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Media Watch -- Tarnished Road to Brazil; Qatar Migrant Workers

(ATR) The media weigh in on preparations for Brazil 2014 and the Rio Olympics ... Qatar is pressured to protect its workers.

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Brazilian soldiers patrol the street during security operations in Parque Uniao --part of the Mare shantytown complex near the Galeao (Antonio Carlos Jobim) international airport-- in the north suburb of Rio de Janeiro on April 5, 2014. Thousands of soldiers --including some 2,000 paratroopers, 450 sailors and 200 military police-- in armored vehicles, trucks and on foot entered one of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious slums to provide security less than three months before the World Cup and until July 30. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)
Brazilian soldiers patrol the street during security operations in Parque Uniao --part of the Mare shantytown complex near the Galeao (Antonio Carlos Jobim) international airport-- in the north suburb of Rio de Janeiro on April 5, 2014. Thousands of soldiers --including some 2,000 paratroopers, 450 sailors and 200 military police-- in armored vehicles, trucks and on foot entered one of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious slums to provide security less than three months before the World Cup and until July 30. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazil 2014 and Rio Olympic Preparations

The Independent's Chris Maume says that if Rio de Janeiro "can't handle the 2016 Olympics, London must offer an encore."Strikes, delays and "funding hold-ups galore" continue to plague preparations in Rio.

As Brazil gears up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, CNN explores whether the country has taken its eye off "the greatest show on earth -- the Olympics."

The Associated Press discusses the "unusually blunt public warning" issued to Rio by IOC vice president John Coates this week. Coates reportedly called the delayed preparations for the 2016 Games "the worst I have experienced."

United States fencer Amanda Sirico tells the Washington Post's Chelsea Janes about her "quest for 2016 Olympics."

2022 FIFA World Cup

The Guardian investigates pressure being put on Qatar to protect 2022 World Cup workers as the death toll in the Gulf state continues to rise.

The Huffington Post's Gail Cartmail joins in "challenging the richest country in the world to stop exploiting and killing migrant construction workers building the infrastructure" for the 2022 World Cup.

2024 Olympic Bids

Boston Globe reporter John Powers says Los Angeles should be the "US Olympic pick" for the 2024 Summer Games.

Sportsfeatures.com writer John Goodbody discusses why he feels the US is "right to try to stage the 2024 Olympics."

In Other News

The Washington Business Journal takes a closer look at a report in which Under Armour shares blame for the United States' "speedskating slump" at the Sochi Olympics.

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