Article Published: Monday 30 January 2006
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FIFA spokesman Thomas von Ubrizsy, who is in Ecuador with the trophy as part of the ’FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour’, claimed the world governing body would change the rules.
"In the future, the FIFA wants to reduce the time to six or seven weeks," Ubrizsy said. "The Board fears a theft, like the Jules Rimet Cup."
The Jules Rimet Trophy, the predecessor of the current World Cup, was stolen twice. The first time the cup was stolen was in 1966 in England. It was later found under a hedge by a dog called Pickles.
The second time it was stolen from the Brazilian Football Federation in 1983 and it is believed to have been melted down.
At that time Brazil had been given the trophy permanently for winning it three times.
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