2010 Fifa World Cup

World Cup organizers praise South African stadiums

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:31

Organizers of this year's World Cup have praised the 10 South African stadiums that will host the football matches, and say that with 100 days to go until the tournament kicks off there is no doubt that the country will be ready.

(2 Votes)

Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup - stadiums - Sepp Blatter - Kgalema Motlanthe - Danny Jordaan - Local Organising Committee - South Africa

Football: Pele leads World Cup stars predicting African success

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:52

Football greats Pele and Franz Beckenbauer have both backed African sides to prosper at this summer's World Cup in South Africa, when the tournament visits the continent for the very first time.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Pele - Franz Beckenbauer - FIFA World Cup - Ghana - Ivory Coast - South Africa - Cameroon - Nigeria - Sepp Blatter - Hugo Sanchez

Chinese firm becomes World Cup's first green energy sponsor

Thursday, 04 February 2010 15:23

New York-listed renewable energy company Yingli Green Energy has become the first-ever renewable energy company to be a sponsor of the FIFA World Cup.

(1 Vote)

Tags: New York - Yingli Green Energy - FIFA - 2010 - World Cup - Joseph Blatter - Beijing - 20 centres for 2010 - Africa

Football legend Maradona praises S. Africa's World Cup preparations

Monday, 25 January 2010 13:33

With four months to go until the start of the football World Cup in South Africa, the head coach of the Argentine team, Diego Maradona, has praised the facilities at the end of a five-day inspection visit.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Diego Maradona - World Cup - FIFA - 2010 - preparations - Argentina - football - Soccer City - Soweto - tour - South Africa

UN strikes biodiversity deal with African soccer giants

Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:48

The United Nations has bolstered its defence of thousands of endangered animal and plant species in Africa by signing up an iconic sportswear manufacturer to a campaign promoting the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

(2 Votes)

Tags: UN - endangered - animal - Play for Life - UN Environment Programme - Puma - African Cup of Nations - 2010 - FIFA World Cup - Africa

Draw ignites FIFA World Cup fever

Monday, 07 December 2009 12:47

The 32 teams participating at next year's FIFA World Cup finals discovered their fate on Friday when the Final Draw for South Africa 2010 took place in Cape Town.

(1 Vote)

Tags: FIFA World Cup - Final Draw - Cape Town - Haile Gebreselassie - John Smit - Makhaya Ntini - Matthew Booth - Simphiwe Dludlu - David Beckham - Josehp S. Blatter - Jacob Zuma - South Africa

South Africa readies for excitement of World Cup draw

Friday, 04 December 2009 11:30

Hundreds of millions of football, or soccer, fans in some 200 countries are expected to tune in Friday for the World Cup draw in South Africa. The draw determines which teams will play in what groups during Africa's first World Cup.

(3 Votes)

Tags: FIFA - 2010 - World Cup - Danny Jordaan - Cape Town - Sepp Blatter - Helen Zille - South Africa

World-high expectations for Africa's six finalists

Friday, 27 November 2009 17:19

Africa will have a record total of six teams in next week's draw for the World Cup finals and there are high expectations for the continent.The emergence of top-class players has led to the continent's increased sense of expectation.

(2 Votes)

Tags: 2010 - FIFA - World Cup - South Africa - Didier Drogba - Samuel Eto'o - Michael Essien - Cameroon - Nigeria - Algeria - Ghana - Ivory Coast - football - Africa

Nigeria, Cameroon qualify for World Cup

Monday, 16 November 2009 14:42

Nigeria and Cameroon qualified Saturday for next year's World Cup in South Africa but Tunisia missed out on the showcase event.

(1 Vote)

Tags: 2010 World Cup - Soccer - Nigeria - Cameroon - Africa

SA expects significant number of 2010 visitors from Africa - LOC

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 11:53

Local Organising Committee chief officer for transport and logistics Skhumbuzo Macozoma said that South Africa was expecting a significant number of visitors from Africa for next year's FIFA World Cup, many of whom would make the journey by road.

(1 Vote)

Tags: FIFA - 2010 - World Cup - LOC - Skhumbuzo Macozoma - tourism - Africa

South Africa tops Germany for World Cup volunteer hopefuls

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 12:52

Nearly 68,000 people applied to work as volunteers at next year's World Cup in South Africa, exceeding the 48,167 applications received for the 2006 finals in Germany, local organisers said on Tuesday.

(3 Votes)

Tags: 2010 Fifa World Cup - South Africa

South Africa launches transport system ahead of 2010

Monday, 31 August 2009 12:25

reavaya2 South Africa's government on Sunday launched a rapid bus service ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup and vowed to work together with the taxi industry that had threatened violent protests against it.

The bus service runs from Soweto, the biggest township in South Africa, to Johannesburg city centre and some of the stadiums that will feature in the 2010 World Cup.

(1 Vote)

Tags: public transport - 2010 Fifa World Cup - South Africa

World Cup 2010 seen immune to global crisis

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 14:44

Africa waited decades to host its first soccer World Cup and when it comes, it's during an unprecedented global economic crisis.

(1 Vote)

Tags: FIFA - 2010 - South Africa

Fifa rule change to bolster African football teams

Thursday, 04 June 2009 16:39

Football's world governing body Fifa has removed the age limit for players who want to switch national allegiance.

World Cup to leave a legacy after 2010

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:45

FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for 2010 have launched the 20 Centres for 2010 campaign, aimed at leaving an indelible mark across Africa once the World Cup is concluded.

(7 Votes)

Tags: Local Organising Committee - FIFA - 2010 World Cup - 20 Centres for 2010 - communities - development - Africa

SAPP pledges to help power World Cup tournament

Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:56

Twisting_pylon The Southern Africa Power Pool has pledged to supply electricity to help prevent power cuts during the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by South Africa.

(1 Vote)

Tags: SAPP - southern Africa - South Africa

Free training for African journalists

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:42

African journalists have been invited to participate in a free international training course ahead of the Football World Cup to be held in South Africa next year.

(6 Votes)

Tags: 2010 - World Cup - Africa journalism - World Press Foundation - South Africa

FIFA World Cup Trophy to tour Africa

Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:37

The ‘holy grail’ of world football will visit 50 countries across Africa during a 70-day tour ahead of the 2010 World Cup. FIFA announced details of the tour, which will allow millions of people to see the real solid-gold trophy close up.

(2 Votes)

World Cup ticket applications pass one million

Tuesday, 31 March 2009 10:35

Applications for World Cup tickets passed the one-million mark five days before the first phase of sales closes, FIFA said on Friday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: South Africa

World Cup could be catalyst for African Olympic Games

Monday, 30 March 2009 11:16

Next year's soccer World Cup in South Africa could act as a catalyst for a successful bid for the Olympics from the continent, Olympic chief Jacques Rogge said on Monday.

(4 Votes)

MTN to establish World Cup 2010 Media Centre

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 16:13

MTN has agreed to partner with the Johannesburg Expo Centre to create a state-of-the-art media hub, the International Broadcast Centre (IBC), for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.