Agents barred from choosing referees
South Africa will not to allow agents to appoint referees for friendly fixtures after allegations of match-fixing at pre-2010 World Cup warm-up games.
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Solar power brings night-time soccer to Kenya slum
It is 8pm and amateur teams of youngsters drawn from one of Nairobi's toughest slums are locked in a five-a-side soccer match.
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Gyan tops BBC African Footballer of the Year poll
Ghana World Cup hero-cum-villain Asamoah Gyan was crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year.
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2010 Cup 'changed the world's view of us'
After billions spent on stadiums now lying empty and fewer tourists than hoped, SA marks six months from the kick-off of the World Cup on Saturday.
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To the World Cup ... and back again?
An analysis of the latest foreign tourist arrival statistics shows that about 400 000 tourists visited South Africa during the Soccer World Cup.
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Africa United reveals the other side of a continent
Africa United is a road movie about five children who travel 4 800km to reach the Soccer World Cup in South Africa.
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LOC digs in heels over R90m World Cup bill
The local organising committee (LOC) of the Soccer World Cup is digging in its heels over a R90-million bill from the ministry of police.
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Failed footballers flayed
England's failed footballers are lucky that their ignominious World Cup exit was met with less more than a public mauling by the media.
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North Korea's footballers undergo public mauling
Footballers subjected to six-hour excoriation on stage for "betraying" North Korea and Kim Jong-il's son and heir.
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