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South Africa: Telkom Charity Cup sold out

08.05.2010 · Posted in sports

Scores of soccer faithfuls will attend Saturday’s sold-out Telkom Charity Cup tournament at Soccer City. The stadium’s capacity has increased from 84 000 to 88 000 and since its facelift, it will be the first time a domestic tournament is held there with the return of the popular pre-season tournament to the calabash-shaped stadium. The ...

Uruguay-Ghana 0:1

07.02.2010 · Posted in sports

Ghana has scored just seconds before the end of the first half of the match against Uruguay. The goal was made by Mutari. Thanks to freeworlcuptv.blogspot.com for embedding the Ustream code of match Wikio Wikio ...

Finally, Fifa admit Jabulani balls-up

06.30.2010 · Posted in sports

Fifa has finally acknowledged there might be something wrong with the Jabulani World Cup ball, but will not act on the problem until after the tournament. Many players have likened it to a “supermarket ball”, saying it is too unpredictable and flies through the air too easily. Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said yesterday (26 June), ...

World Cup a roaring success: Valcke

06.30.2010 · Posted in sports

FIFA’s secretary general Jerome Valcke has described the World Cup in South Africa as a roaring success. Valcke is so impressed that he is touting the country as an alternative for future events. Organisers of the soccer showpiece are rubbing their hands with glee with ticket sales rocketing. South Africa hosted a theatrical opening ceremony ...

South African firms lose big in WC ticketing scam

06.30.2010 · Posted in sports

Local companies, including petrochemicals giant, Sasol, have lost more than R6.5-million in World Cup ticketing scams, the Sunday times reported. Dozens of South African and foreign fans have also been robbed of hundreds of thousands of rands after buying tickets that were later cancelled because they were not bought through Fifa accredited agents. Clifford Green, ...

Polish trade union hails the Vuvuzela

06.27.2010 · Posted in sports

Poland’s trade union Solidarity is eyeing the South African Vuvuzela as an attention-getter to use at protests, the daily Metro reported on Thursday. The horn, which is drowning out other noise at the soccer World Cup, has caught the eye of the labour union once lead by Lech Walesa, famous for his anti-communist protests in ...

“We must succeed” – UN Ban Ki-Moon about the ICC

06.27.2010 · Posted in sports

UN Ban Ki-Moon speech during “A special evening on justice” – Kampala (Uganda) 30 May 2010 from AfricanewsITALY on Vimeo. This is the speech of UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon. Ambassador Wenaweser, President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute, Prosecutor Ferencz, Miss Rehn of the Trust Fund for Victims, Mr. Bazilj of the Cinema ...

Denmark wins over Cameroon

06.19.2010 · Posted in sports

Cameroon has lost its last match against Denmark for 2-1. The African team goes out of this Fifa world cup. The result of the match does not reflect for how well Camerun played attacking and creating goal occasions until the very last seconds of the match. Wikio Wikio ...

Bafana fever unifies Afrikaner heartland

06.13.2010 · Posted in sports

Bloemfontein is a city which honours South Africa’s difficult history with pride but its people believe the World Cup will bring a new spirit of reconciliation. The Free State of which it is the capital is the heartland of the Afrikaners – better known for their passion for rugby – and was the main battleground ...

World cup to leave a legacy for African children

06.13.2010 · Posted in sports

South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup will leave a legacy for the children of the African continent, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “World leaders will have an opportunity to draw up a road map to ensure that every child in the continent is in school by the next Fifa World Cup ...

South Africa: football and the people

06.11.2010 · Posted in sports

All eyes were on the Soweto’s historic Orlando stadium yesterday, where a huge international musical concert, geared towards the commencement of 2010 world cup was a boom. The musical artists and celebrities, dozens of them, both from within and outside the African continent all registered their wonderful messages, wrapped in music and short commentaries. The combination of ...

Cricket: Kallis and Duminy shine against Windies

06.09.2010 · Posted in sports

Half-centuries from Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy helped South Africa to a clean sweep of their One-day International series with West Indies, when they won the fifth and final match by one wicket on Thursday in Port-of-Spain, trinidad & Tobago. The result meant that South Africa have now swept West Indies 5-0 in each of ...

More teams jet in, but Shakira stops Germans

06.08.2010 · Posted in sports

More teams continue to arrive in SA ahead of the Soccer World Cup tournament which begins on Friday, but the departure of the German team was delayed on Sunday due to the late arrival in Frankfurt of pop diva Shakira. The latest teams to arrive at the weekend were France, Uruguay, Mexico and South Korea. ...

Additional 53 000 tickets on sale

06.07.2010 · Posted in sports

Another 53 000 World Cup tickets have been made available from Monday morning, but will be available only at Fifa ticketing centres. However, none of these tickets will be for the final, semi-finals, opening game or Bafana Bafana group matches. The majority of the tickets (38 000) will be “Pre mier Tickets”, selling from between R1 ...

Zuma and Blatter full of praise

06.07.2010 · Posted in sports

It was a nostalgic moment when President Jacob Zuma officially welcomed the world’s press in Pretoria on Sunday as he recalled the significance of former president Nelson Mandela wearing a Springbok rugby jersey when South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Zuma, who had just returned from a state visit to India, told 350 international ...

Zuma welcomes world to South Africa

06.07.2010 · Posted in sports

President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, June 06, 2010, welcomed soccer teams, fans and tourists to South Africa, five days ahead of the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. “We are truly pleased and humbled to host the world in our country for this historical and extraordinary event.” Zuma was addressing local and international media ...


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