Bird flu will not stop World cup Fifa

The World Cup will not be stopped by fears of bird flu in Germany, FIFA vice-president Julio Grondona has said. "Everything's been sold, the World Cup can't be suspended," Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association, said on a radio station

"I was in Zurich last week and I didn't see anywhere that chicken was not being sold or not being eaten. I think it's something that's not an issue yet."

"It's got to be something of great magnitude at all levels for measures to be taken to suspend a World Cup," Grondona said.

"I got back (to Buenos Aires) last Friday from my last meeting at FIFA. Nothing was said and no-one was alarmed."