Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) poses with FIFA President Sepp Blatter after delivering a statement at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Hodel
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Three stadiums and several airports are not ready, and other promised infrastructure has been shelved, but the 2014 World Cup will "be the most successful of all time", the head of FIFA told Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Thursday.
Rousseff said she spoke with Sepp Blatter on the phone for 10 minutes and accepted his invitation to attend FIFA's 64th Congress in Sao Paulo on June 10, two days before the World Cup kicks off in the city.
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