated large influx of tourists.

The objective of the exercise is to curb illegal trafficking in arms, drugs and goods along Brazil’s extensive borders.

Operation Agata is part of a strategic border control plan announced by President Dilma Rousseff in June 2011.

Eight continental champions will take part in the Confederations Cup tournament, to be staged in six Brazilian host cities from June 15 to 30.

Fifa confident over 2014 World Cup security after Copa Sudamericana Final

Brazilian team Sao Paulo were crowned champions after Tigre refuzed to return at pitch after break,claiming their players had been attacked by security staff in the dressing rooms during the interval.

Fifa comment :  "FIFA cannot comment on the incidents at the match in question, as FIFA were not involved in this match operation.However, for the FIFA Confederations Cup and the FIFA World Cup there will be a comprehensive security concept for the stadiums in place developed by the local organising committee together with the respective authorities and reviewed by the FIFA security experts.

"The FIFA Confederations Cup will be the first football competition in Brazil to use mainly private stewards for safety and spectator services as it is already a standard procedure in many countries around the world.

"This is already a legacy as through this initiative more than 30,000 security officers will be trained and certified to work during the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA World Cup in Brazil. FIFA has full confidence in the security arrangements developed."

CONMEBOL official Romer Osuna said: "The referee abandoned the game because it was not right to play on. This decision is final. It is a shame that a continental final finished in this fashion."