An Argentinian football delegation led by head coach Diego Maradona arrives on Monday to inspect the High Performance Centre (HPC) in Pretoria, the facility they will call home during the World Cup. But football fans hoping to get a glimpse of him will be disappointed. There will be no press conference or interviews and photographs ...
“Football Fables” is a movie about African football and the migration process that takes talented teenager to big European football clubs.The film was awarded last December in Palermo, Italy, during the Sport film festival. Here below you will find: a film trailer, a interview to director Baff Akoto on BBC radio, and images of the ...
Soccer supporters can now apply for tickets to follow Bafana Bafana throughout all of their matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Applications for tickets to follow Bafana Bafana can now be lodged via Safa’s ticketing website, launched on December 6 at the same time as the other member association ticketing websites. ...
by Matshelane Mamabolo and Lebogang Seale The soccer gods dealt South Africa a very bad hand at the World Cup draw in Cape Town last night. Seeded top, the host nation had expected a favourable draw for next year’s 32-nation soccer spectacle that takes place from 11 June to 10 July. But fate ensured that ...
South African Airways (SAA), has closed a deal with Match, the official provider of tickets, accommodation and logistics for next year’s 2010 Soccer World Cup. “According to this agreement reached between [SAA] and Match, SAA will be providing 89,000 sectors on its own fleet of aircraft to be used by Match customers,” SAA said in ...
Today’s fifth and final One-Day International between the Proteas and England in Durban has been washed out — handing the visitors a 2-1 series victory. It’s their first series win in four visits to South Africa. England have become the first country to win one-day international series against the Proteas in South Africa since Australia ...
Bafana Bafana Head Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira put on a brave face but could not hide the fact that South Africa will have their backs to the wall when they kick-off the 2010 World Cup finals against Mexico at the new Soccer City in Johannesburg on 11 June next year. The draw made on Friday ...
South Africa will play Mexico in the opening game of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The match will be played at Soccer City in Johannesburg at 4pm on Friday 11 June. South Africa is placed at 86th, according to Fifa’s world rankings, while Mexico is ranked 15th. Source: www.sapa.org.za; 20091104 ...
Fears of hooliganism during the 2010 Fifa World Cup have been allayed by at least one of the countries that boasts a handful of notorious fans. Hooliganism, a thorn in the side of European football countries, poses a threat for South Africa ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, with Germany, England and the Netherlands, ...
Another 1million 2010 World Cup tickets are available and Africans are encouraged to buy. This was the message at the launch of the third ticketing phase in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Already, about 700 000 tickets have been sold worldwide, with 196 days to go before kickoff. Local Organising Committee Chief xecutive Danny Jordan said: “If ...