<p>Protestors in Sao Paulo clashed with the police in an anti-World Cup demonstration Thursday, hours before the city plays host to the tournament opener, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>TV footage showed riot police using tear gas and rubber truncheons to disperse about 50 protesters near a Metro station on the route to the Arena Corinthians where the opening ceremony is set to take place, BBC reported Thursday.<br /><br />The violence happened about 13 km from the stadium, where Brazil will play Croatia at 20.00 GMT after the demonstrators refused to clear the road.<br /><br />At least one protester was arrested and a CNN journalist was injured in the clash.<br /><br />The demonstrators were chanting 'There won't be a Cup' against the excessive spending by the government on the tournament.<br /><br />Last year, more than a million people joined protests across the country to demand better public services and highlight corruption and the high cost of staging the World Cup, the BBC report said.</p>
<p>Protestors in Sao Paulo clashed with the police in an anti-World Cup demonstration Thursday, hours before the city plays host to the tournament opener, a media report said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>TV footage showed riot police using tear gas and rubber truncheons to disperse about 50 protesters near a Metro station on the route to the Arena Corinthians where the opening ceremony is set to take place, BBC reported Thursday.<br /><br />The violence happened about 13 km from the stadium, where Brazil will play Croatia at 20.00 GMT after the demonstrators refused to clear the road.<br /><br />At least one protester was arrested and a CNN journalist was injured in the clash.<br /><br />The demonstrators were chanting 'There won't be a Cup' against the excessive spending by the government on the tournament.<br /><br />Last year, more than a million people joined protests across the country to demand better public services and highlight corruption and the high cost of staging the World Cup, the BBC report said.</p>