FIFA said Sunday that canceling training sessions for teams at three of the 10 World Cup stadiums is "normal procedure" at a major tournament to protect pitches.
The United States and Algeria were given 48 hours notice that they cannot practice at Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld on Tuesday.
Chile and Switzerland also were denied permission to train Sunday at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth.
The decisions were "taken by the technical experts who know best what the conditions of the pitch are like," FIFA said in a statement.
World Cup regulations call for teams to be allowed a 60-minute practice on the eve …
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