Bisignani tells Brazil to take Olympic opportunity to fix infrastructure

It is hardly controversial that the main legacy of major global events such as the Olympics and the football World Cup is a host of underutilised sporting arenas and a large public debt - along with the warm feeling in which some local politicians briefly bask. It took 30 years for Montreal to pay off the debt that funded the three weeks of self-glorification for the city's mayor at the 1976 Games.